Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-02-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
62 vs last sale 482 119 vs year ago 301 · +39.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
12 vs last sale 48 10 vs year ago 26 · +38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
32 vs last sale 44 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.35/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 123.21 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.
Average price
$259.35
31 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,415
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.29
vs AL average
37.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513291.011,4932thin
Medium and Large 2547266.891,46017thin
Medium and Large 3549243.401,33612thin
One grade step is worth $47.61/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
438400362323median 382.5601/0503/2305/0407/0608/17
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 sale31 hd
259.35
AL average15 barns · 491 hd
265.64
−6.29
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−37.65
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.56
−123.21
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,638162.082,6546thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,608137.802,2169thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low921119.501,1014thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,4444thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550525270.62/cwt266.00–275.001,42110
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700683230.88/cwt229.00–234.001,5779
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450430333.44/cwt325.00–340.001,4349
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550531319.69/cwt317.00–322.001,6987
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400374370.00/cwt360.00–375.001,38410
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400375344.62/cwt340.00–350.001,29213
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550533288.98/cwt282.00–293.001,5405
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4253
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350316396.88/cwt390.00–405.001,2545
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750725224.53/cwt220.00–229.001,6282
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500476287.76/cwt277.00–295.001,37015
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550523256.63/cwt250.00–258.001,3426
HeifersMedium and Large 3700–750732203.39/cwt200.00–210.001,4893
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475267.92/cwt265.00–275.001,27312
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700675267.00/cwt264.00–270.001,8027
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600575230.17/cwt227.00–237.001,3236
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450433285.97/cwt285.00–287.001,2382
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650633243.42/cwt237.00–250.001,5414
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350325296.67/cwt295.00–300.009643
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400375290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0882
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513291.01/cwt290.00–292.001,4932
CowsLean 85-90%921119.50/cwt117.00–122.001,1014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,482133.73/cwt131.00–136.001,9823
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,671139.83/cwt138.00–144.002,3376
Bulls1,898170.03/cwt164.00–179.003,2273
Bulls1,377154.13/cwt150.00–159.002,1223
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615287.46/cwt285.00–290.001,7682
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600574300.99/cwt300.00–307.001,7287
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800775251.17/cwt250.00–255.001,94712
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525336.00/cwt335.00–337.001,7644
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750725261.47/cwt256.00–266.001,89619
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4242
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500490330.22/cwt325.00–337.001,6184
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480318.09/cwt311.00–322.001,5277
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650626263.29/cwt259.00–270.001,6487
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450421354.58/cwt353.00–357.001,4935
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375302.50/cwt300.00–310.001,1348
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600579261.55/cwt256.00–265.001,5147
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423293.68/cwt290.00–305.001,2428
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478340.21/cwt337.00–347.001,6264
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300275474.82/cwt470.00–480.001,3062
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418310.97/cwt310.00–312.001,3002
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625260.20/cwt255.00–263.001,62610
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530307.43/cwt300.00–310.001,6294
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600573287.51/cwt284.00–290.001,6476
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450428316.94/cwt310.00–320.001,3575
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650623230.13/cwt228.00–233.001,4348
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600574281.73/cwt279.00–290.001,6174
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650628273.98/cwt270.00–276.001,7213
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350325363.33/cwt360.00–370.001,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,443.75/head2,275.00–2,650.002,4444

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.