Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-06-09

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 9
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
171 vs last sale 384 304 vs year ago 251 · +121.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
49 vs last sale 84 20 vs year ago 55 · 36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
11 vs last sale 34 20 vs year ago 25 · +80.0%
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 mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.39/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 54.17 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.
Average price
$328.39
37 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.38
vs AL average
12.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542336.291,82112thin
Medium and Large 2550325.601,79123
Medium and Large 3540313.031,6902thin
One grade step is worth $23.26/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale37 hd
328.39
AL average13 barns · 486 hd
318.01
+10.38
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−12.53
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.56
−54.17
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
BullsAverage1,587181.452,8803thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,314162.532,13511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,134155.551,76419
CowsLean 85-90%High1,040149.461,5542thin

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)$2,9003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,5509
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,4503thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500480330.40/cwt325.00–336.001,5867
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550532328.52/cwt322.00–334.001,74814
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400379404.46/cwt400.00–415.001,5338
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600569329.07/cwt320.00–338.001,8726
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700670297.31/cwt296.00–300.001,9923
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500476355.49/cwt346.00–365.001,69212
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550529352.28/cwt346.00–360.001,86413
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435380.02/cwt366.00–390.001,65311
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550508382.65/cwt380.00–388.001,9443
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516341.78/cwt338.00–352.001,7646
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328403.57/cwt400.00–410.001,3244
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300280458.59/cwt450.00–465.001,2844
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428353.75/cwt350.00–360.001,51420
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600571342.47/cwt338.00–350.001,9568
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567330.79/cwt328.00–337.001,8766
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650622319.98/cwt318.00–324.001,9903
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620341.61/cwt340.00–344.002,1185
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383388.56/cwt380.00–397.001,4882
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500472343.38/cwt338.00–350.001,62126
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400381445.30/cwt437.00–450.001,6975
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300282478.08/cwt470.00–485.001,3483
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325459.13/cwt450.00–465.001,49211
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423406.23/cwt400.00–420.001,7188
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463369.51/cwt367.00–372.001,7112
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1752
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475397.57/cwt396.00–400.001,8885
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300266422.80/cwt415.00–430.001,1259
CowsBoner 80-85%1,138153.29/cwt152.00–156.001,7449
Bulls1,587181.45/cwt177.00–183.002,8803
CowsLean 85-90%1,040149.46/cwt149.00–150.001,5542
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,558150.07/cwt148.00–152.002,3382
CowsBoner 80-85%1,138147.77/cwt145.00–151.001,6824
CowsBoner 80-85%1,126164.14/cwt163.00–165.001,8486
Bred CowsSmall 1-22,100.00/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,775.00/head2,600.00–2,950.002,7756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,900.00/head2,850.00–2,950.002,9003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,450.00/head2,350.00–2,600.002,4503
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550525336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,7643
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414366.96/cwt362.00–375.001,5197
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423413.31/cwt410.00–420.001,7483
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250218592.24/cwt585.00–600.001,2912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,302170.21/cwt169.00–171.002,2163
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,238162.85/cwt159.00–167.002,0166
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5683
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450432338.63/cwt336.00–340.001,4633
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600583311.95/cwt308.00–316.001,8192
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350333389.04/cwt385.00–395.001,2966
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400380388.08/cwt380.00–395.001,4755
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3002
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350330362.39/cwt355.00–370.001,1962
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500471384.14/cwt380.00–390.001,8096
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450431398.82/cwt396.00–400.001,7197
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385360.47/cwt355.00–370.001,3886
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600575330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8982
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4454
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550525320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6803
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350322440.79/cwt430.00–445.001,4196
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700670312.56/cwt310.00–320.002,0944
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750725288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,0882
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800768257.01/cwt256.00–258.001,9742
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550540313.03/cwt310.00–316.001,6902
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650626329.76/cwt327.00–332.002,0649
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550526338.91/cwt332.00–345.001,7838
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600578321.07/cwt318.00–325.001,8569
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650628313.55/cwt310.00–317.001,9697
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750728265.02/cwt260.00–270.001,9292

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.