Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-06-22

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
162 head
▼ 184 vs last sale 346▼ 104 vs year ago 266 · −39.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 52▼ 3 vs year ago 35 · −8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 46▼ 1 vs year ago 9 · −11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold up to 229 cwt. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $396.55/cwt on 10 head, up $2.31 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 24 of 30 comparable sales and sits +31.02 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$396.55
▲ 2.31 vs prior sale
10 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,127
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$27.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.31
vs AL average
−19.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538401.962,1638thin
Medium and Large 3530374.911,9872thin
One grade step is worth $27.05/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale10 hd
396.55
—
AL average16 barns · 402 hd
389.24
+7.31
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
−19.28
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
+31.02
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,385187.142,5927thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,082177.991,9257thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,3502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2752thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2334544.88/cwt540.00–550.001,8205
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357544.03/cwt540.00–550.001,9425
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366514.16/cwt500.00–525.001,8828
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383454.84/cwt450.00–460.001,7422
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475474.53/cwt460.00–490.002,2542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2282504.53/cwt500.00–515.001,4233
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4852
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333435.30/cwt420.00–445.001,4503
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376444.21/cwt442.00–445.001,6704
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468401.30/cwt400.00–402.001,8783
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477412.91/cwt406.00–420.001,9706
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524405.98/cwt397.00–415.002,1276
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530374.91/cwt370.00–380.001,9872
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580389.91/cwt385.00–395.002,2612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615362.05/cwt356.00–368.002,2272
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419477.06/cwt470.00–485.001,9998
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440493.29/cwt490.00–495.002,1704
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3464423.30/cwt410.00–432.001,9644
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479459.05/cwt454.00–467.002,1994
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480476.52/cwt475.00–478.002,2872
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530398.47/cwt397.00–400.002,1122
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533420.41/cwt417.00–422.002,2413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558407.47/cwt400.00–415.002,2742
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565387.54/cwt385.00–390.002,1902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,073182.06/cwt181.00–183.001,9542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,085176.36/cwt174.00–179.001,9145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385187.14/cwt183.00–190.002,5927
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,275.00/head2,250.00–2,300.002,2752

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.