Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2019-05-15

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, May 15
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
15 vs last sale 170 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
75 vs last sale 99 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
17 vs last sale 40 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.All feeders so steady to 3.00 lower.Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.72/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$147.72
54 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$191
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$9.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.15
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3398153.776118thin
Medium and Large 2475149.6071122
Medium and Large 1557143.9880224
One grade step is worth $9.79/cwt here — about −$191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale54 hd
147.72
AL average12 barns · 745 hd
140.57
+7.15
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
BullsLow2,39065.001,5541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33353.0270713
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02944.794619thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · South Alabama Stockyards - Brundidge, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,02634.77/cwt34.00–35.003574
CowsLean 85-90%1,03152.80/cwt52.00–54.005445
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33956.16/cwt55.00–59.007527
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32549.36/cwt47.00–52.006546
Bulls2,39065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,5541
Bred CowsSmall 3473.33/cwt450.00–485.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800.00/cwt800.00–800.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2885.71/cwt800.00–1,050.007
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3656.67/cwt625.00–720.003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2962.50/cwt940.00–985.002
SteersMedium and Large 3413152.65/cwt151.00–155.006305
SteersMedium and Large 3372155.64/cwt155.00–157.005793
SteersMedium and Large 2475149.60/cwt147.00–153.0071122
SteersMedium and Large 1573142.75/cwt140.00–144.0081812
SteersMedium and Large 1514149.32/cwt148.00–150.007689
SteersMedium and Large 1622132.91/cwt129.00–138.008273
HeifersMedium and Large 3364124.42/cwt117.00–127.004534
HeifersMedium and Large 3517115.01/cwt113.00–117.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 2592115.57/cwt115.00–121.0068410
HeifersMedium and Large 2431129.40/cwt129.00–132.005587
HeifersMedium and Large 2481126.29/cwt121.00–128.006074
HeifersMedium and Large 1474131.50/cwt129.00–134.0062314
HeifersMedium and Large 1532123.51/cwt119.00–129.006578
HeifersMedium and Large 1610114.74/cwt113.00–118.007004
BullsMedium and Large 3740105.00/cwt105.00–105.007772
BullsMedium and Large 2428138.65/cwt136.00–144.005933
BullsMedium and Large 1470138.28/cwt136.00–143.006503
BullsMedium and Large 1520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007021

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.