Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2021-12-01

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Dec 1
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
646 head
646 vs last sale 0 137 vs year ago 509 · +26.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
88 vs last sale 0 45 vs year ago 43 · +104.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
51 vs last sale 0 41 vs year ago 92 · 44.6%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago; No trends due sale closed for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.82/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$134.82
126 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.53
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432137.3059393
Medium and Large 2418127.8153433
One grade step is worth $9.49/cwt here — about $59 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 sale126 hd
134.82
AL average16 barns · 1,636 hd
132.29
+2.53
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
BullsHigh1,66875.651,26210
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33356.407527thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18355.9866238
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05544.8447323

Every lot, as filed

67 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
BullsMedium and Large 1378170.78/cwt167.00–175.0064619
HeifersMedium and Large 2337135.27/cwt131.00–142.0045612
HeifersMedium and Large 1366141.39/cwt137.50–147.5051715
HeifersMedium and Large 2474123.06/cwt121.00–126.005839
HeifersMedium and Large 1422139.27/cwt136.00–143.0058822
HeifersMedium and Large 1562125.61/cwt120.00–129.007067
HeifersMedium and Large 1524126.54/cwt122.00–130.0066312
HeifersMedium and Large 1640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 2575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
HeifersMedium and Large 2418127.86/cwt122.50–133.005347
SteersMedium and Large 2493143.00/cwt143.00–143.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 2520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005981
HeifersMedium and Large 2390136.00/cwt136.00–136.005302
SteersMedium and Large 1880124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0911
SteersMedium and Large 1777135.00/cwt133.00–138.001,0493
HeifersMedium and Large 268095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
SteersMedium and Large 1571152.96/cwt150.00–157.008734
HeifersMedium and Large 1329148.87/cwt145.00–152.5049020
HeifersMedium and Large 1650124.00/cwt124.00–124.008062
SteersMedium and Large 2320162.50/cwt162.50–162.505203
SteersMedium and Large 1415176.00/cwt173.00–177.507303
SteersMedium and Large 1840124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0421
SteersMedium and Large 2660135.00/cwt135.00–135.008911
SteersMedium and Large 1619138.41/cwt135.00–146.008578
SteersMedium and Large 1513157.44/cwt155.00–160.008082
SteersMedium and Large 1471164.06/cwt160.00–167.007737
SteersMedium and Large 2533138.90/cwt132.50–145.007402
BullsMedium and Large 2324162.23/cwt134.00–171.005269
BullsMedium and Large 1475155.57/cwt147.50–162.5073912
BullsMedium and Large 1418165.34/cwt160.00–172.0069113
BullsMedium and Large 1622131.95/cwt130.00–135.008216
BullsMedium and Large 1565143.80/cwt142.00–145.008125
BullsMedium and Large 1700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
CowsLean 85-90%1,07445.65/cwt43.00–49.0049019
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36562.50/cwt62.50–62.508531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32855.38/cwt50.50–59.007356
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30464.65/cwt61.00–69.008436
CowsLean 85-90%90037.33/cwt35.00–42.003363
CowsLean 85-90%1,15052.00/cwt52.00–52.005981
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11650.16/cwt48.00–51.505609
Bulls2,08897.73/cwt95.00–100.002,0412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17855.99/cwt53.00–60.5066023
Bulls1,83277.64/cwt74.00–81.001,4223
Bulls1,40265.63/cwt62.00–69.009205
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2545.00/cwt525.00–575.009
Bred CowsSmall 1-2487.50/cwt450.00–525.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3600.00/cwt600.00–600.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3650.00/cwt650.00–650.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2700.50/cwt650.00–875.0010
Bred CowsSmall 1-2525.00/cwt525.00–525.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,056.00/cwt975.00–1,150.005
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3437.50/cwt425.00–450.002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2625.00/cwt550.00–800.005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2987.50/cwt975.00–1,000.002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3900.00/cwt900.00–900.002
BullsMedium and Large 2568135.60/cwt131.00–140.007704
BullsMedium and Large 2372162.18/cwt160.00–165.006039
BullsMedium and Large 3475122.50/cwt122.50–122.505822
BullsMedium and Large 2428150.01/cwt147.50–152.506426
BullsMedium and Large 2730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007671
BullsMedium and Large 2533132.33/cwt131.00–135.007056
BullsMedium and Large 2458144.55/cwt142.50–147.006628
BullsMedium and Large 3415133.00/cwt133.00–133.005521
HeifersMedium and Large 1475131.16/cwt125.00–138.0062314
BullsMedium and Large 1670123.00/cwt123.00–123.008242
BullsMedium and Large 1525143.43/cwt137.50–147.5075310

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.