Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2023-05-10

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, May 10
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
357 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 329▲ 97 vs year ago 260 · +37.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 62▲ 28 vs year ago 45 · +62.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 86▼ 13 vs year ago 55 · −23.6%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. 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 $207.19/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$207.19
81 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$944
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.57
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2451210.3894828
Medium and Large 1509208.411,06025
Medium and Large 3413202.9283828
One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $110 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 sale81 hd
207.19
—
AL average13 barns · 1,356 hd
203.63
+3.57
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—Average1,628104.791,7063thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38190.301,24726
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04181.3184719

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$1,2132thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$1,1194thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9256
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$2,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5098
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$1,3254thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—593226.34/cwt225.00–227.001,3426
HeifersMedium and Large 3—583172.11/cwt167.00–177.001,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415204.10/cwt200.00–207.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 1—486212.85/cwt212.00–217.001,03417
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527200.77/cwt192.00–203.001,0585
HeifersMedium and Large 3—337216.89/cwt215.00–220.007318
SteersMedium and Large 1—617221.65/cwt220.00–225.001,3683
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377221.02/cwt219.00–225.008336
SteersMedium and Large 3—725175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2691
SteersMedium and Large 1—425237.57/cwt237.00–240.001,0105
SteersMedium and Large 2—635210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3341
SteersMedium and Large 2—473224.15/cwt220.00–228.001,0602
SteersMedium and Large 1—705192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3541
SteersMedium and Large 1—474230.74/cwt230.00–232.001,0948
SteersMedium and Large 2—515217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1183
SteersMedium and Large 2—673196.55/cwt192.00–201.001,3232
SteersMedium and Large 2—560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2042
SteersMedium and Large 3—427213.20/cwt210.00–220.009103
SteersMedium and Large 3—335227.00/cwt227.00–227.007601
SteersMedium and Large 3—585187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0942
SteersMedium and Large 1—528228.45/cwt227.00–230.001,2066
BullsMedium and Large 2—375235.84/cwt232.00–242.008845
BullsMedium and Large 2—473214.65/cwt211.00–217.001,0158
BullsMedium and Large 2—516193.16/cwt192.00–200.009977
BullsMedium and Large 1—581196.26/cwt195.00–200.001,1404
BullsMedium and Large 1—615195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1991
BullsMedium and Large 1—675186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2562
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06282.68/cwt80.00–84.0087816
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39392.34/cwt90.00–94.001,28616
CowsLean 85-90%—93074.03/cwt72.00–75.006883
Bulls——1,805109.18/cwt108.00–110.001,9712
Bulls——1,27596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,2241
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36387.03/cwt86.00–88.001,18610
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,212.50/head1,200.00–1,225.001,2132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,509.38/head1,400.00–1,575.001,5098
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,325.00/head1,250.00–1,350.001,3254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——2,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,118.75/head1,100.00–1,175.001,1194
Bred CowsSmall 3——925.00/head875.00–950.009256
HeifersMedium and Large 2—680170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1561
BullsMedium and Large 2—630187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1786
BullsMedium and Large 2—408220.99/cwt220.00–222.009024
BullsMedium and Large 1—360247.00/cwt247.00–247.008892
BullsMedium and Large 3—420210.12/cwt205.00–215.008834
BullsMedium and Large 3—683169.45/cwt165.00–174.001,1572
HeifersMedium and Large 3—534183.24/cwt180.00–184.009795
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525205.98/cwt205.00–207.001,0812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—305237.00/cwt237.00–237.007231
BullsMedium and Large 3—488203.48/cwt202.00–205.009932
BullsMedium and Large 3—743154.01/cwt150.00–156.001,1446
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568196.64/cwt195.00–205.001,1176
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419215.35/cwt215.00–219.0090211
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370208.20/cwt207.00–212.007708
HeifersMedium and Large 2—488207.46/cwt205.00–210.001,0122

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.