Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-09-22

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 22
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
463 head
101 vs last sale 362 166 vs year ago 297 · +55.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
24 vs last sale 34 14 vs year ago 44 · +31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
1 vs last sale 56 40 vs year ago 17 · +235.3%
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 steady to 5.00 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 $349.58/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits 32.97 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.
Average price
$349.58
36 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.31
vs AL average
16.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548365.802,0045thin
Medium and Large 2553348.911,92927
Medium and Large 3533333.871,7804thin
One grade step is worth $31.93/cwt here — about $224 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
349.58
AL average14 barns · 650 hd
338.27
+11.31
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−16.27
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.56
−32.97
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
BullsLow1,355175.572,3795thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,101159.181,7535thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,402158.342,2217thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,007142.721,43820

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)$2,8176
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,5252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,3752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,3258
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$3,2676

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2400–450427399.29/cwt395.00–410.001,7057
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300277497.87/cwt495.00–500.001,3795
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500482409.55/cwt400.00–420.001,97411
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500474389.85/cwt380.00–402.001,84817
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500484363.15/cwt355.00–370.001,75810
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600571352.48/cwt350.00–362.002,0138
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300268442.62/cwt440.00–445.001,1862
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550538394.17/cwt390.00–400.002,1218
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550533352.88/cwt350.00–357.001,88116
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650621356.04/cwt350.00–360.002,2115
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600582343.13/cwt340.00–350.001,99711
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400381441.81/cwt435.00–450.001,6838
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350331444.11/cwt430.00–460.001,4705
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430373.79/cwt367.00–380.001,60712
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350323432.33/cwt425.00–440.001,3962
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550523375.60/cwt370.00–387.001,96415
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450422393.28/cwt390.00–400.001,6603
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450443423.69/cwt420.00–435.001,8774
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650637337.29/cwt330.00–342.002,1495
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400388381.65/cwt380.00–385.001,4813
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500475366.11/cwt360.00–370.001,7399
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5733
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500478381.66/cwt380.00–385.001,8243
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700666313.69/cwt310.00–325.002,0894
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400374404.17/cwt395.00–410.001,5129
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350318396.39/cwt390.00–410.001,2613
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550533333.87/cwt325.00–340.001,7804
CowsLean 85-90%1,005141.43/cwt138.00–145.001,42117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,355161.74/cwt160.00–165.002,1923
Bulls1,225170.65/cwt169.00–172.002,0902
CowsLean 85-90%1,020150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5303
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438155.79/cwt154.00–159.002,2404
Bulls1,442178.85/cwt177.00–180.002,5793
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,816.67/head2,700.00–3,100.002,8176
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,325.00/head2,000.00–2,600.002,3258
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,525.00/head2,350.00–2,700.002,5252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-23,266.67/head3,150.00–3,350.003,2676
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,375.00/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3752
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500472348.52/cwt345.00–350.001,6457
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450421355.45/cwt347.00–360.001,4964
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750730303.38/cwt300.00–310.002,2153
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8384
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600583345.99/cwt345.00–347.002,0172
CowsBoner 80-85%1,101159.18/cwt157.00–160.001,7535
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450433432.56/cwt425.00–445.001,87315
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500467408.29/cwt405.00–410.001,9073
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500465450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0931
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350323485.04/cwt480.00–490.001,5672
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427444.70/cwt435.00–460.001,89916
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600575352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,0242
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,3252
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300262535.00/cwt530.00–550.001,4026
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350326508.82/cwt500.00–535.001,6596
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,9222
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2792
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469379.83/cwt375.00–385.001,7817
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427403.73/cwt390.00–410.001,72413
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328452.42/cwt445.00–460.001,48410
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600563365.67/cwt362.00–370.002,0593
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400386458.02/cwt455.00–470.001,7688
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522412.84/cwt405.00–425.002,15511
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565399.81/cwt397.00–405.002,2596
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750740300.99/cwt300.00–302.002,2272
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700675323.82/cwt318.00–330.002,1862
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600572380.57/cwt370.00–387.002,17710
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473435.50/cwt430.00–445.002,0607
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400379425.86/cwt415.00–440.001,61416

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.