Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-08-04

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 4
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
21 vs last sale 416 14 vs year ago 423 · +3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
7 vs last sale 43 65 vs year ago 101 · 64.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
56 vs last sale 105 1 vs year ago 50 · 2.0%
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 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.07/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 52.49 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.
Average price
$330.07
48 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
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 1531344.051,82811thin
Medium and Large 2558329.451,83926
Medium and Large 3553317.551,75811thin
One grade step is worth $26.50/cwt here — about $71 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 sale48 hd
330.07
AL average15 barns · 576 hd
329.77
+0.30
National average149 barns · 9,537 hd
350.57
−20.50
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.56
−52.49
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
BullsHigh1,737202.033,5109thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,318178.282,3508thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,158170.051,9698thin

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)$3,3147
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,9134thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,8634thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,4423thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 2700–750718298.57/cwt290.00–303.002,1445
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700678310.04/cwt300.00–320.002,1022
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630342.88/cwt340.00–348.002,1609
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330415.17/cwt407.00–420.001,3704
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425365.05/cwt360.00–374.001,55115
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300276494.93/cwt480.00–500.001,3664
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550536370.80/cwt368.00–374.001,98710
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550534334.22/cwt329.00–340.001,78512
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650633319.98/cwt318.00–322.002,0253
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600574322.61/cwt319.00–326.001,8527
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750723260.98/cwt260.00–262.001,8872
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400387431.10/cwt425.00–435.001,6685
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550527352.03/cwt344.00–360.001,85518
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500474371.10/cwt366.00–384.001,75917
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500474353.23/cwt348.00–360.001,6749
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475338.71/cwt335.00–340.001,6094
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450435344.89/cwt340.00–350.001,5004
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600579325.36/cwt322.00–332.001,88414
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375383.24/cwt378.00–395.001,43710
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350335427.46/cwt425.00–430.001,4322
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700680327.76/cwt325.00–330.002,2294
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4792
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400366367.47/cwt360.00–370.001,3458
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500481341.51/cwt337.00–345.001,6437
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550525340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7855
Bulls1,793206.32/cwt201.00–209.003,6995
Bulls1,668196.66/cwt192.00–200.003,2804
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,347175.01/cwt174.00–176.002,3573
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,301180.24/cwt178.00–182.002,3455
CowsBoner 80-85%1,127167.69/cwt167.00–169.001,8905
CowsBoner 80-85%1,210173.98/cwt173.00–175.002,1053
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,441.67/head2,200.00–2,575.002,4423
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,862.50/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,912.50/head2,850.00–3,000.002,9134
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-23,314.29/head3,100.00–3,500.003,3147
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3002
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650614312.34/cwt310.00–318.001,9187
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550528320.62/cwt315.00–328.001,6936
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400374394.00/cwt385.00–405.001,47410
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600573342.91/cwt336.00–350.001,9652
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600584313.87/cwt305.00–318.001,8335
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524344.84/cwt340.00–350.001,8079
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450424406.98/cwt405.00–415.001,7265
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400377403.87/cwt400.00–420.001,5235
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,0752
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400376450.70/cwt440.00–470.001,69513
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573367.99/cwt366.00–370.002,1099
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,9402
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450421382.18/cwt378.00–386.001,6099
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469368.57/cwt366.00–375.001,7298
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417449.21/cwt440.00–455.001,8735
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627351.32/cwt350.00–354.002,2033
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519393.27/cwt386.00–400.002,0414
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750729321.49/cwt320.00–326.002,3448
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565340.50/cwt340.00–341.001,9242
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350318440.04/cwt435.00–445.001,3992
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330503.60/cwt497.00–510.001,6622
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600571336.86/cwt333.00–343.001,92316
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650623321.73/cwt318.00–332.002,00410
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8052
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600572358.39/cwt358.00–360.002,0505
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450426393.14/cwt375.00–400.001,67510

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.