Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2019-09-04

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Sep 4
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
276 head
▼ 281 vs last sale 557▲ 276 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 50▲ 51 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was no replacement cows and pairs to report. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.25/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$124.25
88 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$245
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$8.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.10
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3484126.9261515thin
Medium and Large 2575126.6372847
Medium and Large 1726118.4386026
One grade step is worth $8.49/cwt here — about −$245 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 sale88 hd
124.25
—
AL average10 barns · 782 hd
128.35
−4.10
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—Average1,84878.691,4543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36456.017647thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48555.008171thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08948.8053221

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3423131.02/cwt130.00–132.005544
Steers—Medium and Large 3472128.20/cwt126.00–130.006057
Steers—Medium and Large 2519130.24/cwt129.00–131.0067617
Steers—Medium and Large 3527122.77/cwt116.00–126.006473
Steers—Medium and Large 2584126.60/cwt125.00–129.0073916
Steers—Medium and Large 2632122.27/cwt121.00–125.0077314
Steers—Medium and Large 1683121.70/cwt120.00–122.0083113
Steers—Medium and Large 3690114.00/cwt114.00–114.007871
Steers—Medium and Large 1715119.00/cwt118.00–120.008513
Steers—Medium and Large 1785114.00/cwt114.00–114.0089510
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330129.00/cwt129.00–129.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330120.43/cwt119.00–125.003974
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367116.42/cwt115.00–119.004273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380124.59/cwt123.00–127.004736
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421120.43/cwt120.00–122.005079
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466116.04/cwt115.00–119.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467108.10/cwt106.00–112.005056
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562110.59/cwt110.00–112.0062212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3612101.02/cwt97.00–103.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627108.47/cwt107.00–110.0068010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3228140.52/cwt140.00–141.003202
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275137.32/cwt135.00–140.003782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325147.00/cwt147.00–147.004781
Bulls—Medium and Large 3334131.09/cwt125.00–135.004384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360137.48/cwt136.00–138.004954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429129.95/cwt128.00–134.005576
Bulls—Medium and Large 2462124.90/cwt123.00–127.0057710
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475120.03/cwt119.00–121.005702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528120.95/cwt119.00–123.006396
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575119.00/cwt119.00–119.006842
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580112.04/cwt107.00–117.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610118.00/cwt118.00–118.007202
Bulls—Medium and Large 3642101.65/cwt95.00–105.006536
Bulls—Medium and Large 368389.04/cwt85.00–93.006082
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84878.69/cwt78.00–80.001,4543
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02844.56/cwt42.00–46.0045810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14552.66/cwt50.00–55.0060311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35357.21/cwt56.00–59.007745
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39053.00/cwt53.00–53.007372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48555.00/cwt55.00–55.008171

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.