Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2023-09-20

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Sep 20
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 538▲ 52 vs year ago 588 · +8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 49▲ 39 vs year ago 76 · +51.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 11▼ 3 vs year ago 58 · −5.2%
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 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.26/cwt on 154 head.
Average price
$216.26
154 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,160
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$379
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.61
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583218.091,27278
Medium and Large 2510214.501,09458
Medium and Large 3417214.0089318thin
One grade step is worth $4.09/cwt here — about $379 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 sale154 hd
216.26
—
AL average15 barns · 2,210 hd
217.87
−1.61
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—High1,496119.301,7859thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44397.041,4009thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26095.781,20734
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12989.571,01135

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)—$1,3502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2455
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,12815
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$90012
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2539

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1—472231.17/cwt230.00–232.001,0915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515223.47/cwt220.00–225.001,15116
HeifersMedium and Large 2—678191.58/cwt185.00–195.001,2999
SteersMedium and Large 3—537245.89/cwt239.00–247.001,3207
HeifersMedium and Large 2—393238.99/cwt238.00–240.009396
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533192.44/cwt190.00–195.001,0262
HeifersMedium and Large 3—408213.31/cwt210.00–220.008706
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560215.33/cwt215.00–219.001,20612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671201.41/cwt200.00–205.001,3517
SteersMedium and Large 2—559245.57/cwt245.00–249.001,37314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—755212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6013
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—569234.70/cwt232.00–235.001,33510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428231.14/cwt230.00–237.009896
SteersMedium and Large 3—745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4903
SteersMedium and Large 3—620221.92/cwt217.00–227.001,3766
SteersMedium and Large 2—685217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4861
SteersMedium and Large 1—720228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6427
SteersMedium and Large 1—775220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7054
SteersMedium and Large 1—465271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 2—370275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0181
SteersMedium and Large 2—529255.27/cwt255.00–260.001,35018
SteersMedium and Large 3—580236.69/cwt230.00–239.001,37312
SteersMedium and Large 2—727210.74/cwt209.00–213.001,5329
SteersMedium and Large 3—420257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0796
SteersMedium and Large 3—683202.49/cwt200.00–205.001,3832
SteersMedium and Large 2—620234.88/cwt230.00–238.001,4568
SteersMedium and Large 2—439266.62/cwt265.00–267.001,1705
BullsMedium and Large 2—356276.57/cwt275.00–282.009859
BullsMedium and Large 2—542226.62/cwt225.00–235.001,2286
BullsMedium and Large 2—621189.01/cwt188.00–195.001,1747
BullsMedium and Large 1—455250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1381
BullsMedium and Large 1—718191.48/cwt190.00–193.001,3752
BullsMedium and Large 1—515245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2621
CowsLean 85-90%—1,20594.38/cwt92.00–96.001,13715
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14788.33/cwt87.00–90.001,01311
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44397.04/cwt95.00–98.001,4009
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40687.58/cwt84.00–89.001,2317
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,213103.45/cwt101.00–105.001,2559
CowsLean 85-90%—98083.08/cwt80.00–84.008149
Bulls——1,518124.19/cwt122.00–126.001,8854
Bulls——1,580118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,8641
Bulls——1,454114.74/cwt114.00–116.001,6684
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22795.14/cwt92.00–97.001,16718
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,350.00/head1,300.00–1,400.001,3502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——900.00/head850.00–950.0090012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,487.50/head1,450.00–1,525.001,4882
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,260.00/head1,200.00–1,300.001,2605
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,128.33/head1,035.00–1,175.001,12815
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,245.00/head1,225.00–1,275.001,2455
BullsMedium and Large 3—570197.57/cwt195.00–200.001,1266
BullsMedium and Large 2—466242.76/cwt240.00–247.001,1315
BullsMedium and Large 2—429248.89/cwt247.00–257.001,0685
BullsMedium and Large 3—374251.76/cwt250.00–260.009426
BullsMedium and Large 3—338272.28/cwt267.00–275.009203
BullsMedium and Large 2—668185.47/cwt184.00–187.001,2392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—612209.63/cwt207.00–214.001,28319
HeifersMedium and Large 3—388222.45/cwt220.00–225.008634
HeifersMedium and Large 2—514208.29/cwt206.00–216.001,07118
BullsMedium and Large 3—790166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,3112
BullsMedium and Large 3—479234.02/cwt227.00–235.001,12116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330232.61/cwt225.00–235.007684
HeifersMedium and Large 2—628198.40/cwt195.00–202.001,2462
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—630224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4115
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474220.58/cwt217.00–227.001,04617
HeifersMedium and Large 3—563183.55/cwt180.00–187.001,0332

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.