Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2023-03-29

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Mar 29
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
271 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 367▼ 113 vs year ago 384 · −29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 27▲ 10 vs year ago 41 · +24.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 96▲ 33 vs year ago 93 · +35.5%
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 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $212.26/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$212.26
84 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,256
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$29.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.90
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2533216.031,15221
Medium and Large 1612213.091,30458
Medium and Large 3600186.781,1215thin
One grade step is worth $29.25/cwt here — about $31 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 sale84 hd
212.26
—
AL average15 barns · 893 hd
216.16
−3.90
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—Low1,539105.661,6265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,46388.191,29021
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11586.0896017

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,4008
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2202thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$1,09216
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$9577
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,35322
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$1,0636
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$75030

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1Value Added—560191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0706
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385207.00/cwt207.00–207.007971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—534190.63/cwt190.00–197.001,01811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413200.77/cwt197.00–202.008294
SteersMedium and Large 2—660186.96/cwt182.00–192.001,2342
SteersMedium and Large 1—634217.63/cwt217.00–218.501,38014
SteersMedium and Large 1—407242.84/cwt240.00–245.009887
SteersMedium and Large 1—820172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4155
SteersMedium and Large 1—558229.00/cwt228.00–230.001,2784
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463203.51/cwt202.00–205.009422
SteersMedium and Large 2—393239.01/cwt237.00–241.009392
SteersMedium and Large 3—470205.00/cwt205.00–205.009641
SteersMedium and Large 2—526221.46/cwt220.00–224.001,1658
SteersMedium and Large 2—633198.47/cwt197.00–200.001,2562
SteersMedium and Large 3—695172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1952
SteersMedium and Large 3—570192.46/cwt190.00–195.001,0972
SteersMedium and Large 1—715186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,33014
SteersMedium and Large 1—760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
SteersMedium and Large 2—730172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2561
SteersMedium and Large 2—940169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,5891
SteersMedium and Large 2—315247.00/cwt247.00–247.007781
SteersMedium and Large 2—408232.03/cwt227.00–237.009474
SteersMedium and Large 1—469239.26/cwt237.00–240.001,1224
SteersMedium and Large 1—532232.53/cwt232.00–237.001,2379
BullsMedium and Large 3—780148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1542
BullsMedium and Large 2—638175.06/cwt170.00–180.001,1174
BullsMedium and Large 2—415220.25/cwt217.00–227.009143
BullsMedium and Large 2—475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009982
BullsMedium and Large 2—388232.55/cwt230.00–235.009022
BullsMedium and Large 1—605190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1501
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10181.07/cwt80.00–82.0089310
CowsLean 85-90%—1,045103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0762
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17189.32/cwt89.00–90.001,0465
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,54984.83/cwt82.00–86.001,31411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36891.88/cwt90.00–94.001,25710
Bulls——1,21596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1661
Bulls——1,620108.08/cwt106.00–110.001,7514
Stock CowsSmall 3——750.00/head700.00–800.0075030
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,220.00/head1,190.00–1,250.001,2202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,400.00/head1,375.00–1,475.001,4008
Bred CowsSmall 3——1,092.19/head1,050.00–1,125.001,09216
Bred CowsSmall 3——957.14/head925.00–1,000.009577
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,618.75/head1,525.00–1,650.001,6198
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,345.45/head1,200.00–1,400.001,34511
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3——1,062.50/head1,000.00–1,075.001,0636
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3Thin Fleshed——675.00/head675.00–675.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385188.41/cwt185.00–192.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567185.79/cwt185.00–186.001,0535
BullsMedium and Large 3—660150.00/cwt150.00–150.009901
BullsMedium and Large 2—335235.46/cwt235.00–237.007894
BullsMedium and Large 3—645155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 3—425187.00/cwt187.00–187.007951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—462194.65/cwt190.00–197.008993
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555177.00/cwt177.00–177.009821
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1649
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533183.96/cwt183.00–187.009814
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313203.35/cwt200.00–205.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405205.00/cwt205.00–205.008301
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—515206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,0633

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.