Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-07-20

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 20
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
396 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 399▼ 80 vs year ago 476 · −16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 26▼ 32 vs year ago 61 · −52.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 17▼ 43 vs year ago 83 · −51.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $361.51/cwt on 28 head, down $33.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 30 comparable sales and sits −4.02 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$361.51
▼ 33.37 vs prior sale
28 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,993
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.68
vs AL average
−14.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2555362.992,01524
Medium and Large 3530352.651,8694thin
One grade step is worth $10.34/cwt here — about $146 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 sale28 hd
361.51
—
AL average15 barns · 537 hd
381.20
−19.68
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
−14.30
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−4.02
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
Bulls—Average1,547224.533,47310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,310190.292,4933thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,154181.352,0934thin

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)—$2,8905
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6705
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,94416

Every lot

52 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2228609.23/cwt600.00–620.001,3894
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3324451.82/cwt450.00–465.001,4648
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340501.05/cwt495.00–515.001,7044
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367511.45/cwt500.00–535.001,8773
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378475.71/cwt460.00–490.001,7985
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385419.87/cwt415.00–425.001,6162
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430449.22/cwt447.00–450.001,9324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468426.65/cwt417.00–435.001,9974
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523405.63/cwt400.00–415.002,1218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3568372.40/cwt365.00–380.002,1152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580394.39/cwt386.00–398.002,2875
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2616381.23/cwt370.00–388.002,3486
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2674362.36/cwt358.00–370.002,44210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235477.61/cwt475.00–480.001,1222
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325417.04/cwt410.00–425.001,3552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3334396.36/cwt390.00–400.001,3248
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366381.12/cwt380.00–385.001,3959
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375400.90/cwt400.00–410.001,50311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423394.01/cwt385.00–405.001,66716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427378.46/cwt370.00–382.001,61612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471364.71/cwt360.00–370.001,71814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485380.68/cwt375.00–395.001,84621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530352.65/cwt347.00–360.001,8694
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540367.40/cwt362.00–380.001,98414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576356.82/cwt350.00–368.002,05510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638343.95/cwt340.00–352.002,1945
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418473.23/cwt470.00–480.001,9783
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426433.12/cwt425.00–450.001,8458
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3433414.97/cwt410.00–420.001,7972
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465375.87/cwt370.00–380.001,7485
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466427.18/cwt424.00–430.001,9915
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480408.49/cwt400.00–422.001,96116
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523401.63/cwt400.00–410.002,1016
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523384.72/cwt375.00–397.002,01218
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9432
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560386.99/cwt386.00–388.002,1672
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570358.07/cwt350.00–362.002,04115
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574372.13/cwt368.00–382.002,13610
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625352.41/cwt345.00–365.002,20312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3638342.47/cwt340.00–345.002,1852
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3693324.98/cwt320.00–335.002,2523
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2728331.35/cwt330.00–332.002,4123
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,523219.02/cwt210.00–224.003,3364
Bulls——1,563228.20/cwt226.00–231.003,5676
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154181.35/cwt178.00–184.002,0934
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,310190.29/cwt185.00–193.002,4933
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,162.50/head3,000.00–3,350.003,1638
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,725.00/head2,700.00–2,750.002,7258
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,066.67/head3,000.00–3,200.003,0673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,950.00/head2,700.00–3,150.002,9503
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,625.00/head2,550.00–2,700.002,6252
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,250.00/head2,000.00–2,500.002,2502

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.