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New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 13
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
446 head
66 vs last sale 380 157 vs year ago 289 · +54.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
5 vs last sale 62 29 vs year ago 38 · +76.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
9 vs last sale 65 48 vs year ago 8 · +600.0%
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 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.69/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 3 of 26 comparable sales and sits 37.41 against this barn's trailing median of $381.10.
Average price
$343.69
42 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.24
vs AL average
54.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532355.631,89211thin
Medium and Large 2549341.221,87327
Medium and Large 3538327.531,7624thin
One grade step is worth $28.10/cwt here — about $130 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 sale42 hd
343.69
AL average13 barns · 439 hd
334.45
+9.24
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−54.17
This barn, trailing median26 sales
381.10
−37.41
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
BullsAverage1,660183.693,0493thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,368162.862,2276thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,177152.051,79015
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,016144.401,46717

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)$2,6705
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,2426
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,2217
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$1,8305
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$3,1004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$2,3888

Every lot, as filed

64 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700675307.28/cwt300.00–320.002,0745
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600573361.13/cwt350.00–370.002,06917
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475354.97/cwt350.00–362.001,68610
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380387.64/cwt380.00–400.001,47313
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650623343.00/cwt337.00–350.002,13712
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600576373.81/cwt367.00–382.002,15311
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525375.49/cwt367.00–384.001,97116
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428438.64/cwt435.00–442.001,8772
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550524344.84/cwt338.00–350.001,80716
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450431408.38/cwt400.00–420.001,7607
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550534394.27/cwt385.00–400.002,10517
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600585335.96/cwt327.00–340.001,96511
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700668327.29/cwt325.00–332.002,1863
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400386445.83/cwt435.00–465.001,7219
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478376.84/cwt372.00–382.001,8016
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527408.46/cwt405.00–412.002,1536
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565350.28/cwt347.00–354.001,9794
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450433407.33/cwt395.00–415.001,76414
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250230662.72/cwt630.00–700.001,5242
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650608376.01/cwt374.00–378.002,2862
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300283444.78/cwt440.00–450.001,2594
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513358.69/cwt355.00–365.001,8407
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325471.16/cwt460.00–500.001,5317
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350326432.24/cwt425.00–445.001,4094
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572395.87/cwt390.00–400.002,2645
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450435424.56/cwt420.00–430.001,8476
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,262160.02/cwt159.00–161.002,0193
Bulls1,660183.69/cwt182.00–185.003,0493
CowsLean 85-90%946140.49/cwt137.00–143.001,3298
CowsLean 85-90%1,078147.87/cwt145.00–150.001,5949
CowsBoner 80-85%1,149147.47/cwt145.00–150.001,6948
CowsBoner 80-85%1,209157.29/cwt155.00–160.001,9027
Bred CowsSmall 1-22,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,825.00/head1,800.00–1,850.001,8252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,450.00/head2,200.00–2,700.002,4504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,687.50/head2,350.00–3,200.002,6884
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-22,387.50/head2,200.00–2,650.002,3888
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-23,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,830.00/head1,650.00–2,100.001,8305
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,221.43/head1,900.00–2,500.002,2217
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450425351.43/cwt350.00–360.001,4947
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650615322.41/cwt320.00–327.001,9833
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550538327.53/cwt325.00–330.001,7624
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300270517.36/cwt510.00–525.001,3972
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479417.92/cwt415.00–422.002,0024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,473165.70/cwt165.00–166.002,4413
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700680292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9861
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250244507.38/cwt500.00–530.001,2384
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400385337.90/cwt280.00–370.001,3013
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650625301.07/cwt292.00–310.001,8824
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400381390.79/cwt385.00–400.001,4898
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350328377.52/cwt375.00–380.001,2382
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500475354.36/cwt350.00–370.001,6838
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425376.99/cwt367.00–385.001,60213
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550527360.68/cwt360.00–362.001,9013
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650625370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3132
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500476403.34/cwt395.00–415.001,9206
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350325406.46/cwt400.00–420.001,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350308397.56/cwt390.00–405.001,2244
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650624324.45/cwt317.00–330.002,02519
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400372422.47/cwt417.00–430.001,5723
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300280492.10/cwt485.00–500.001,3782
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500481386.98/cwt375.00–400.001,86110
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500468335.75/cwt330.00–340.001,5716

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.