Name: Brundidge Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady with weight classes over 600 lbs. as much as 10.00 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 $315.45/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −76.54 against this barn's trailing median of $391.99.

Average price

$315.45

74 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$25.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.82

vs AL average

−18.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	322.00	1,876	28
Medium and Large 2	540	314.67	1,699	38
Medium and Large 3	531	296.27	1,573	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.73/cwt here — about $302 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 sale74 hd

315.45

—

AL average13 barns · 415 hd

314.63

+0.82

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−18.81

This barn, trailing median31 sales

391.99

−76.54

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	149.48	2,090	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,329	138.62	1,842	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	130.94	1,346	14

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)	—	$2,213	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,875	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,080	5
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,483	14

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2	700–750	730	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	317.91/cwt	317.00–322.00	1,691	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	324.11/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,071	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	328.47/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	283.39/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	305.58/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,717	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	346.70/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,035	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	296.01/cwt	292.00–300.00	2,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,261	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	338.75/cwt	337.00–345.00	1,738	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	308.26/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	438.25/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	352.02/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	369.05/cwt	367.00–376.00	1,897	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	397.33/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,923	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	451.79/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	309.84/cwt	309.00–315.00	1,930	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	355.59/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	306.53/cwt	295.00–308.50	2,060	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	342.81/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,095	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	337.60/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,070	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	420.03/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,945	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	138.62/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,842	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	128.34/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,263	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	135.63/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,500	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	149.48/cwt	149.00–150.00	2,090	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,675.00–1,825.00	1,700	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,482.50/head	1,400.00–1,565.00	1,483	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,975.00/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,975	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,050.00/head	1,975.00–2,125.00	2,050	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,212.50/head	2,150.00–2,275.00	2,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,482	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	332.46/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	479.95/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	320.96/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,878	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	358.71/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,342	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	296.27/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	328.55/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	323.72/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	343.38/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,487	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	340.23/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,786	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	314.93/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	337.44/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,653	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	355.67/cwt	355.00–362.00	1,465	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	304.49/cwt	302.00–315.00	2,095	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	354.97/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,573	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	340.05/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	296.79/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,864	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 May 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 437Last week 429Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 78Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 14Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	395	365.00	365.00
11	400–450	412	355.00–362.00	355.67
26	450–500	490	332.00–342.00	337.44
28	500–550	532	317.00–322.00	317.91
10	550–600	562	300.00–307.00	305.58
4	600–650	628	287.00–300.00	296.79
2	700–750	730	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	456	350.00–357.00	355.59
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
27	550–600	585	320.00–321.00	320.96
7	600–650	623	309.00–315.00	309.84
20	650–700	672	295.00–308.50	306.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	370.00	370.00
8	350–400	374	355.00–360.00	358.71
15	400–450	433	340.00–350.00	343.38
4	450–500	479	320.00–325.00	323.72
8	500–550	531	295.00–305.00	296.27
2	600–650	605	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	425.00	425.00
26	450–500	484	390.00–400.00	397.33
14	500–550	514	367.00–376.00	369.05
9	550–600	587	340.00–350.00	346.70
11	600–650	639	315.00–325.00	324.11
10	650–700	688	302.00–315.00	304.49
3	700–750	728	280.00–285.00	283.39
1	750–800	760	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	450.00–455.00	451.79
3	400–450	420	435.00–445.00	438.25
2	450–500	463	415.00–425.00	420.03
12	550–600	575	360.00	360.00
10	600–650	611	342.00–350.00	342.81
4	650–700	685	330.00	330.00
2	700–750	715	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
22	500–550	525	340.00–345.00	340.23
2	550–600	585	330.00–335.00	332.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	480	365.00	365.00
9	500–550	513	337.00–345.00	338.75
2	550–600	565	325.00–332.00	328.47
3	600–650	618	305.00–315.00	308.26
2	650–700	678	292.00–300.00	296.01
1	750–800	755	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	475.00–485.00	479.95
5	500–550	506	350.00–360.00	352.02
5	550–600	556	337.00–340.00	337.60
1	600–650	610	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
4	350–400	390	380.00	380.00
8	400–450	443	350.00–360.00	354.97
6	450–500	485	335.00–345.00	340.05
2	500–550	528	325.00–332.00	328.55
2	550–600	568	310.00–320.00	314.93
3	600–650	615	277.00	277.00
1	700–750	725	270.00	270.00
2	750–800	775	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,329	134.00–140.00	138.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	984	127.00–130.00	128.34
5	—	1,106	135.00–138.00	135.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	149.00–150.00	149.48

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,675.00–1,825.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,975.00–2,125.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,150.00–2,275.00	2,212.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,400.00–1,565.00	1,482.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,975.00

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

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