Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-05-04

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 4
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 299▲ 18 vs year ago 362 · +5.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 51▲ 58 vs year ago 37 · +156.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 81▲ 21 vs year ago 45 · +46.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.83/cwt on 28 head, up $9.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 30 comparable sales and sits +39.29 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$404.83
▲ 9.81 vs prior sale
28 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.59
vs AL average
−23.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534423.552,26114thin
Medium and Large 2567386.112,18814thin
One grade step is worth $37.43/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
404.83
—
AL average16 barns · 469 hd
404.24
+0.59
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
−23.07
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
+39.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
438391343295median 365.5403/0204/2707/1308/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.38, low $309.44, median $365.54 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,918195.483,74910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,397170.062,37630
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,219162.901,98629
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,105151.841,67827

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,4923thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,93616
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,71513
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,63512

Every lot

58 lots · USDA AMS · Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1227653.24/cwt640.00–660.001,4833
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2283549.10/cwt545.00–555.001,5545
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326510.18/cwt500.00–520.001,6637
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327547.17/cwt540.00–555.001,78913
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376489.16/cwt480.00–500.001,83912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424485.89/cwt475.00–495.002,0606
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480490.53/cwt487.00–495.002,3554
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483457.44/cwt445.00–470.002,2092
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2584424.79/cwt422.00–430.002,4814
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628412.15/cwt400.00–425.002,5882
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663384.94/cwt370.00–400.002,5522
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269541.26/cwt530.00–555.001,4564
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273500.74/cwt490.00–515.001,36713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318524.88/cwt510.00–540.001,6692
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4952
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329484.83/cwt475.00–500.001,59511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378476.72/cwt465.00–482.001,80218
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383448.30/cwt445.00–450.001,7173
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429472.90/cwt470.00–480.002,02910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431448.72/cwt445.00–455.001,9348
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474455.68/cwt445.00–470.002,1606
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483436.07/cwt430.00–442.002,10612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526430.70/cwt425.00–439.002,26511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531404.37/cwt397.00–420.002,1474
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563397.31/cwt395.00–400.002,2373
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581378.81/cwt370.00–390.002,20110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625371.00/cwt370.00–372.002,3192
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625355.87/cwt352.00–360.002,2244
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665343.40/cwt337.00–350.002,2844
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3671329.08/cwt322.00–334.002,2084
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425492.92/cwt490.00–500.002,09512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435475.75/cwt460.00–490.002,07018
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463475.98/cwt470.00–480.002,2045
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477456.32/cwt445.00–465.002,17715
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3477424.11/cwt420.00–432.002,0233
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515450.20/cwt442.00–457.002,3193
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528432.80/cwt427.00–437.002,28511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573423.39/cwt420.00–427.002,4262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2576412.45/cwt400.00–420.002,37614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3578388.10/cwt380.00–400.002,2437
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629383.84/cwt380.00–392.002,41410
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668362.46/cwt357.00–372.002,4217
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,826192.15/cwt189.00–198.003,5094
Bulls——1,875180.29/cwt177.00–185.003,3803
Bulls——2,083215.12/cwt211.00–222.004,4813
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073155.07/cwt153.00–158.001,66410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,096160.47/cwt160.00–162.001,7594
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,133146.70/cwt145.00–151.001,66213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163157.67/cwt154.00–160.001,83410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230165.03/cwt163.00–168.002,03017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,384170.33/cwt168.00–173.002,35718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388177.46/cwt176.00–178.002,4635
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,410170.96/cwt170.00–172.002,4112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438164.07/cwt162.00–166.002,3597
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,491.67/head3,375.00–3,550.003,4923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,935.94/head2,700.00–3,400.002,93616
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,715.38/head2,500.00–2,900.002,71513
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,635.42/head2,400.00–2,850.002,63512

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.