Name: Brundidge Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available:

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.06/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −141.93 against this barn's trailing median of $391.99.

Average price

$250.06

12 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,385

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$34.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.32

vs AL average

−55.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	259.73	1,345	3thin
Medium and Large 1	578	257.58	1,489	6thin
Medium and Large 3	542	225.33	1,221	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.40/cwt here — about $125 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale12 hd

250.06

—

AL average16 barns · 452 hd

262.38

−12.32

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−55.18

This barn, trailing median31 sales

391.99

−141.93

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	1,826	161.98	2,957	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	129.51	1,660	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,315	129.00	1,696	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,085	110.97	1,204	6thin

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)	—	$1,792	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,609	5
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,100	20

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	213.48/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	301.52/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,170	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	287.33/cwt	285.00–290.00	925	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	315.89/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	257.58/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	248.29/cwt	247.00–248.50	1,785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	285.08/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,348	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	259.73/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,345	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	292.09/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,282	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	222.99/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	333.52/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	241.66/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	367.19/cwt	362.00–372.00	1,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,550	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	309.73/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,301	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	329.91/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,363	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	313.08/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,190	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	336.60/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,121	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	266.62/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	322.23/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	305.01/cwt	303.00–307.00	1,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	362.26/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	334.11/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,283	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,214	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	301.39/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,383	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	311.01/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	388.30/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,235	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	352.55/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,262	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,497	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,791.67/head	1,725.00–1,925.00	1,792	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,609.00/head	1,575.00–1,660.00	1,609	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,100.00/head	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,100	20
Bulls	—	—	1,430	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,045	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	161.52/cwt	160.00–163.00	3,029	2
Bulls	—	—	1,925	168.61/cwt	167.00–172.00	3,246	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	125.61/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,594	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	134.72/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,749	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,696	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	102.83/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,069	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	115.04/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,275	4

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 Jan 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 563Year ago 177

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 73Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 36Year ago 16

No trends available:

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	322	285.00–290.00	287.33
3	400–450	438	265.00–270.00	266.62
2	450–500	475	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	535	227.00	227.00
1	550–600	555	222.00	222.00
2	600–650	615	212.00–215.00	213.48
2	700–750	745	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	317.00–325.00	322.23
13	350–400	388	297.00–307.00	301.52
13	400–450	439	290.00–297.00	292.09
6	450–500	473	280.00–290.00	285.08
3	500–550	518	255.00–262.00	259.73
2	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
2	700–750	725	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	312.00–320.00	315.89
2	400–450	408	303.00–307.00	305.01
6	550–600	578	255.00–260.00	257.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	605	285.00	285.00
7	700–750	719	247.00–248.50	248.29
6	750–800	756	235.00–243.00	241.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	362.00–372.00	367.19
2	400–450	430	332.00–335.00	333.52
1	450–500	465	315.00	315.00
5	500–550	505	307.00	307.00
1	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	843	220.00–226.00	222.99
1	900–950	910	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	355.00–365.00	362.26
10	350–400	384	327.00–337.00	334.11
3	400–450	420	307.00–315.00	309.73
5	450–500	459	300.00–307.00	301.39
1	500–550	510	297.00	297.00
1	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	670	247.00	247.00
1	700–750	725	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	385.00–390.00	388.30
4	350–400	358	350.00–360.00	352.55
4	400–450	413	325.00–335.00	329.91
2	450–500	463	310.00–312.00	311.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	335.00–340.00	336.60
5	350–400	380	310.00–315.00	313.08
1	550–600	565	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	745	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,725.00–1,925.00	1,791.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,575.00–1,660.00	1,609.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	143.00	143.00
2	—	1,875	160.00–163.00	161.52
3	—	1,925	167.00–172.00	168.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,269	122.00–127.00	125.61
3	—	1,298	134.00–136.00	134.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	129.00	129.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	100.00–106.00	102.83
4	—	1,108	114.00–116.00	115.04

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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Brundidge Stockyards

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle