Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2019-09-11

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Sep 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▲ 289 vs last sale 276▲ 565 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 51▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
423 head
▲ 423 vs last sale 0▲ 423 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 sold steady, bulls sold 8.00 lower. All feeders sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold sharply higher due to special sale on Sep 06, 2019. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.29/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$108.29
122 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.42
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474115.6654848
Medium and Large 2543105.6257462
Medium and Large 343092.5839812thin
One grade step is worth $23.08/cwt here — about $150 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 sale122 hd
108.29
—
AL average13 barns · 1,233 hd
108.71
−0.42
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—Low1,33370.619416thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35052.4670816
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04748.0550329

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3357125.16/cwt125.00–127.0044713
Steers—Medium and Large 1405138.00/cwt138.00–138.005591
Steers—Medium and Large 1463131.67/cwt131.00–132.0061021
Steers—Medium and Large 1510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006537
Steers—Medium and Large 2584121.09/cwt117.00–123.0070719
Steers—Medium and Large 2644115.74/cwt110.00–117.0074511
Steers—Medium and Large 2715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007876
Steers—Medium and Large 2760108.00/cwt108.00–108.008211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313102.44/cwt100.00–110.003214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375123.19/cwt120.00–126.0046219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395114.00/cwt114.00–114.0045010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405112.00/cwt112.00–112.004543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004775
Heifers—Medium and Large 342291.52/cwt88.00–98.003863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472110.79/cwt110.00–112.005239
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522109.53/cwt107.00–110.0057213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524112.89/cwt111.00–115.005927
Heifers—Medium and Large 352985.33/cwt81.00–88.004515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560110.17/cwt109.00–111.0061711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582105.30/cwt102.00–107.006136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622105.65/cwt105.00–109.006576
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625101.00/cwt101.00–101.006315
Heifers—Medium and Large 268094.65/cwt93.00–100.0064416
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325151.00/cwt151.00–151.004911
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325127.62/cwt125.00–130.004154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355137.00/cwt137.00–137.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372128.45/cwt126.00–131.004787
Bulls—Medium and Large 3385118.95/cwt115.00–123.004588
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428123.26/cwt122.00–125.005287
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435130.91/cwt129.00–135.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3437111.60/cwt110.00–115.004886
Bulls—Medium and Large 3461108.82/cwt108.00–110.005025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466125.42/cwt123.00–127.005845
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478119.66/cwt119.00–121.005723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533113.07/cwt111.00–116.0060312
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580104.82/cwt100.00–107.006088
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624107.52/cwt104.00–110.006715
Bulls—Medium and Large 363199.16/cwt97.00–100.006267
Bulls—Medium and Large 266397.59/cwt97.00–100.006475
Bulls—Medium and Large 367891.98/cwt91.00–94.006246
Bulls—Medium and Large 270991.74/cwt90.00–97.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 376384.99/cwt81.00–89.006484
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,33370.61/cwt70.00–71.009416
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99951.96/cwt51.00–54.0051910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07345.99/cwt44.00–48.0049319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29158.60/cwt57.00–61.007577
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39547.68/cwt47.00–48.006659
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,510.00/cwt1,450.00–1,575.00—20
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,412.50/cwt1,350.00–1,575.00—12
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,369.44/cwt1,325.00–1,425.00—18
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—1,196.43/cwt1,175.00–1,250.00—28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,319.23/cwt1,250.00–1,400.00—13
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,175.83/cwt1,085.00–1,250.00—18
Bred Cows—Small 3—934.06/cwt900.00–985.00—16

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.