Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2019-09-18

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Sep 18
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
592 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 565▲ 592 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 67▲ 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 411 vs last sale 423▲ 12 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 3.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeders sold steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. 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 $111.87/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$111.87
121 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.99
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2485115.7456254
Medium and Large 1663109.8272921
Medium and Large 3490108.2653046
One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about $32 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 sale121 hd
111.87
—
AL average15 barns · 1,883 hd
114.86
−2.99
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—Low1,42057.008093thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57550.007881thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32847.0262418
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07844.6148115

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370134.40/cwt132.00–137.004972
Steers—Medium and Large 1423134.82/cwt130.00–136.005705
Steers—Medium and Large 1458134.61/cwt132.00–135.006178
Steers—Medium and Large 2462127.93/cwt123.00–129.0059112
Steers—Medium and Large 1521128.51/cwt127.00–130.0067010
Steers—Medium and Large 1580126.96/cwt126.00–127.0073624
Steers—Medium and Large 1635123.02/cwt122.00–124.007812
Steers—Medium and Large 2662119.00/cwt118.00–120.0078810
Steers—Medium and Large 1735119.68/cwt118.00–120.0088012
Steers—Medium and Large 1825117.50/cwt117.50–117.509696
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2309126.49/cwt126.00–128.003914
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374117.63/cwt116.00–119.004408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2389123.00/cwt122.00–125.0047811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422118.79/cwt117.00–122.0050112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424112.74/cwt110.00–114.0047817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477113.29/cwt112.00–115.005409
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528105.61/cwt100.00–109.0055813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588111.34/cwt111.00–112.006556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608114.34/cwt114.00–116.006956
Heifers—Medium and Large 362096.49/cwt91.00–100.005985
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627109.62/cwt107.00–111.006875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661109.01/cwt107.50–110.0072110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2667104.28/cwt103.00–105.006967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735106.00/cwt106.00–106.007795
Heifers—Medium and Large 378789.02/cwt85.00–91.007013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1205160.00/cwt160.00–160.003281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278149.85/cwt149.00–151.004177
Bulls—Medium and Large 2326140.94/cwt137.00–147.0045912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328129.09/cwt125.00–133.004234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376131.40/cwt129.00–135.004948
Bulls—Medium and Large 3383121.78/cwt115.00–125.004666
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410137.00/cwt137.00–137.005621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420122.57/cwt120.00–126.005158
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471116.54/cwt115.00–119.0054912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476123.21/cwt121.00–129.005867
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483112.01/cwt110.00–114.005416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518117.65/cwt117.00–119.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533105.31/cwt103.00–108.005616
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572112.00/cwt111.00–114.006416
Bulls—Medium and Large 357894.26/cwt91.00–101.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608104.65/cwt102.00–110.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 266398.02/cwt97.00–101.006506
Bulls—Medium and Large 369086.03/cwt82.00–90.005944
Bulls—Medium and Large 275597.00/cwt97.00–97.007321
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,42057.00/cwt57.00–57.008093
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92554.00/cwt54.00–54.005001
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05339.52/cwt37.00–40.004166
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11647.25/cwt45.00–48.005278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18044.00/cwt44.00–44.005192
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34647.40/cwt46.00–50.0063816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57550.00/cwt50.00–50.007881
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—625.00/cwt625.00–625.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—875.00/cwt875.00–875.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—671.43/cwt600.00–725.00—7

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.