Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.29/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −115.27 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.

Average price

$267.29

15 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$25.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.14

vs AL average

−16.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	275.87	1,480	10thin
Medium and Large 2	552	250.14	1,382	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.73/cwt here — about $98 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.38, low $337.30, median $382.56 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

267.29

—

AL average4 barns · 85 hd

251.15

+16.14

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−16.03

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.56

−115.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,555	142.48	2,216	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,426	119.48	1,704	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,179	115.66	1,363	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	977	109.27	1,067	11

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,175	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,508	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,500	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,433	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,113	4thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	290.14/cwt	274.00–300.00	1,387	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	339.71/cwt	337.00–342.00	1,427	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	284.50/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,073	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	232.46/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,460	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	259.46/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	299.17/cwt	295.00–300.00	972	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	304.90/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	307.46/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,144	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	285.02/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	337.39/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,262	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	354.11/cwt	345.00–360.00	981	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	277.05/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,180	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	348.10/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,131	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	265.86/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,260	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	230.50/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	327.18/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,377	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	243.92/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	213.33/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	272.02/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	286.69/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,213	3
Bulls	—	—	1,400	138.21/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,935	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	107.34/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,011	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	116.74/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,699	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	112.64/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,169	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	121.54/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,708	4
Bulls	—	—	1,710	146.75/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,509	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,433.33/head	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,433	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,175.00/head	2,025.00–2,450.00	2,175	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,500.00/head	1,375.00–1,625.00	1,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,508.33/head	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,508	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,112.50/head	1,900.00–2,325.00	2,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	304.45/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	245.13/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	264.97/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	248.29/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,068	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	111.21/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,399	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	118.62/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,336	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	301.51/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	262.21/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	297.85/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,266	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	318.50/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	277.94/cwt	275.00–282.00	887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	319.84/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,209	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	281.72/cwt	274.00–290.00	1,471	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	323.81/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	314.66/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	369.44/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,201	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	327.78/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,557	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	390.00/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,112	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	319.63/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,355	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	257.79/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	316.28/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,041	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	359.86/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,328	5

How this sale compares

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Mon Dec 2, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 319Last week 450Year ago 214

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 57Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 43Year ago 7

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	307.00–320.00	316.28
7	350–400	372	295.00–317.00	307.46
13	400–450	425	290.00–302.00	297.85
16	450–500	478	274.00–300.00	290.14
7	500–550	522	274.00–290.00	281.72
3	550–600	570	257.00–270.00	262.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	295.00–300.00	299.17
7	350–400	377	280.00–292.00	284.50
6	400–450	426	270.00–286.00	277.05
5	450–500	474	260.00–274.00	265.86
2	500–550	508	252.00–267.00	259.46
3	550–600	582	240.00–250.00	243.92
6	600–650	628	227.00–237.00	232.46
3	650–700	695	210.00–220.00	213.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	275.00–282.00	277.94
2	350–400	383	260.00–270.00	264.97
3	400–450	430	245.00–250.00	248.29
2	450–500	483	240.00–250.00	245.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	385.00–395.00	390.00
9	300–350	325	365.00–375.00	369.44
5	350–400	369	355.00–370.00	359.86
3	400–450	420	337.00–342.00	339.71
5	450–500	475	322.00–330.00	327.78
3	500–550	507	312.00–317.00	314.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	277	345.00–360.00	354.11
8	300–350	325	340.00–350.00	348.10
8	350–400	374	332.00–342.00	337.39
6	400–450	421	325.00–330.00	327.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	315.00–325.00	319.84
2	450–500	470	302.00–307.00	304.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	424	317.00–320.00	319.63
4	450–500	485	295.00–310.00	304.90
2	500–550	538	280.00–290.00	285.02
3	550–600	578	270.00–276.00	272.02
5	600–650	627	255.00–261.00	257.79
2	650–700	675	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	280.00–290.00	286.69
2	600–650	640	230.00–231.00	230.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	320.00–330.00	323.81
4	450–500	475	317.00–320.00	318.50
6	500–550	522	297.00–310.00	301.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	137.00–139.00	138.21
3	—	1,710	145.00–150.00	146.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	942	105.00–109.00	107.34
4	—	1,038	111.00–115.00	112.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,455	116.00–117.00	116.74
4	—	1,405	120.00–124.00	121.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,258	110.00–114.00	111.21
9	—	1,126	117.00–121.00	118.62

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,433.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	2,025.00–2,450.00	2,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,375.00–1,625.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,508.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,900.00–2,325.00	2,112.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle