Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-07-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
399 head
76 vs last sale 475 247 vs year ago 646 · 38.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
22 vs last sale 48 19 vs year ago 45 · 42.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
0 vs last sale 17 11 vs year ago 28 · 39.3%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $404.12/cwt on 82 head, down $3.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 24 comparable sales and sits 3.92 against this barn's trailing median of $408.05.
Average price
$404.12
3.44 vs prior sale
82 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,234
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.19
vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530427.352,2638thin
Medium and Large 2555406.812,25759
Medium and Large 3558381.162,12615thin
One grade step is worth $46.19/cwt here — about $137 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 sale82 hd
404.12
AL average16 barns · 487 hd
406.31
−2.19
This barn, trailing median24 sales
408.05
−3.92
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161178.462,0739thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,058169.031,7884thin

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)$3,0004thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,1502thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1550–600557408.99/cwt407.00–410.002,2783
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550513438.36/cwt436.00–440.002,2495
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450435439.77/cwt430.00–450.001,9134
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700675371.43/cwt364.00–378.002,5077
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600582395.13/cwt390.00–400.002,30027
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650618365.76/cwt355.00–370.002,2606
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400382519.55/cwt500.00–540.001,9858
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550510393.71/cwt390.00–395.002,0084
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500465452.39/cwt450.00–455.002,1045
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250223694.83/cwt680.00–710.001,5492
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300268649.72/cwt640.00–660.001,7412
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400385460.26/cwt440.00–470.001,7723
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370557.49/cwt550.00–575.002,06311
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550529406.88/cwt400.00–412.002,15219
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,2902
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350313591.46/cwt580.00–610.001,8513
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350338560.22/cwt550.00–570.001,8942
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600563425.50/cwt425.00–426.002,3962
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400378440.31/cwt436.00–445.001,66412
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600571393.31/cwt380.00–400.002,2469
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330471.57/cwt465.00–480.001,5563
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450432430.35/cwt426.00–442.001,85919
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500481419.68/cwt410.00–430.002,01918
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700668345.99/cwt345.00–347.002,3112
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9002
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400375420.27/cwt415.00–425.001,5764
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500479419.82/cwt415.00–425.002,0115
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423453.46/cwt447.00–460.001,9182
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650631364.34/cwt355.00–370.002,2997
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300278497.34/cwt495.00–500.001,3832
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600575373.97/cwt370.00–380.002,15010
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500484447.38/cwt435.00–460.002,16514
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550532416.67/cwt405.00–430.002,21732
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550523395.54/cwt385.00–402.002,0695
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450428413.52/cwt410.00–417.001,7704
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600574360.07/cwt358.00–370.002,0676
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465473.42/cwt470.00–477.002,2016
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415515.20/cwt498.00–535.002,1389
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650617385.58/cwt375.00–390.002,37913
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435471.14/cwt455.00–485.002,04921
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700678339.90/cwt330.00–350.002,3053
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750715332.52/cwt330.00–335.002,3784
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-23,000.00/head2,900.00–3,050.003,0004
CowsBoner 80-85%1,201180.52/cwt178.00–183.002,1686
CowsLean 85-90%1,058169.03/cwt167.00–172.001,7884
CowsBoner 80-85%1,082174.35/cwt174.00–175.001,8863

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.