Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2023-12-13

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Dec 13
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
456 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 422▼ 42 vs year ago 498 · −8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 75▲ 22 vs year ago 45 · +48.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 57▼ 9 vs year ago 75 · −12.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady.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 $213.98/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$213.98
95 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.32
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1381241.509209thin
Medium and Large 2449216.4097159
Medium and Large 3466199.5293027
One grade step is worth $41.98/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale95 hd
213.98
—
AL average13 barns · 1,194 hd
208.66
+5.32
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—Low1,68099.331,6696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34884.991,14614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12178.6488132

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)—$1,3006
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1305
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9147
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,71920
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$76014

Every lot, as filed

59 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—561194.97/cwt192.00–197.001,0945
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325233.77/cwt232.00–237.007609
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408234.04/cwt232.00–240.009554
SteersMedium and Large 3—635194.46/cwt192.00–197.001,2352
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531201.71/cwt200.00–207.001,0714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—710165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1721
HeifersMedium and Large 3—635163.44/cwt160.00–167.001,0382
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473196.03/cwt190.00–200.0092710
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372222.73/cwt220.00–225.008297
SteersMedium and Large 1—513262.33/cwt262.00–263.001,3463
SteersMedium and Large 1—465272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,2651
SteersMedium and Large 2—380272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0341
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1651
SteersMedium and Large 3—380254.80/cwt250.00–260.009682
SteersMedium and Large 3—525234.62/cwt230.00–237.001,2323
SteersMedium and Large 2—568241.02/cwt240.00–245.001,3695
SteersMedium and Large 2—523248.31/cwt245.00–255.001,2993
SteersMedium and Large 2—675205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373230.99/cwt230.00–232.0086214
SteersMedium and Large 1—409273.25/cwt273.00–275.001,1188
SteersMedium and Large 2—463259.97/cwt255.00–265.001,20410
SteersMedium and Large 2—608226.00/cwt225.00–227.001,3742
SteersMedium and Large 2—444265.50/cwt265.00–267.001,1794
BullsMedium and Large 1—640210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3441
BullsMedium and Large 2—745177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3191
BullsMedium and Large 1—358274.13/cwt272.00–277.009817
BullsMedium and Large 3—370235.07/cwt230.00–240.008702
BullsMedium and Large 2—315276.16/cwt275.00–277.0087010
BullsMedium and Large 2—493244.19/cwt240.00–245.001,2046
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14579.03/cwt78.00–80.0090514
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35182.99/cwt82.00–86.001,12110
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10073.23/cwt72.00–74.0080611
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10486.37/cwt84.00–88.009547
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34089.98/cwt88.00–92.001,2064
Bulls——1,60394.55/cwt94.00–95.001,5162
Bulls——1,705105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7901
Bulls——1,723100.63/cwt100.00–102.001,7343
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——760.00/head680.00–840.0076014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,130.00/head1,100.00–1,150.001,1305
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,300.00/head1,275.00–1,325.001,3006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——914.29/head800.00–1,000.009147
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,621.43/head1,550.00–1,650.001,6217
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,880.00/head1,800.00–1,900.001,88010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,408.33/head1,375.00–1,425.001,4083
BullsMedium and Large 1—461256.05/cwt255.00–260.001,1805
BullsMedium and Large 2—574209.04/cwt205.00–215.001,2005
BullsMedium and Large 2—433250.42/cwt245.00–255.001,08416
BullsMedium and Large 1—518242.44/cwt240.00–245.001,2566
BullsMedium and Large 3—430222.47/cwt220.00–225.009574
BullsMedium and Large 1—427262.08/cwt260.00–265.001,1195
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467211.04/cwt210.00–219.009869
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325254.02/cwt253.00–255.008262
BullsMedium and Large 1—563233.98/cwt230.00–235.001,3175
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565180.04/cwt175.00–185.001,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 2—622182.88/cwt177.00–187.001,1385
BullsMedium and Large 2—378265.92/cwt262.00–270.001,0058
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430205.12/cwt200.00–210.008824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427227.24/cwt222.00–230.0097011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382243.10/cwt240.00–250.009293

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.