Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2019-08-14

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Aug 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
289 head
▼ 248 vs last sale 537▲ 289 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 47▲ 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. All feeders sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.61/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −71.23 against this barn's trailing median of $196.84.
Average price
$125.61
86 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.18
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418136.4557039
Medium and Large 2529120.2963625
Medium and Large 3536112.4460322
One grade step is worth $24.01/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale86 hd
125.61
—
AL average16 barns · 1,526 hd
117.43
+8.18
This barn, trailing median2 sales
196.84
−71.23
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—Average1,83977.481,4255thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31155.5672818
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46555.008061thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17551.7960923

Every lot

40 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2438139.49/cwt139.00–140.0061110
Steers—Medium and Large 2492136.26/cwt136.00–139.0067011
Steers—Medium and Large 2520129.47/cwt128.00–131.006732
Steers—Medium and Large 1565132.47/cwt132.00–133.0074813
Steers—Medium and Large 2575126.97/cwt126.00–128.007302
Steers—Medium and Large 3685112.01/cwt111.00–113.007672
Steers—Medium and Large 3745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2339123.86/cwt122.00–126.004207
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368118.92/cwt115.00–123.004384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372128.46/cwt125.00–133.004785
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435110.52/cwt109.00–112.004816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436118.13/cwt118.00–119.005157
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477104.59/cwt101.00–106.004997
Heifers—Medium and Large 353197.02/cwt94.00–99.005155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563114.02/cwt113.00–118.006425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added565136.00/cwt136.00–136.007681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622104.89/cwt101.00–110.006529
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1336148.07/cwt145.00–150.004988
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378139.94/cwt137.00–145.0052914
Bulls—Medium and Large 3388121.48/cwt119.00–124.004716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434134.18/cwt133.00–136.005825
Bulls—Medium and Large 2439128.38/cwt124.00–129.005648
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470128.98/cwt127.00–131.006066
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478116.49/cwt116.00–117.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490123.00/cwt123.00–123.006033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530117.06/cwt115.00–120.006207
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561120.74/cwt119.00–124.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 3566113.01/cwt112.00–114.006408
Bulls—Medium and Large 2619114.17/cwt113.00–115.007075
Bulls—Medium and Large 3635104.92/cwt100.00–110.006664
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720110.45/cwt108.00–113.007952
Bulls—Medium and Large 372394.01/cwt91.00–97.006802
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,76881.13/cwt80.00–83.001,4343
Bulls——1,94572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,4002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07348.73/cwt46.00–50.005238
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23053.42/cwt52.00–57.0065715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27057.28/cwt55.00–60.0072711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37652.85/cwt52.00–54.007277
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46555.00/cwt55.00–55.008061

This sale against other markets

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.