Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-10-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 12
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
265 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 238▼ 181 vs year ago 446 · −40.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 27▼ 42 vs year ago 67 · −62.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 30▼ 20 vs year ago 56 · −35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.20/cwt on 41 head, up $2.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 29 comparable sales and sits −46.36 against this barn's trailing median of $369.56.
Average price
$323.20
▲ 2.58 vs prior sale
41 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.81
vs AL average
−49.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2542328.401,78127
Medium and Large 3560313.171,75414thin
One grade step is worth $15.23/cwt here — about $26 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale41 hd
323.20
—
AL average16 barns · 557 hd
324.00
−0.81
National average193 barns · 18,908 hd
372.76
−49.56
This barn, trailing median29 sales
369.56
−46.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
438392346300median 369.5603/0204/2707/0608/2410/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.38, low $314.48, median $369.56 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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%Average1,368139.541,9092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,157130.671,5128thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low977117.251,1465thin

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)—$2,9002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5754thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,0003thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328484.85/cwt480.00–490.001,5903
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378472.45/cwt465.00–480.001,7862
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380434.58/cwt425.00–450.001,6513
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3483382.56/cwt380.00–385.001,8482
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525382.40/cwt380.00–385.002,0082
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9842
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1262
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725307.45/cwt305.00–310.002,2292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335394.85/cwt390.00–400.001,3232
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364401.17/cwt390.00–410.001,46010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365418.42/cwt415.00–425.001,5273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Replacement428444.80/cwt440.00–450.001,9042
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430366.35/cwt360.00–375.001,5757
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430345.12/cwt340.00–350.001,4842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460382.47/cwt380.00–385.001,7592
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465348.09/cwt340.00–365.001,61911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474328.57/cwt320.00–335.001,55714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3512318.96/cwt310.00–325.001,6335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520330.85/cwt325.00–340.001,72015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570325.33/cwt320.00–335.001,85412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3587309.95/cwt305.00–315.001,8199
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3624299.84/cwt290.00–305.001,8714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629311.90/cwt305.00–320.001,9625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633328.98/cwt325.00–330.002,0825
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0932
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3689273.93/cwt270.00–285.001,8875
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426405.07/cwt390.00–420.001,72611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429428.07/cwt425.00–435.001,8365
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472380.46/cwt375.00–390.001,79610
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480412.42/cwt410.00–415.001,9802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3524326.07/cwt320.00–335.001,70910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527352.32/cwt345.00–360.001,85717
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574336.24/cwt325.00–345.001,93011
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3581316.71/cwt310.00–320.001,84017
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625306.25/cwt305.00–310.001,9144
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627321.12/cwt317.00–325.002,0136
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2672306.58/cwt300.00–315.002,0603
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3676289.99/cwt285.00–295.001,9604
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3728277.32/cwt270.00–285.002,0192
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%977117.25/cwt114.00–120.001,1465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110125.34/cwt125.00–126.001,3913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185133.86/cwt133.00–136.001,5865
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,368139.54/cwt139.00–140.001,9092
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,900.00/head2,800.00–3,000.002,9002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,575.00/head2,500.00–2,800.002,5754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,000.00/head1,800.00–2,200.002,0003

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.