Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-07-27

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 27
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 396▼ 65 vs year ago 416 · −15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 29▼ 4 vs year ago 43 · −9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $343.47/cwt on 53 head, down $32.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −50.58 against this barn's trailing median of $394.06.
Average price
$343.47
▼ 32.77 vs prior sale
53 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.16
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2557354.301,97330
Medium and Large 3548329.361,80523
One grade step is worth $24.94/cwt here — about $168 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 sale53 hd
343.47
—
AL average16 barns · 487 hd
368.64
−25.16
This barn, trailing median28 sales
394.06
−50.58
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

28 sales
459411364317median 394.0603/0204/2707/1308/3111/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.83, low $330.65, median $394.06 across 28 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—Low1,659212.413,5256thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,308177.312,32012
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,092167.981,8348thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3502
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3326404.05/cwt400.00–420.001,3175
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328503.48/cwt495.00–510.001,6513
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2332476.01/cwt450.00–490.001,5803
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360492.53/cwt490.00–495.001,7732
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366444.46/cwt435.00–465.001,6279
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3377396.31/cwt392.00–410.001,49412
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435389.89/cwt385.00–400.001,6963
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475382.47/cwt380.00–385.001,8172
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490397.53/cwt395.00–400.001,9482
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530388.48/cwt382.00–397.002,0593
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580363.47/cwt362.00–365.002,1082
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625341.10/cwt338.00–344.002,1322
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,3361
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,3091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325419.69/cwt415.00–425.001,3644
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327438.16/cwt435.00–445.001,4333
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3343367.55/cwt360.00–375.001,2614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365432.43/cwt430.00–435.001,5782
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374399.39/cwt390.00–408.001,4944
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3379355.88/cwt350.00–370.001,3497
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427352.69/cwt350.00–362.001,50616
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430372.94/cwt365.00–385.001,6047
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471358.85/cwt352.00–370.001,69012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482345.05/cwt340.00–350.001,66311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522347.41/cwt335.00–360.001,81319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3532325.91/cwt315.00–335.001,7345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578328.29/cwt322.00–340.001,89815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614325.95/cwt320.00–330.002,0019
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3682297.96/cwt294.00–300.002,0323
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416461.19/cwt440.00–470.001,9194
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3424383.86/cwt377.00–400.001,62821
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434406.74/cwt400.00–425.001,76511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477389.79/cwt377.00–400.001,85912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3479362.98/cwt360.00–375.001,73914
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527361.94/cwt348.00–370.001,90711
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3534338.04/cwt330.00–345.001,80516
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574349.87/cwt335.00–362.002,00819
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580309.51/cwt300.00–320.001,7957
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632337.91/cwt330.00–347.002,13611
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2676303.69/cwt300.00–322.002,0536
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,290200.87/cwt198.00–204.002,5912
Bulls——1,585214.26/cwt213.00–216.003,3962
Bulls——2,103222.09/cwt220.00–224.004,6712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078165.80/cwt161.00–168.001,7875
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115171.60/cwt170.00–173.001,9133
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267182.25/cwt181.00–184.002,3093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,322175.67/cwt174.00–179.002,3229

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.