Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-08-24

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 24
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
335 head
▲ 335 vs last sale 0▲ 39 vs year ago 296 · +13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 0▼ 18 vs year ago 39 · −46.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 32 vs year ago 47 · −68.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.89/cwt on 41 head, down $4.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −28.65 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$336.89
▼ 4.95 vs prior sale
41 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.20
vs AL average
−1.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535353.211,8903thin
Medium and Large 2539338.731,82433
Medium and Large 3541314.971,7045thin
One grade step is worth $38.24/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale41 hd
336.89
—
AL average16 barns · 542 hd
330.69
+6.20
National average160 barns · 6,296 hd
338.02
−1.13
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−28.65
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—High1,860213.483,9712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,180167.461,9758thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low963146.371,4103thin

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)—$3,0003thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1238555.47/cwt540.00–570.001,3222
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285522.59/cwt520.00–525.001,4892
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285508.45/cwt500.00–515.001,4493
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321508.86/cwt500.00–525.001,6335
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343439.89/cwt425.00–455.001,5092
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365424.89/cwt410.00–430.001,5519
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385453.84/cwt450.00–460.001,7475
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390397.47/cwt395.00–400.001,5502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423412.28/cwt400.00–425.001,7442
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442431.66/cwt425.00–440.001,9083
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472391.33/cwt380.00–405.001,8473
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518372.42/cwt365.00–375.001,9298
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3538345.58/cwt337.00–350.001,8594
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566352.12/cwt345.00–360.001,9937
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623341.68/cwt335.00–345.002,1293
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3628327.43/cwt325.00–330.002,0562
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2677326.65/cwt325.00–330.002,2113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225480.00/cwt470.00–490.001,0802
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379383.49/cwt370.00–395.001,4538
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3416346.17/cwt340.00–350.001,4408
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6583
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435364.79/cwt360.00–380.001,58711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475348.63/cwt340.00–360.001,65626
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482331.95/cwt330.00–340.001,6005
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6803
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532339.75/cwt335.00–345.001,80727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535353.21/cwt350.00–360.001,8903
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565307.43/cwt300.00–315.001,7372
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568334.13/cwt325.00–340.001,8986
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement613380.06/cwt375.00–385.002,3302
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623332.41/cwt325.00–335.002,0714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623279.87/cwt270.00–300.001,7446
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422389.92/cwt380.00–400.001,6456
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425362.50/cwt355.00–370.001,5412
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1442416.57/cwt410.00–430.001,8413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474376.12/cwt360.00–390.001,78321
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8532
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3486341.63/cwt330.00–350.001,66014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528368.73/cwt365.00–370.001,9474
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529349.58/cwt345.00–360.001,84911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3532330.89/cwt325.00–340.001,7606
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569337.15/cwt330.00–350.001,91813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3578316.57/cwt310.00–320.001,8303
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635316.61/cwt315.00–320.002,0103
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675307.39/cwt300.00–315.002,0752
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8233
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,860213.48/cwt209.00–217.003,9712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%963146.37/cwt145.00–149.001,4103
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130168.59/cwt168.00–171.001,9056
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328164.07/cwt163.00–165.002,1792
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,000.00/head2,800.00–3,100.003,0003

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.