Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2023-05-31

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, May 31
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
486 head
▲ 291 vs last sale 195▲ 127 vs year ago 359 · +35.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 31▼ 36 vs year ago 82 · −43.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 44▼ 30 vs year ago 41 · −73.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady on a light supply. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.26/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$215.26
167 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,042
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.82
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520218.321,13559
Medium and Large 2467216.901,01383
Medium and Large 3456202.5792325
One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $212 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 sale167 hd
215.26
—
AL average9 barns · 885 hd
213.44
+1.82
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—Average1,645115.461,8994thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,353100.941,36618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,63894.971,5554thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18787.321,03617

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)—$1,1457
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$6852thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$6001thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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—536213.09/cwt210.00–215.001,14216
HeifersMedium and Large 2—728173.51/cwt170.00–177.001,2632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3302
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417222.46/cwt220.00–227.0092821
HeifersMedium and Large 2—361231.26/cwt230.00–235.0083512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315235.00/cwt235.00–235.0074011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—489217.32/cwt215.00–219.001,0637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—643200.51/cwt200.00–208.001,28915
SteersMedium and Large 1—655230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5071
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365212.71/cwt210.00–220.007764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—622192.92/cwt190.00–199.001,2003
HeifersMedium and Large 2—760164.53/cwt160.00–169.001,2502
SteersMedium and Large 1—516247.76/cwt247.00–250.001,2784
SteersMedium and Large 1—468253.51/cwt253.00–255.001,1864
SteersMedium and Large 2—644229.30/cwt225.00–230.001,4777
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2041
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471223.28/cwt222.00–227.001,05219
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422232.88/cwt230.00–238.0098314
SteersMedium and Large 3—427247.94/cwt245.00–250.001,0597
SteersMedium and Large 3—328257.28/cwt252.00–260.008443
SteersMedium and Large 2—510242.52/cwt240.00–245.001,2374
SteersMedium and Large 1—555247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3711
SteersMedium and Large 1—420255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0711
SteersMedium and Large 1—613237.19/cwt235.00–245.001,4549
SteersMedium and Large 2—583235.45/cwt232.00–239.001,3736
SteersMedium and Large 2—680216.62/cwt210.00–220.001,4733
SteersMedium and Large 2—364253.08/cwt252.00–260.0092116
SteersMedium and Large 2—461246.92/cwt245.00–252.001,13811
BullsMedium and Large 1—410242.00/cwt242.00–242.009922
BullsMedium and Large 1—519235.46/cwt230.00–239.001,2225
BullsMedium and Large 1—475240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1401
BullsMedium and Large 1—315267.00/cwt267.00–267.008411
BullsMedium and Large 1—584217.42/cwt215.00–225.001,2708
BullsMedium and Large 1—370253.97/cwt252.00–255.009403
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,355104.27/cwt103.00–106.001,4135
CowsLean 85-90%—91086.64/cwt84.00–88.007883
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59090.93/cwt90.00–92.001,4462
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6682
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35398.72/cwt96.00–100.001,33612
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10879.08/cwt78.00–81.008765
CowsLean 85-90%—1,32392.13/cwt90.00–94.001,2199
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,350111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,4991
Bulls——1,725118.46/cwt118.00–119.002,0432
Bulls——1,565112.45/cwt111.00–114.001,7602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,145.00/head1,145.00–1,145.001,1457
Bred CowsSmall 3——685.00/head590.00–780.006852
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3——600.00/head600.00–600.006001
BullsMedium and Large 3—435225.07/cwt222.00–227.009795
BullsMedium and Large 1—683195.96/cwt192.00–200.001,3382
BullsMedium and Large 3—323245.27/cwt240.00–250.007922
BullsMedium and Large 2—541214.87/cwt212.00–220.001,16211
BullsMedium and Large 2—690179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2351
BullsMedium and Large 3—380233.41/cwt230.00–237.008872
BullsMedium and Large 2—710175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2431
BullsMedium and Large 2—383245.22/cwt240.00–247.009398
BullsMedium and Large 2—465228.71/cwt225.00–230.001,0644
BullsMedium and Large 2—328257.44/cwt252.00–260.008443
BullsMedium and Large 2—437234.72/cwt232.00–239.001,02610
BullsMedium and Large 3—565182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0281
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335224.38/cwt220.00–227.0075211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569202.79/cwt200.00–210.001,1547
HeifersMedium and Large 3—588181.74/cwt175.00–185.001,0693
BullsMedium and Large 2—635187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1871
BullsMedium and Large 2—593202.47/cwt200.00–210.001,2014
BullsMedium and Large 1—636203.26/cwt202.00–212.001,2938
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535219.45/cwt217.00–222.001,1748
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 3—626173.99/cwt170.00–175.001,0895
HeifersMedium and Large 2—693182.99/cwt180.00–186.001,2682

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.