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New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 20
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
41 vs last sale 446 405 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
40 vs last sale 67 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
29 vs last sale 56 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $367.98/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 3 of 24 comparable sales and sits 40.07 against this barn's trailing median of $408.05.
Average price
$367.98
58 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.66
vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527390.852,0608thin
Medium and Large 2545369.232,01134
Medium and Large 3537353.871,90116thin
One grade step is worth $36.98/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales
459416373329median 408.0501/0503/2305/0407/1308/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.83, low $343.47, median $408.05 across 24 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 sale58 hd
367.98
AL average13 barns · 423 hd
362.32
+5.66
This barn, trailing median24 sales
408.05
−40.07
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,305165.012,1532thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,218146.971,7902thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057144.761,5294thin

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)$2,0884thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,0504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$1,7502thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2550–600572359.99/cwt355.00–367.002,05915
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700660327.48/cwt325.00–330.002,1612
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550523376.53/cwt367.00–385.001,96919
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600576343.96/cwt340.00–350.001,98110
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350337399.94/cwt390.00–410.001,3485
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450419426.83/cwt425.00–430.001,7888
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473362.86/cwt355.00–370.001,71619
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750735307.48/cwt305.00–310.002,2602
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300263536.65/cwt535.00–540.001,4113
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300278457.99/cwt450.00–470.001,2735
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650628362.53/cwt358.00–370.002,2773
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400363449.97/cwt445.00–460.001,6335
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450428408.33/cwt395.00–420.001,74828
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500472387.77/cwt380.00–395.001,83026
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3752
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300258476.84/cwt470.00–490.001,2303
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558398.99/cwt396.00–402.002,2262
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527367.33/cwt365.00–370.001,9363
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400358403.30/cwt400.00–410.001,4443
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550527390.85/cwt390.00–395.002,0608
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250235505.85/cwt485.00–525.001,1892
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500471399.27/cwt397.00–400.001,8818
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340415.94/cwt412.00–420.001,4142
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250228664.73/cwt640.00–690.001,5162
CowsLean 85-90%1,130140.52/cwt140.00–141.001,5882
CowsLean 85-90%983148.99/cwt146.00–152.001,4652
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,305165.01/cwt162.00–168.002,1532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218146.97/cwt145.00–149.001,7902
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,975.00/head1,950.00–2,000.001,9752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,750.00/head1,600.00–1,900.001,7502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,050.00/head1,975.00–2,150.002,0504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350335406.53/cwt400.00–420.001,3629
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650630335.08/cwt330.00–340.002,1116
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600568339.96/cwt335.00–345.001,9313
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450427348.29/cwt340.00–355.001,4879
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0252
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350313497.56/cwt490.00–500.001,5574
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600578374.12/cwt370.00–382.002,1623
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350323373.40/cwt370.00–380.001,2063
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550543339.00/cwt338.00–340.001,8412
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550519355.05/cwt350.00–362.001,84311
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450436375.52/cwt370.00–380.001,6374
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600592326.34/cwt324.00–330.001,9323
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550533397.95/cwt392.00–402.002,1213
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400377359.96/cwt350.00–365.001,3573
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550530357.08/cwt350.00–365.001,89313
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375385.81/cwt380.00–390.001,44711
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500488362.72/cwt362.00–365.001,7704
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400378429.07/cwt420.00–440.001,62218
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650617354.70/cwt350.00–360.002,18810
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650615336.52/cwt335.00–338.002,0702
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700678353.41/cwt350.00–357.002,3962
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425372.26/cwt365.00–380.001,58212
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350331441.65/cwt430.00–450.001,46214
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300288446.75/cwt430.00–455.001,2876
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250235449.57/cwt440.00–460.001,0562

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.