Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2023-12-06

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Dec 6
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
422 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 406▼ 140 vs year ago 562 · −24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 75▲ 35 vs year ago 40 · +87.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 70▲ 25 vs year ago 32 · +78.1%
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 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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 $216.30/cwt on 111 head.
Average price
$216.30
111 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,027
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.23
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507221.731,12333
Medium and Large 2448221.3999151
Medium and Large 3488200.0297627
One grade step is worth $21.71/cwt here — about $147 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 sale111 hd
216.30
—
AL average16 barns · 1,683 hd
209.06
+7.23
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—Average1,659101.761,6889thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31287.081,14215
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07575.7281428

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)—$1,03010
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$75014
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1655
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4758

Every lot, as filed

54 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—573193.72/cwt192.00–197.001,1103
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408232.99/cwt232.00–235.009513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1872
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527219.66/cwt219.00–224.001,15822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463226.96/cwt225.00–228.001,0516
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313229.54/cwt225.00–232.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—361230.57/cwt230.00–235.008329
HeifersMedium and Large 3—369222.80/cwt217.00–225.008227
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568181.81/cwt180.00–188.001,0339
SteersMedium and Large 2—465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1631
SteersMedium and Large 1—581250.81/cwt250.50–253.001,45723
SteersMedium and Large 1—470260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2221
SteersMedium and Large 3—720189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3619
SteersMedium and Large 3—430235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0112
SteersMedium and Large 3—755187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4121
SteersMedium and Large 3—585230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3461
SteersMedium and Large 2—431260.61/cwt257.00–267.001,1238
SteersMedium and Large 2—374267.49/cwt267.00–270.001,0006
SteersMedium and Large 1—510254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2951
SteersMedium and Large 2—560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3721
BullsMedium and Large 2—391257.93/cwt257.00–265.001,0098
BullsMedium and Large 3—408232.31/cwt230.00–237.009483
BullsMedium and Large 3—690170.04/cwt165.00–175.001,1732
BullsMedium and Large 3—376247.03/cwt240.00–250.009297
BullsMedium and Large 2—620197.41/cwt195.00–202.001,2246
BullsMedium and Large 3—493218.52/cwt215.00–222.001,0772
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04572.70/cwt70.00–75.0076010
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21765.30/cwt65.00–67.007956
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03083.45/cwt80.00–85.0086012
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43283.42/cwt82.00–86.001,1958
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17491.27/cwt89.00–94.001,0727
Bulls——1,785107.65/cwt105.00–110.001,9222
Bulls——1,58796.75/cwt95.00–100.001,5356
Bulls——1,840120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,2081
Stock CowsSmall 3——475.00/head400.00–550.004758
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——750.00/head700.00–800.0075014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,030.00/head1,000.00–1,100.001,03010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,212.50/head1,150.00–1,275.001,2134
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——975.00/head975.00–975.009751
BullsMedium and Large 2—420246.94/cwt242.00–252.001,0376
BullsMedium and Large 2—658187.51/cwt185.00–190.001,2344
BullsMedium and Large 1—437255.85/cwt255.00–260.001,1186
BullsMedium and Large 2—533223.38/cwt220.00–230.001,1913
BullsMedium and Large 1—518239.51/cwt237.00–242.001,2414
BullsMedium and Large 2—477238.29/cwt235.00–240.001,1376
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467217.62/cwt217.00–223.001,01610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—655170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1143
HeifersMedium and Large 2—434225.98/cwt225.00–230.0098124
HeifersMedium and Large 3—532193.71/cwt192.00–197.001,0313
BullsMedium and Large 1—565227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2831
BullsMedium and Large 3—335258.45/cwt255.00–262.008664
HeifersMedium and Large 2—541211.22/cwt210.00–215.001,1434
HeifersMedium and Large 3—488212.49/cwt210.00–215.001,0372

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.