Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2023-06-07

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Jun 7
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
444 head
42 vs last sale 486 90 vs year ago 354 · +25.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
9 vs last sale 46 19 vs year ago 36 · +52.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
5 vs last sale 11 25 vs year ago 31 · 80.6%
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 higher. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold mostly steady. There were no pairs recorded. Trade active with a good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.55/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$219.55
127 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.88
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525221.801,16469
Medium and Large 2492218.491,07448
Medium and Large 3464209.1397010thin
One grade step is worth $12.67/cwt here — about $194 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 sale127 hd
219.55
AL average9 barns · 796 hd
216.67
+2.88
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
BullsLow1,502102.601,5413thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,256104.311,31014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47198.401,4475thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04688.5992617

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)$1,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)$1,1502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)$9153thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2389236.24/cwt235.00–240.009198
HeifersMedium and Large 2420229.54/cwt228.00–232.009645
SteersMedium and Large 3405232.00/cwt232.00–232.009401
HeifersMedium and Large 3381225.30/cwt220.00–227.008584
HeifersMedium and Large 2695175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2162
HeifersMedium and Large 3438215.03/cwt210.00–220.009424
HeifersMedium and Large 2775165.06/cwt160.00–170.001,2792
HeifersMedium and Large 1414239.10/cwt237.00–240.009907
SteersMedium and Large 2491251.05/cwt245.00–252.001,2337
HeifersMedium and Large 1609212.36/cwt207.00–213.001,29320
HeifersMedium and Large 1518223.99/cwt223.00–227.001,1604
HeifersMedium and Large 1675190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2831
SteersMedium and Large 2411258.51/cwt258.00–262.001,0628
SteersMedium and Large 3695170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1821
SteersMedium and Large 2345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009661
SteersMedium and Large 1520256.04/cwt252.00–260.001,33114
SteersMedium and Large 1422268.94/cwt267.00–277.001,1355
SteersMedium and Large 1617248.01/cwt247.00–250.001,5303
SteersMedium and Large 1565250.68/cwt250.00–252.001,4163
SteersMedium and Large 1472265.70/cwt265.00–267.001,2543
SteersMedium and Large 2625236.88/cwt232.00–242.001,4812
SteersMedium and Large 2705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
BullsMedium and Large 1392263.36/cwt260.00–265.001,0323
BullsMedium and Large 1488245.94/cwt242.00–250.001,2002
BullsMedium and Large 1341273.93/cwt270.00–280.009345
BullsMedium and Large 1418257.46/cwt255.00–260.001,0762
BullsMedium and Large 1605215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3011
BullsMedium and Large 1515235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175113.37/cwt111.00–115.001,3323
CowsLean 85-90%97387.57/cwt86.00–89.008524
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,273105.87/cwt105.00–108.001,3484
CowsLean 85-90%98682.16/cwt79.00–84.008105
CowsLean 85-90%1,11993.11/cwt90.00–94.001,0428
Bulls1,453100.90/cwt100.00–102.001,4662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28099.53/cwt98.00–102.001,2747
Bulls1,600106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6961
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150.00/head1,125.00–1,175.001,1502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2915.00/head875.00–995.009153
BullsMedium and Large 3595185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1013
BullsMedium and Large 2478230.85/cwt227.00–237.001,1038
BullsMedium and Large 2522224.56/cwt220.00–227.001,1726
BullsMedium and Large 3465205.05/cwt200.00–210.009532
BullsMedium and Large 1582220.31/cwt218.00–225.001,2823
BullsMedium and Large 3423214.69/cwt210.00–217.009083
HeifersMedium and Large 3680165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1222
HeifersMedium and Large 2537214.15/cwt210.00–215.001,15012
HeifersMedium and Large 1758179.49/cwt175.00–184.001,3612
BullsMedium and Large 2378246.61/cwt245.00–255.009326
BullsMedium and Large 2567209.78/cwt207.00–215.001,1893
BullsMedium and Large 2338257.56/cwt255.00–265.008714
HeifersMedium and Large 2474221.04/cwt217.00–225.001,04819
HeifersMedium and Large 1567216.77/cwt215.00–217.001,2299
HeifersMedium and Large 1355242.00/cwt242.00–242.008591
HeifersMedium and Large 1456229.81/cwt229.00–234.001,04825

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.