Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2023-03-15

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Mar 15
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
307 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 277▲ 103 vs year ago 204 · +50.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 55▼ 5 vs year ago 49 · −10.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 45▲ 69 vs year ago 16 · +431.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.16/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$208.16
88 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.72
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1429215.5492662
Medium and Large 2460196.0690120
Medium and Large 3532172.309166thin
One grade step is worth $43.23/cwt here — about $10 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 sale88 hd
208.16
—
AL average14 barns · 1,471 hd
195.44
+12.72
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—Average2,103117.152,4644thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64096.001,5741thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24795.591,19217
CowsLean 85-90%Average98688.0186813

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 (2-4 yrs)—$1,7002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$1,5502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,28113
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,10012
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$1,3754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,61917
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$9373thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 3—605150.00/cwt150.00–150.009081
HeifersMedium and Large 2—409204.03/cwt202.00–207.008345
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—410215.08/cwt214.00–216.0088211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—316214.94/cwt212.00–217.006795
HeifersMedium and Large 3—720145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375210.56/cwt209.00–212.007902
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462208.54/cwt206.00–210.0096311
SteersMedium and Large 2—528210.38/cwt207.00–217.001,1113
SteersMedium and Large 1—434238.35/cwt238.00–242.001,03411
SteersMedium and Large 1—621216.99/cwt205.00–219.001,3487
SteersMedium and Large 1—366246.21/cwt245.00–250.009014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—389217.71/cwt217.00–220.0084716
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—355228.00/cwt228.00–228.008097
SteersMedium and Large 3—535187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1—522232.10/cwt228.00–235.001,21215
SteersMedium and Large 3—395217.00/cwt217.00–217.008571
SteersMedium and Large 1—568222.07/cwt219.00–225.001,2612
SteersMedium and Large 1—330252.00/cwt252.00–252.008321
SteersMedium and Large 2—462229.65/cwt225.00–232.001,0613
SteersMedium and Large 2—636192.40/cwt190.00–200.001,2244
SteersMedium and Large 2—785176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3823
SteersMedium and Large 2—708186.00/cwt185.00–187.001,3172
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—440248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0919
BullsMedium and Large 1—670178.98/cwt178.00–180.001,1992
BullsMedium and Large 1—565205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1582
BullsMedium and Large 1—423227.22/cwt225.00–229.0096111
BullsMedium and Large 1—332250.07/cwt247.00–257.008303
BullsMedium and Large 1—490222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0881
BullsMedium and Large 1—628189.94/cwt185.00–195.001,1932
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04684.62/cwt82.00–85.008857
CowsLean 85-90%—91791.96/cwt87.00–93.008436
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35586.96/cwt84.00–88.001,1784
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,220100.63/cwt99.00–102.001,2286
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20996.21/cwt94.00–97.001,1637
Bulls——2,103117.15/cwt114.00–118.002,4644
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,700.00/head1,600.00–1,800.001,7002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,100.00/head1,000.00–1,150.001,10012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,700.00/head1,650.00–1,750.001,7008
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,493.75/head1,400.00–1,525.001,4948
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2——1,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3754
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,280.77/head1,200.00–1,350.001,28113
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3——936.67/head850.00–980.009373
BullsMedium and Large 3—420177.59/cwt175.00–180.007462
BullsMedium and Large 3—305207.00/cwt207.00–207.006311
BullsMedium and Large 2—840155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3022
BullsMedium and Large 1—383233.13/cwt230.00–240.008933
BullsMedium and Large 2—495192.00/cwt192.00–192.009501
BullsMedium and Large 2—338238.04/cwt232.00–242.008055
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—475217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,03114
HeifersMedium and Large 3—440189.61/cwt187.00–195.008343
BullsMedium and Large 2—763166.50/cwt166.00–167.001,2702
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625170.64/cwt169.00–173.001,0665
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513192.51/cwt190.00–195.009882
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545170.00/cwt170.00–170.009271

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.