Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-07-21

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 21
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
476 head
170 vs last sale 646 55 vs year ago 531 · 10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
16 vs last sale 45 1 vs year ago 60 · +1.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
83 head
55 vs last sale 28 46 vs year ago 37 · +124.3%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady with instances 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.24/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 53.32 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.
Average price
$329.24
22 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,774
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.21
vs AL average
10.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519342.391,7775thin
Medium and Large 2545325.371,77217thin
One grade step is worth $17.02/cwt here — about $5 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 sale22 hd
329.24
AL average16 barns · 631 hd
322.03
+7.21
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−10.94
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.56
−53.32
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
BullsLow1,625185.363,01310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,380165.182,27920
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,210156.041,88811
CowsLean 85-90%Average976150.571,4706thin

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)$2,8882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,71810
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,71118
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,53117
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$3,26010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$2,7258

Every lot, as filed

60 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 2550–600571347.50/cwt342.00–354.001,9845
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450430389.11/cwt380.00–402.001,6735
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500464363.46/cwt360.00–372.001,6867
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550529355.33/cwt350.00–360.001,88010
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350334428.39/cwt425.00–430.001,4319
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500479353.83/cwt344.00–360.001,6959
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550524331.59/cwt328.00–334.001,73810
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600574316.48/cwt310.00–324.001,8177
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650635330.68/cwt330.00–332.002,1003
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450434360.40/cwt350.00–368.001,56416
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400383372.79/cwt365.00–380.001,42813
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400382409.83/cwt400.00–420.001,5666
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450438348.98/cwt348.00–350.001,5292
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600573312.31/cwt307.00–318.001,7908
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630309.63/cwt307.00–312.001,9516
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350333395.86/cwt390.00–400.001,3185
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700688277.03/cwt274.00–280.001,9062
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473342.49/cwt336.00–350.001,62021
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600560330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8482
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500478345.38/cwt340.00–350.001,6516
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550522321.97/cwt318.00–326.001,6816
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475326.25/cwt320.00–330.001,5508
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650628293.98/cwt290.00–300.001,8465
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500470326.74/cwt325.00–330.001,5363
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,398167.06/cwt164.00–170.002,33514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,224153.20/cwt151.00–155.001,8757
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185161.01/cwt159.00–163.001,9084
Bulls1,320178.53/cwt178.00–179.002,3572
Bulls1,688189.08/cwt188.00–190.003,1923
Bulls1,710185.85/cwt182.00–188.003,1785
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,711.11/head2,625.00–2,825.002,71118
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,887.50/head2,875.00–2,900.002,8882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,530.88/head2,400.00–2,675.002,53117
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,717.50/head2,600.00–2,850.002,71810
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-23,260.00/head3,200.00–3,400.003,26010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-22,725.00/head2,650.00–2,800.002,7258
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400390381.67/cwt380.00–385.001,4893
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2032
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650613283.99/cwt282.00–288.001,7414
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450436332.35/cwt330.00–340.001,4494
CowsLean 85-90%976150.57/cwt148.00–153.001,4706
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,338160.79/cwt157.00–163.002,1516
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418393.23/cwt390.00–400.001,6443
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519342.39/cwt338.00–348.001,7775
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450421377.19/cwt372.00–388.001,5885
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500458359.97/cwt356.00–368.001,6493
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350335406.18/cwt400.00–410.001,3615
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650620317.50/cwt310.00–320.001,9694
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273497.39/cwt495.00–500.001,3584
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379428.53/cwt425.00–430.001,6247
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428410.75/cwt406.00–417.001,7584
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350319429.32/cwt420.00–435.001,3707
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400362390.58/cwt386.00–400.001,4143
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660299.02/cwt296.00–302.001,9742
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450431367.98/cwt360.00–380.001,5868
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700678291.33/cwt284.00–298.001,9756
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600568327.64/cwt324.00–334.001,8616
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550532339.36/cwt332.00–346.001,80512
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650632312.36/cwt310.00–319.001,9749
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340439.93/cwt435.00–445.001,4964

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.