Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-07-14

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
646 head
205 vs last sale 441 294 vs year ago 352 · +83.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
21 vs last sale 66 24 vs year ago 69 · 34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
13 vs last sale 41 25 vs year ago 53 · 47.2%
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 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.59/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 62.97 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.
Average price
$319.59
36 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.36
vs AL average
19.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2543323.651,75821
Medium and Large 3547313.911,71615thin
One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $42 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 sale36 hd
319.59
AL average16 barns · 631 hd
321.95
−2.36
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−19.15
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.56
−62.97
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
BullsAverage1,712193.573,3145thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,392163.442,2757thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,249153.071,9127thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average960147.621,4179thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,1252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,9765
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,7384thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700663304.94/cwt300.00–310.002,0224
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500470374.98/cwt370.00–380.001,7626
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425397.79/cwt390.00–405.001,6915
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300268443.50/cwt430.00–450.001,1894
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600568317.84/cwt315.00–322.001,8058
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400375401.56/cwt395.00–410.001,50618
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600577346.87/cwt340.00–350.002,0019
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550528327.22/cwt324.00–334.001,72813
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650627302.22/cwt297.00–310.001,8953
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450426370.17/cwt360.00–380.001,57721
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550521342.77/cwt335.00–348.001,78619
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473342.84/cwt340.00–350.001,62214
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400376377.32/cwt370.00–390.001,41927
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500480333.99/cwt330.00–338.001,6037
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450431346.01/cwt335.00–352.001,4919
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600589314.14/cwt308.00–320.001,8508
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550529327.34/cwt322.00–330.001,7328
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350319408.82/cwt397.00–420.001,3048
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450438354.67/cwt348.00–360.001,55314
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550541333.96/cwt332.00–340.001,8074
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450423332.01/cwt328.00–340.001,4047
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500482323.19/cwt320.00–328.001,55810
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550528318.25/cwt308.00–322.001,6809
CowsLean 85-90%1,030150.70/cwt150.00–151.001,5523
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,523158.01/cwt155.00–161.002,4063
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,294167.52/cwt166.00–169.002,1684
CowsBoner 80-85%1,249153.07/cwt150.00–156.001,9127
Bulls1,385188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,6042
Bulls1,930197.28/cwt193.00–200.003,8083
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,843.33/head1,800.00–1,890.001,8433
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,175.00/head2,050.00–2,300.002,1752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,125.00/head2,050.00–2,200.002,1252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-22,737.50/head2,675.00–2,800.002,7384
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650633301.43/cwt298.00–308.001,9086
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700668313.95/cwt310.00–316.002,0973
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400381346.74/cwt340.00–355.001,32111
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350335396.57/cwt390.00–400.001,3293
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400374385.68/cwt382.00–390.001,44213
CowsLean 85-90%925146.08/cwt145.00–147.001,3516
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420392.07/cwt390.00–397.001,64710
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300272491.20/cwt480.00–500.001,3363
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465359.25/cwt356.00–365.001,67117
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400364399.22/cwt395.00–405.001,4537
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424374.20/cwt370.00–380.001,58712
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600575307.40/cwt300.00–312.001,7686
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573357.30/cwt356.00–360.002,0473
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600563332.07/cwt326.00–340.001,87012
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750725298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,1612
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500473348.98/cwt340.00–360.001,65123
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313431.82/cwt425.00–440.001,3525
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1962
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550531355.74/cwt350.00–360.001,8897
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700680318.91/cwt316.00–325.002,1693
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350335421.24/cwt410.00–430.001,4117
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1282
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400383422.77/cwt417.00–427.001,6197
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350332448.27/cwt435.00–455.001,4886
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625315.00/cwt310.00–320.001,96910

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.