Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-07-06

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 6
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
475 head
313 vs last sale 162 34 vs year ago 441 · +7.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
16 vs last sale 32 18 vs year ago 66 · 27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
9 vs last sale 8 24 vs year ago 41 · 58.5%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher with slaughter bulls up to 231.00 cwt. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $414.95/cwt on 26 head, down $0.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits 0.47 against this barn's trailing median of $415.42.
Average price
$414.95
0.95 vs prior sale
26 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,321
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.85
vs AL average
44.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2567420.082,38117thin
Medium and Large 3546405.252,2119thin
One grade step is worth $14.82/cwt here — about $170 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

12 sales
470431392353median 415.4201/0503/0905/1807/2008/17
Steers 500–600 lb: high $455.81, low $366.78, median $415.42 across 12 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 sale26 hd
414.95
AL average5 barns · 84 hd
425.79
−10.85
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
−44.54
This barn, trailing median12 sales
415.42
−0.47
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
BullsAverage1,810209.543,7932thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,365189.592,58810
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,160174.002,01818
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,007164.801,6605thin

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)$3,3752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,8805
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,4583thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 2300–350335492.97/cwt490.00–500.001,6515
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565367.46/cwt365.00–370.002,0764
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700669363.78/cwt360.00–370.002,4344
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650631387.49/cwt380.00–390.002,4454
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600584355.11/cwt352.00–360.002,0747
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400364435.84/cwt430.00–445.001,5866
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700668344.94/cwt340.00–350.002,3042
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450418421.69/cwt420.00–425.001,7633
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670390.66/cwt390.00–392.002,6173
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300272638.71/cwt630.00–650.001,7373
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,3042
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500488438.49/cwt437.00–440.002,1404
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400384477.81/cwt470.00–490.001,8355
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650628395.89/cwt390.00–400.002,48611
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500477462.81/cwt450.00–475.002,2087
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550532439.57/cwt430.00–450.002,3397
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350314618.55/cwt605.00–630.001,9424
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400366567.69/cwt560.00–580.002,0789
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700672376.28/cwt370.00–382.002,5293
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450415492.68/cwt485.00–500.002,0452
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400375516.04/cwt510.00–525.001,93510
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600570396.97/cwt396.00–400.002,2634
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550526411.88/cwt400.00–425.002,1665
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300283600.00/cwt595.00–605.001,6985
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350321556.32/cwt540.00–570.001,78612
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750728354.64/cwt352.00–358.002,5823
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600591406.43/cwt400.00–420.002,40210
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650628355.02/cwt350.00–360.002,2302
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600573399.35/cwt390.00–415.002,28810
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450433441.78/cwt430.00–450.001,91310
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600584383.03/cwt380.00–385.002,2375
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550537408.96/cwt407.00–412.002,1965
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500475432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,0522
CowsLean 85-90%1,013160.67/cwt160.00–161.001,6283
CowsLean 85-90%998171.00/cwt170.00–172.001,7072
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,350178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,4032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,340198.48/cwt198.00–199.002,6602
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,378190.49/cwt188.00–194.002,6256
CowsBoner 80-85%1,109168.33/cwt166.00–170.001,8676
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185176.83/cwt174.00–180.002,09512
Bulls1,810209.54/cwt206.00–214.003,7932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,880.00/head2,600.00–3,100.002,8805
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,458.33/head2,375.00–2,500.002,4583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-23,375.00/head3,350.00–3,400.003,3752
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650619379.49/cwt370.00–390.002,3497
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550521421.55/cwt417.00–427.002,1966
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750725330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3933
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528436.02/cwt430.00–448.002,3024
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450431476.55/cwt470.00–490.002,05417
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800774334.35/cwt330.00–340.002,5885
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400369486.90/cwt480.00–495.001,7975
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423468.53/cwt467.00–470.001,9822
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550527382.98/cwt375.00–395.002,01813
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700673358.49/cwt348.00–365.002,4135
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450421504.97/cwt495.00–515.002,1267
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500474461.07/cwt445.00–475.002,18512
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350338509.90/cwt500.00–530.001,7233
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800773324.66/cwt324.00–326.002,5103
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750732325.97/cwt322.00–330.002,3863
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550516401.78/cwt395.00–410.002,0738
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423446.50/cwt435.00–455.001,8897
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463447.33/cwt445.00–450.002,0713
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4632
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400383458.25/cwt450.00–470.001,7555
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650614355.28/cwt350.00–360.002,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478426.46/cwt417.00–437.002,0386

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.