Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.81/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 3 of 26 comparable sales and sits −38.29 against this barn's trailing median of $381.10.

Average price

$342.81

36 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$19.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.81

vs AL average

−27.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	349.86	1,905	23
Medium and Large 3	544	330.35	1,798	13thin

One grade step is worth $19.51/cwt here — about $107 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

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 sale36 hd

342.81

—

AL average5 barns · 136 hd

336.00

+6.81

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−27.64

This barn, trailing median26 sales

381.10

−38.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,641	179.20	2,940	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,303	159.11	2,073	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	148.60	1,891	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	994	131.24	1,305	10

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,950	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,208	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,136	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,866	16
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,809	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	340.03/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	342.30/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,951	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	389.62/cwt	385.00–394.00	1,882	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	365.73/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,730	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	436.90/cwt	432.00–440.00	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	430.99/cwt	430.00–432.00	1,845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	401.65/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	406.31/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,950	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	379.53/cwt	372.00–384.00	2,053	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	432.09/cwt	424.00–440.00	1,810	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	455.21/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	413.42/cwt	412.00–415.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	387.28/cwt	380.00–392.00	1,433	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	376.31/cwt	372.00–380.00	1,769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	436.59/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,122	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	497.11/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,660	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	535.42/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,510	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	398.33/cwt	387.00–400.00	1,299	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	375.40/cwt	367.00–380.00	1,614	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	390.87/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,993	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	403.48/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	398.13/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,517	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	151.12/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,826	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	126.24/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,235	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	136.24/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,376	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,263	155.48/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,964	2
Bulls	—	—	1,440	184.67/cwt	183.00–186.00	2,659	2
Bulls	—	—	1,691	177.83/cwt	173.00–181.00	3,007	8
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,937.50/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,938	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,400.00/head	2,250.00–2,575.00	2,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,950.00/head	2,750.00–3,300.00	2,950	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,808.75/head	1,800.00–1,825.00	1,809	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,865.63/head	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,866	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,208.33/head	1,950.00–2,400.00	2,208	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	351.92/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	569.23/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	451.87/cwt	446.00–475.00	1,713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,649	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,316	160.32/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,110	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	145.44/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	512	331.78/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	310.97/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	329.12/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,883	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	372.92/cwt	370.00–377.00	1,592	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	328.70/cwt	327.00–332.00	1,906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	359.18/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,343	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	363.44/cwt	362.00–365.00	1,726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	454.57/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,491	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	357.99/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	375.91/cwt	372.00–380.00	2,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	351.29/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	404.73/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	354.72/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,873	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	335.51/cwt	335.00–336.00	2,063	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,063	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	406.22/cwt	397.00–420.00	1,779	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	632	319.22/cwt	312.00–326.00	2,017	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Mon Dec 1, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 441Last week 325Year ago 319

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 35Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 73Last week 66Year ago 45

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	370.00–377.00	372.92
2	450–500	475	362.00–365.00	363.44
3	500–550	518	335.00–345.00	340.03
3	550–600	580	327.00–332.00	328.70
3	600–650	632	312.00–326.00	319.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	397.00–420.00	406.22
4	450–500	483	385.00–394.00	389.62
8	500–550	541	372.00–384.00	379.53
3	550–600	568	357.00–360.00	357.99
4	600–650	615	335.00–336.00	335.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	419	424.00–440.00	432.09
4	450–500	470	400.00–410.00	403.48
6	500–550	510	390.00–395.00	390.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	412.00–415.00	413.42
16	300–350	326	387.00–400.00	398.33
10	350–400	370	380.00–392.00	387.28
12	400–450	430	367.00–380.00	375.40
18	450–500	473	360.00–370.00	365.73
14	500–550	528	345.00–360.00	354.72
9	550–600	570	335.00–350.00	342.30
3	600–650	625	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	450.00–460.00	455.21
3	250–300	257	425.00–445.00	436.59
5	350–400	381	397.00–400.00	398.13
3	400–450	425	388.00	388.00
5	450–500	470	372.00–380.00	376.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	350.00–370.00	359.18
6	400–450	426	345.00–360.00	351.92
4	450–500	480	350.00–355.00	351.29
6	500–550	512	330.00–340.00	331.78
7	550–600	572	320.00–334.00	329.12
2	600–650	628	310.00–312.00	310.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	440.00–475.00	454.57
5	350–400	387	432.00–440.00	436.90
2	400–450	428	430.00–432.00	430.99
6	450–500	480	405.00–410.00	406.31
3	500–550	522	400.00–405.00	401.65
2	550–600	583	372.00–380.00	375.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	560.00–580.00	569.23
9	250–300	282	530.00–540.00	535.42
8	300–350	334	485.00–510.00	497.11
6	350–400	379	446.00–475.00	451.87
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	400.00–410.00	404.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,208	149.00–154.00	151.12
4	—	1,354	144.00–148.00	145.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	978	124.00–130.00	126.24
5	—	1,010	134.00–140.00	136.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	155.00–156.00	155.48
6	—	1,316	159.00–162.00	160.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	183.00–186.00	184.67
8	—	1,691	173.00–181.00	177.83

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,937.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,250.00–2,575.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	2,750.00–3,300.00	2,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,800.00–1,825.00	1,808.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,865.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	1,950.00–2,400.00	2,208.33

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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New Brockton Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle