Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-11-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 10
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
315 head
36 vs last sale 351 95 vs year ago 220 · +43.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
10 vs last sale 54 7 vs year ago 37 · +18.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
11 vs last sale 37 4 vs year ago 22 · +18.2%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade was active with good demand on feeder calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.22/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits 44.88 against this barn's trailing median of $381.10.
Average price
$336.22
14 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.27
vs AL average
27.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2525342.761,79810thin
Medium and Large 3513319.871,6414thin
One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about $157 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 sale14 hd
336.22
AL average15 barns · 535 hd
327.95
+8.27
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−27.74
This barn, trailing median26 sales
381.10
−44.88
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
BullsAverage1,483168.932,5066thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,583163.282,5852thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,123148.511,66819
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033125.161,2928thin

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)$2,7705
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,9679
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$1,7388
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400364381.22/cwt370.00–405.001,38810
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8921
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600577332.47/cwt330.00–335.001,9186
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450424341.31/cwt325.00–355.001,4474
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450427411.31/cwt405.00–425.001,75610
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435396.29/cwt385.00–400.001,7248
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350323402.33/cwt400.00–405.001,3002
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350303482.40/cwt470.00–495.001,4622
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550502369.21/cwt368.00–372.001,8535
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600563328.04/cwt320.00–336.001,8472
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650623320.66/cwt320.00–322.001,9983
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750705276.03/cwt272.00–280.001,9462
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700670325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1782
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420424.76/cwt420.00–430.001,7842
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300280460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2884
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800753259.00/cwt258.00–260.001,9502
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515346.44/cwt330.00–355.001,7848
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400360446.76/cwt440.00–450.001,6083
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,0171
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650607321.63/cwt317.00–325.001,9525
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315411.95/cwt400.00–425.001,2985
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,359166.82/cwt160.00–170.002,2673
CowsBoner 80-85%1,098153.51/cwt152.00–155.001,6862
CowsLean 85-90%890120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0681
CowsLean 85-90%835105.12/cwt101.00–110.008782
Bulls1,420175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,4851
Bulls1,405161.39/cwt154.00–167.002,2684
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,228.57/head2,000.00–2,500.002,2297
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,750.00/head1,500.00–2,000.001,7502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy3,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,687.50/head2,600.00–2,750.002,6884
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,737.50/head1,600.00–1,850.001,7388
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,5671
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7341
CowsLean 85-90%1,140134.21/cwt131.00–136.001,5305
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,583163.28/cwt158.00–169.002,5852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,076143.87/cwt140.00–149.001,54814
Bulls1,860193.00/cwt193.00–193.003,5901
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300265450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1931
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350330395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3041
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350308353.84/cwt350.00–357.501,0902
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500480330.36/cwt327.00–337.501,5864
BullsMedium and Large 3750–800750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5003
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473351.65/cwt350.00–360.001,6639
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400390355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3851
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550513319.87/cwt312.00–327.501,6414
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600575310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7832
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450419375.28/cwt360.00–386.001,57214
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550517363.48/cwt350.00–380.001,8797
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700672281.60/cwt275.00–290.001,8923
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400357412.16/cwt410.00–420.001,4715
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700680280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9041
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550505320.10/cwt315.00–330.001,6173
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500459365.95/cwt360.00–370.001,6805

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.