Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-09-15

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 15
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
362 head
76 vs last sale 438 41 vs year ago 403 · 10.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
0 vs last sale 34 11 vs year ago 45 · 24.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
50 vs last sale 106 36 vs year ago 20 · +180.0%
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 10.00 to 11.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $346.99/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 3 of 26 comparable sales and sits 34.11 against this barn's trailing median of $381.10.
Average price
$346.99
23 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,859
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.53
vs AL average
12.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536351.471,88318thin
Medium and Large 3536330.861,7735thin
One grade step is worth $20.61/cwt here — about $109 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

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 sale23 hd
346.99
AL average15 barns · 645 hd
351.52
−4.53
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−12.67
This barn, trailing median26 sales
381.10
−34.11
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
BullsHigh1,446184.452,6678thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,307167.272,1878thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,181157.561,8609thin

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)$3,0833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,7077
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,0577
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,8388
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$2,8388

Every lot, as filed

68 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 1450–500474421.86/cwt415.00–430.002,0007
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450423401.48/cwt390.00–415.001,6984
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320435.23/cwt430.00–440.001,3934
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650638351.96/cwt350.00–356.002,2463
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750725319.33/cwt318.00–320.002,3153
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500484366.51/cwt360.00–377.001,77410
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400376439.99/cwt430.00–450.001,65417
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600588372.65/cwt370.00–378.002,1916
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550526378.43/cwt365.00–390.001,99114
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3752
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600577345.06/cwt340.00–350.001,9916
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600572360.99/cwt352.00–372.002,0657
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650619333.49/cwt330.00–340.002,0644
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520398.54/cwt397.00–400.002,0724
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250231552.27/cwt540.00–560.001,2764
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423385.00/cwt380.00–400.001,6298
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400383415.10/cwt410.00–420.001,5905
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650629338.43/cwt336.00–342.002,1299
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500472335.97/cwt330.00–350.001,5865
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450424356.13/cwt350.00–370.001,5105
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700678337.90/cwt334.00–342.002,2912
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650645317.67/cwt314.00–325.002,0493
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600563341.66/cwt340.00–345.001,9243
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450428373.46/cwt370.00–380.001,5983
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400373401.63/cwt400.00–410.001,4986
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550513372.51/cwt370.00–375.001,9112
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515354.68/cwt345.00–360.001,82712
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500488355.08/cwt350.00–360.001,7334
Bulls1,628194.54/cwt191.00–196.003,1673
CowsBoner 80-85%1,147158.70/cwt157.00–160.001,8203
CowsBoner 80-85%1,221151.72/cwt150.00–154.001,8534
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150167.55/cwt166.00–169.001,9272
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,338164.30/cwt163.00–165.002,1983
Bulls1,345182.61/cwt182.00–184.002,4563
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,925.00/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-22,525.00/head2,500.00–2,550.002,5254
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,707.14/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7077
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-23,083.33/head2,900.00–3,300.003,0833
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,110.00/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1105
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-22,837.50/head2,650.00–3,050.002,8388
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-23,150.00/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1504
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700675331.02/cwt330.00–332.002,2342
SteersMedium and Large 3750–800773319.00/cwt317.00–320.002,4663
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700680304.96/cwt300.00–310.002,0744
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400369379.93/cwt375.00–385.001,4025
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,289169.05/cwt168.00–171.002,1795
Bulls1,325172.08/cwt170.00–174.002,2802
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418420.84/cwt410.00–430.001,7596
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250218503.13/cwt500.00–510.001,0973
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466387.17/cwt385.00–390.001,8045
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450424430.73/cwt422.00–445.001,82616
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650618316.58/cwt310.00–320.001,9566
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550536330.86/cwt320.00–340.001,7735
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532403.97/cwt402.00–405.002,1493
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622375.99/cwt375.00–378.002,3393
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578383.91/cwt380.00–392.002,2193
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400374470.58/cwt460.00–480.001,7609
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325516.69/cwt500.00–540.001,6799
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328474.43/cwt465.00–485.001,55610
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250225570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,2833
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450413443.75/cwt432.00–452.001,8336
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366459.91/cwt450.00–470.001,6839
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515395.68/cwt395.00–397.002,0383
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300263493.54/cwt490.00–500.001,2983
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300279552.47/cwt550.00–560.001,5414
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475386.93/cwt380.00–400.001,83816
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500478407.59/cwt400.00–415.001,9488
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350336469.97/cwt460.00–480.001,5795

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.