Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-06-16

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 16
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
433 head
122 vs last sale 555 41 vs year ago 392 · +10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
15 vs last sale 35 69 vs year ago 89 · 77.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
31 vs last sale 45 7 vs year ago 7 · +100.0%
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 6.00 to 14.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.47/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits 56.63 against this barn's trailing median of $381.10.
Average price
$324.47
16 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.48
vs AL average
9.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536331.421,77610thin
Medium and Large 3542312.881,6966thin
One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about $80 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales
438400362323median 381.1012/1503/0905/0407/0608/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.38, low $337.30, median $381.10 across 26 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 sale16 hd
324.47
AL average13 barns · 472 hd
326.94
−2.48
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−9.64
This barn, trailing median26 sales
381.10
−56.63
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,130176.001,9892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,190163.541,9466thin

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)$2,9754thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,6673thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,2252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$1,6882thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450430404.45/cwt397.00–412.001,7398
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600578324.06/cwt320.00–328.001,8733
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700673296.02/cwt290.00–300.001,9925
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550526333.03/cwt328.00–338.001,7528
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600576342.24/cwt340.00–350.001,9717
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700675277.99/cwt276.00–280.001,8762
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500458385.64/cwt380.00–392.001,7666
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700670326.54/cwt320.00–330.002,1884
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450422377.97/cwt370.00–390.001,59515
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550529345.23/cwt335.00–354.001,82613
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500477349.13/cwt342.00–356.001,66512
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650622312.98/cwt310.00–318.001,94711
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450422401.50/cwt395.00–410.001,6946
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468359.35/cwt357.00–362.001,6826
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350316405.06/cwt400.00–420.001,2804
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458371.35/cwt370.00–374.001,7013
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650627310.46/cwt307.00–315.001,9476
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372382.58/cwt382.00–385.001,4235
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300281432.31/cwt420.00–440.001,2154
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400368437.30/cwt430.00–445.001,6098
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428368.58/cwt365.00–375.001,5788
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320457.66/cwt445.00–465.001,4657
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500478352.48/cwt345.00–360.001,68512
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450408425.99/cwt425.00–427.001,7382
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250220679.55/cwt660.00–700.001,4952
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300280496.16/cwt485.00–505.001,3894
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,130176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,9892
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9333
CowsBoner 80-85%1,172167.07/cwt165.00–169.001,9583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,666.67/head2,600.00–2,800.002,6673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,975.00/head2,900.00–3,100.002,9754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,225.00/head2,150.00–2,300.002,2252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,687.50/head1,675.00–1,700.001,6882
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350329372.42/cwt370.00–380.001,2256
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550528315.07/cwt310.00–320.001,6644
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450417342.62/cwt340.00–344.001,4293
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600575325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8692
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700690274.96/cwt270.00–280.001,8974
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700675264.96/cwt260.00–270.001,7882
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600570308.49/cwt307.00–310.001,7582
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400380364.98/cwt360.00–370.001,3876
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400377393.38/cwt380.00–400.001,48311
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350333394.81/cwt390.00–400.001,3156
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650628319.00/cwt318.00–320.002,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650625280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7502
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5682
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4882
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400371416.13/cwt405.00–425.001,54413
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450424356.94/cwt350.00–365.001,51314
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350327428.91/cwt415.00–435.001,4035
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650638298.54/cwt295.00–302.001,9052
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650632331.10/cwt326.00–337.002,0938
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300292444.89/cwt435.00–455.001,2993
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8692
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350315386.56/cwt380.00–396.001,2184
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400379376.93/cwt372.00–380.001,42914
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500483354.10/cwt350.00–358.001,7102
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550519355.07/cwt350.00–360.001,84311

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.