Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-06-23

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 23
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
167 vs last sale 433 145 vs year ago 411 · 35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
15 vs last sale 20 49 vs year ago 84 · 58.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
5 vs last sale 14 29 vs year ago 38 · 76.3%
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 cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $349.08/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits 66.34 against this barn's trailing median of $415.42.
Average price
$349.08
24 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.52
vs AL average
20.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553355.581,9665thin
Medium and Large 2561347.371,94719thin
One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $19 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

12 sales
470431392353median 415.4201/0503/0905/1807/2008/17
Steers 500–600 lb: high $455.81, low $366.78, median $415.42 across 12 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 sale24 hd
349.08
AL average12 barns · 254 hd
354.60
−5.52
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
−20.50
This barn, trailing median12 sales
415.42
−66.34
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
BullsHigh1,815198.623,6052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,218164.932,0092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,150160.011,8404thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average999146.741,4659thin

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)$2,5173thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 2250–300283450.04/cwt445.00–455.001,2744
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650625334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,0882
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600577341.62/cwt338.00–350.001,97111
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450430374.66/cwt364.00–385.001,61110
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500476357.69/cwt354.00–362.001,7037
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650628305.50/cwt300.00–314.001,9195
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370372.60/cwt365.00–380.001,3794
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400364419.24/cwt415.00–425.001,5266
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2512
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323451.43/cwt445.00–460.001,45810
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300285480.18/cwt475.00–485.001,3692
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5732
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350338394.15/cwt390.00–405.001,3326
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550538355.28/cwt350.00–360.001,9118
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483353.51/cwt352.00–355.001,7072
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523362.97/cwt362.00–364.001,8982
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550529341.76/cwt334.00–348.001,8085
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580329.90/cwt326.00–334.001,9132
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450427403.93/cwt397.00–410.001,7253
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513341.01/cwt340.00–342.001,7492
CowsLean 85-90%1,028147.14/cwt145.00–149.001,5132
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,218164.93/cwt163.00–167.002,0092
CowsBoner 80-85%1,155152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,145168.01/cwt167.00–169.001,9242
CowsLean 85-90%973140.24/cwt140.00–141.001,3654
CowsLean 85-90%1,013155.15/cwt152.00–158.001,5723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,516.67/head2,400.00–2,650.002,5173
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650632339.32/cwt338.00–340.002,1453
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425415.70/cwt412.00–420.001,7676
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325420.00/cwt415.00–430.001,3653
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373432.55/cwt425.00–440.001,6134
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573350.66/cwt350.00–352.002,0093
Bulls1,815198.62/cwt197.00–200.003,6052
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500465319.53/cwt315.00–327.001,4864
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550539317.45/cwt310.00–322.001,7114
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450428377.51/cwt375.00–380.001,6162
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400380345.13/cwt340.00–355.001,3114
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450422325.08/cwt322.00–338.001,3729
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450440352.47/cwt350.00–355.001,5512
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350325415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3492
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423393.65/cwt390.00–400.001,6654
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650640292.52/cwt290.00–295.001,8722
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550525311.15/cwt307.00–315.001,6342
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500493364.96/cwt358.00–372.001,7992
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700665319.50/cwt319.00–320.002,1252
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350330432.46/cwt420.00–440.001,4274
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650622310.36/cwt307.00–314.001,9303
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350335362.54/cwt360.00–365.001,2154
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400383389.93/cwt382.00–400.001,4936
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600583321.88/cwt318.00–326.001,87712
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550524328.21/cwt323.00–332.001,72010
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500487336.82/cwt330.00–344.001,6407
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450432347.87/cwt342.00–355.001,5035

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.