Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2019-09-11

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Sep 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▲ 289 vs last sale 276▲ 565 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 51▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
423 head
▲ 423 vs last sale 0▲ 423 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 sold steady, bulls sold 8.00 lower. All feeders sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold sharply higher due to special sale on Sep 06, 2019. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.29/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$108.29
122 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.42
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474115.6654848
Medium and Large 2543105.6257462
Medium and Large 343092.5839812thin
One grade step is worth $23.08/cwt here — about $150 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 sale122 hd
108.29
—
AL average13 barns · 1,233 hd
108.71
−0.42
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
Bulls—Low1,33370.619416thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35052.4670816
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04748.0550329

Every lot, as filed

54 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375123.19/cwt120.00–126.0046219
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405112.00/cwt112.00–112.004543
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625101.00/cwt101.00–101.006315
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582105.30/cwt102.00–107.006136
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472110.79/cwt110.00–112.005239
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395114.00/cwt114.00–114.0045010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522109.53/cwt107.00–110.0057213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—68094.65/cwt93.00–100.0064416
HeifersMedium and Large 3—42291.52/cwt88.00–98.003863
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313102.44/cwt100.00–110.003214
HeifersMedium and Large 3—52985.33/cwt81.00–88.004515
BullsMedium and Large 1—325151.00/cwt151.00–151.004911
BullsMedium and Large 1—355137.00/cwt137.00–137.004861
BullsMedium and Large 1—435130.91/cwt129.00–135.005693
BullsMedium and Large 1—466125.42/cwt123.00–127.005845
BullsMedium and Large 2—478119.66/cwt119.00–121.005723
BullsMedium and Large 2—70991.74/cwt90.00–97.006504
BullsMedium and Large 2—624107.52/cwt104.00–110.006715
BullsMedium and Large 2—66397.59/cwt97.00–100.006475
BullsMedium and Large 2—372128.45/cwt126.00–131.004787
BullsMedium and Large 2—428123.26/cwt122.00–125.005287
BullsMedium and Large 2—533113.07/cwt111.00–116.0060312
BullsMedium and Large 3—325127.62/cwt125.00–130.004154
BullsMedium and Large 3—76384.99/cwt81.00–89.006484
BullsMedium and Large 3—461108.82/cwt108.00–110.005025
BullsMedium and Large 3—437111.60/cwt110.00–115.004886
BullsMedium and Large 3—67891.98/cwt91.00–94.006246
BullsMedium and Large 3—63199.16/cwt97.00–100.006267
BullsMedium and Large 3—385118.95/cwt115.00–123.004588
BullsMedium and Large 3—580104.82/cwt100.00–107.006088
Bulls——1,33370.61/cwt70.00–71.009416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,412.50/cwt1,350.00–1,575.00—12
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,369.44/cwt1,325.00–1,425.00—18
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,510.00/cwt1,450.00–1,575.00—20
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3——1,196.43/cwt1,175.00–1,250.00—28
SteersMedium and Large 1—405138.00/cwt138.00–138.005591
SteersMedium and Large 1—510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006537
SteersMedium and Large 1—463131.67/cwt131.00–132.0061021
SteersMedium and Large 2—760108.00/cwt108.00–108.008211
SteersMedium and Large 2—715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007876
SteersMedium and Large 2—644115.74/cwt110.00–117.0074511
SteersMedium and Large 2—584121.09/cwt117.00–123.0070719
SteersMedium and Large 3—357125.16/cwt125.00–127.0044713
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29158.60/cwt57.00–61.007577
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39547.68/cwt47.00–48.006659
CowsLean 85-90%—99951.96/cwt51.00–54.0051910
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07345.99/cwt44.00–48.0049319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,319.23/cwt1,250.00–1,400.00—13
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,175.83/cwt1,085.00–1,250.00—18
Bred CowsSmall 3——934.06/cwt900.00–985.00—16
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560110.17/cwt109.00–111.0061711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524112.89/cwt111.00–115.005927
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622105.65/cwt105.00–109.006576
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004775

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.