Name: Brundidge Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold steady on a light supply. There were no pairs recorded. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $284.16/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −128.54 against this barn's trailing median of $412.70.

Average price

$284.16

9 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$21.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.84

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	288.92	1,622	7thin
Medium and Large 3	558	267.50	1,491	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.42/cwt here — about $131 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

29 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.69, low $350.98, median $412.70 across 29 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 sale9 hd

284.16

—

AL average15 barns · 135 hd

282.32

+1.84

This barn, trailing median29 sales

412.70

−128.54

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	1,667	171.05	2,852	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,301	152.27	1,980	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	150.59	2,286	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,043	133.07	1,388	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
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,178	6

Every lot, as filed

56 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	450–500	473	344.97/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	271.66/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,516	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	313.47/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,489	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	285.99/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	231.03/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	238.51/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	297.57/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	308.29/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,360	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	302.28/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,602	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	222.57/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,387	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	315.38/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,198	6
Bulls	—	—	1,790	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,864	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	155.14/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,986	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,160	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	140.19/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,573	7
Bulls	—	—	1,933	185.21/cwt	183.00–187.00	3,580	2
Bulls	—	—	1,487	172.01/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,558	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,177.50/head	1,100.00–1,255.00	1,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	303.13/cwt	300.00–310.00	985	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	133.61/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,374	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	126.71/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,239	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	150.59/cwt	148.00–153.00	2,286	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	149.09/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,952	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	353.78/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,143	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	315.06/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,339	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	251.00/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	429.96/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	366.52/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,385	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	343.27/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,166	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	278.90/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	332.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,607	1

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 Feb 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 160Last week 428Year ago 326

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 34Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 69Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	473	340.00–350.00	344.97
1	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	730	247.00	247.00
1	750–800	770	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	425.00–435.00	429.96
1	350–400	380	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	415	382.00	382.00
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	635	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	655	287.00	287.00
2	750–800	768	250.00–252.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	370.00	370.00
3	350–400	377	340.00–350.00	343.27
4	400–450	443	330.00–340.00	332.46
6	450–500	475	310.00–320.00	313.47
3	500–550	530	297.00–305.00	302.28
4	550–600	585	277.00–285.00	278.90
3	600–650	615	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	740	237.00–240.00	238.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	350.00–360.00	353.78
4	400–450	425	310.00–320.00	315.06
1	500–550	535	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	655	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	725	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	360.00–370.00	366.52
1	450–500	465	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	312.00–317.00	315.38
7	400–450	441	308.00–310.00	308.29
9	450–500	466	297.00–302.00	297.57
2	500–550	515	285.00–287.00	285.99
3	550–600	558	270.00–275.00	271.66
4	650–700	673	230.00–232.00	231.03
1	700–750	705	228.00	228.00
1	750–800	780	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	455	307.00	307.00
4	500–550	515	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	560	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	300.00–310.00	303.13
1	350–400	390	297.00	297.00
2	600–650	623	220.00–225.00	222.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,790	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,933	183.00–187.00	185.21
5	—	1,487	168.00–173.00	172.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,280	152.00–156.00	155.14
1	—	1,325	163.00	163.00
7	—	1,309	148.00–150.00	149.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,122	139.00–141.00	140.19
2	—	1,028	132.00–135.00	133.61
8	—	978	125.00–127.00	126.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	148.00–153.00	150.59

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	6	—	—	1,100.00–1,255.00	1,177.50

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

Bulls · 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

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