Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2021-11-17

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Nov 17
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
502 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 476▼ 222 vs year ago 724 · −30.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 75▼ 7 vs year ago 76 · −9.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 66▼ 46 vs year ago 107 · −43.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows bulls 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder classes steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.51/cwt on 199 head.
Average price
$125.51
199 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.28
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480127.05610142
Medium and Large 2443122.3554255
Medium and Large 3493102.505052thin
One grade step is worth $24.55/cwt here — about $105 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 sale199 hd
125.51
—
AL average15 barns · 1,862 hd
126.78
−1.28
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—Low1,39281.911,1405thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16357.1266414
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,32751.916899thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04444.7646717

Every lot, as filed

78 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 2—319130.73/cwt125.00–135.004177
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415105.00/cwt105.00–105.004361
HeifersMedium and Large 1—703117.50/cwt117.00–118.008262
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670102.00/cwt102.00–102.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376128.78/cwt122.50–130.0048416
HeifersMedium and Large 2—82595.00/cwt95.00–95.007841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
SteersMedium and Large 3—635116.00/cwt116.00–116.007377
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526122.86/cwt118.00–125.0064635
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466124.40/cwt120.00–129.0058029
HeifersMedium and Large 1—86398.97/cwt97.00–101.008542
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428130.46/cwt127.55–135.0055826
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426122.98/cwt119.00–126.0052414
SteersMedium and Large 2—485128.32/cwt127.50–130.006223
SteersMedium and Large 2—615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
SteersMedium and Large 2—420151.00/cwt151.00–151.006341
SteersMedium and Large 3—488115.00/cwt115.00–115.005616
SteersMedium and Large 3—407118.00/cwt118.00–118.004803
SteersMedium and Large 3—363120.00/cwt120.00–120.004362
SteersMedium and Large 1—783121.97/cwt119.00–125.009552
SteersMedium and Large 1—918115.47/cwt114.00–117.001,0602
SteersMedium and Large 1—840117.98/cwt115.00–121.009912
SteersMedium and Large 1—381162.54/cwt159.00–166.006197
SteersMedium and Large 1—662138.00/cwt138.00–138.009143
SteersMedium and Large 1—573144.31/cwt143.00–145.008273
SteersMedium and Large 1—522151.43/cwt150.00–155.0079014
SteersMedium and Large 1—460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007138
SteersMedium and Large 1—713131.24/cwt130.00–132.509362
SteersMedium and Large 1—623138.49/cwt138.00–139.008632
SteersMedium and Large 1—343164.26/cwt162.50–166.005632
SteersMedium and Large 1—860118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0151
BullsMedium and Large 1—630116.00/cwt116.00–116.007312
BullsMedium and Large 1—375158.95/cwt155.00–163.0059617
BullsMedium and Large 1—331163.36/cwt160.00–167.0054111
BullsMedium and Large 1—661115.48/cwt113.00–118.007634
BullsMedium and Large 1—522133.80/cwt127.50–138.0069816
BullsMedium and Large 1—425150.25/cwt145.00–156.0063912
CowsLean 85-90%—89737.36/cwt37.00–38.003353
CowsLean 85-90%—1,37554.50/cwt54.50–54.507491
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05345.72/cwt42.00–48.0048113
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22547.04/cwt44.00–50.005763
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37854.34/cwt51.00–56.507496
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25862.79/cwt62.00–63.507902
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14756.18/cwt53.00–59.5064412
Bulls——1,12371.26/cwt68.00–75.008002
Bulls——1,46590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3191
Bulls——1,62588.52/cwt88.00–89.001,4382
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——553.33/cwt480.00–600.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——736.54/cwt650.00–775.00—13
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——513.33/cwt500.00–540.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——818.75/cwt700.00–975.00—4
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——370.83/cwt250.00–450.00—6
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——775.00/cwt775.00–775.00—1
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——675.00/cwt575.00–775.00—2
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——953.33/cwt860.00–1,000.00—6
BullsMedium and Large 3—410122.00/cwt122.00–122.005002
BullsMedium and Large 3—390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
BullsMedium and Large 2—317153.90/cwt152.50–157.504887
BullsMedium and Large 2—75090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
BullsMedium and Large 2—423137.87/cwt127.50–145.0058310
BullsMedium and Large 1—466140.77/cwt135.00–147.5065624
BullsMedium and Large 2—463126.38/cwt122.50–134.005859
BullsMedium and Large 2—397143.00/cwt143.00–143.005685
BullsMedium and Large 2—530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006363
BullsMedium and Large 2—238157.50/cwt157.50–157.503752
BullsMedium and Large 1—581122.74/cwt122.00–125.007134
BullsMedium and Large 1—720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—676114.99/cwt113.00–116.007775
HeifersMedium and Large 1—220170.00/cwt170.00–170.003743
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575120.65/cwt115.00–124.0069416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365136.16/cwt132.50–142.0049716
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319142.18/cwt139.00–144.004547
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613106.27/cwt105.00–107.506512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470118.00/cwt118.00–118.005552
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520117.65/cwt115.00–120.0061210

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.