Name: Brundidge Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.42/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −151.57 against this barn's trailing median of $391.99.

Average price

$240.42

26 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,340

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.42

vs AL average

−29.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	250.00	1,450	1thin
Medium and Large 2	556	240.79	1,339	24
Medium and Large 3	565	222.00	1,254	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.49, low $332.14, median $391.99 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

240.42

—

AL average13 barns · 317 hd

246.84

−6.42

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−29.58

This barn, trailing median31 sales

391.99

−151.57

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,741	157.96	2,751	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,262	134.98	1,703	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	126.00	1,865	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	994	117.19	1,165	17

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,613	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,467	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,217	7
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$877	7

Every lot, as filed

58 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	259.62/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	303.42/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	241.65/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,663	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	225.99/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	236.10/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,388	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	229.72/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	223.65/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,476	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	253.92/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,214	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	262.86/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,120	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	231.60/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	307.54/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	245.47/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,286	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	226.00/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	283.17/cwt	280.00–290.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	273.58/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,053	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	251.90/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,324	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	301.85/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,319	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	318.39/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	736	183.74/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,352	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,865	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,846	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,434	1
Bulls	—	—	1,605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,167	2
Bulls	—	—	1,823	168.94/cwt	165.00–171.00	3,080	5
Bulls	—	—	1,605	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,391	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	877.14/head	800.00–980.00	877	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,466.67/head	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,467	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,612.50/head	1,575.00–1,650.00	1,613	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,217.14/head	1,200.00–1,240.00	1,217	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	681	209.93/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,430	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,254	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	108.72/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,159	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	125.55/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,224	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	117.26/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,121	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	291.65/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	209.90/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	305.99/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	249.24/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,839	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	271.26/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,666	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	222.45/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	259.17/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,713	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	238.32/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,592	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,212	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	290.38/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,417	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	282.88/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,457	5

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Alabama Stockyards - Brundidge, AL

Wed May 15, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 464Last week 346Year ago 296

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 76Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 53Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	312.00	312.00
9	450–500	478	307.00–312.00	307.54
4	500–550	533	300.00–307.00	303.42
2	550–600	575	285.00	285.00
6	600–650	632	255.00–262.00	259.62
12	650–700	688	240.00–250.00	241.65
12	700–750	736	226.00–235.00	229.72
3	750–800	790	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	290.00–295.00	291.65
11	600–650	614	270.00–277.00	271.26
12	650–700	661	258.00–265.00	259.17
16	700–750	738	247.00–250.00	249.24
2	750–800	778	222.00–230.00	225.99
4	800–850	830	220.00–225.00	222.45
2	900–950	905	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	305.00–307.00	305.99
2	450–500	495	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	280.00–290.00	283.17
3	350–400	385	267.00–277.00	273.58
10	400–450	426	260.00–267.00	262.86
10	450–500	478	252.00–257.00	253.92
12	500–550	524	242.00–248.00	245.47
12	550–600	588	235.00–242.00	236.10
6	600–650	632	230.00–235.00	231.60
19	650–700	660	220.00–225.00	223.65
4	750–800	780	205.00–215.00	209.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	222.00	222.00
9	600–650	610	217.00	217.00
8	650–700	681	207.00–215.00	209.93
4	700–750	736	180.00–185.00	183.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	405	272.00	272.00
1	550–600	580	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	620	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	332.00	332.00
6	450–500	488	287.00–297.00	290.38
5	500–550	515	280.00–287.00	282.88
1	550–600	595	262.00	262.00
2	600–650	633	247.00–257.00	251.90
3	650–700	668	235.00–245.00	238.32
2	700–750	718	225.00–227.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	310.00–320.00	318.39
10	400–450	437	300.00–310.00	301.85
1	500–550	510	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	365.00	365.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	126.00	126.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	137.00–140.00	138.47
1	—	1,120	128.00	128.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,066	107.00–110.00	108.72
5	—	975	125.00–128.00	125.55
7	—	956	113.00–118.00	117.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	135.00	135.00
5	—	1,823	165.00–171.00	168.94
1	—	1,605	149.00	149.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	800.00–980.00	877.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,466.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,575.00–1,650.00	1,612.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	1,200.00–1,240.00	1,217.14

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Alabama Stockyards - Brundidge, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle