Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2019-10-09

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Oct 9
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
527 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 493▲ 527 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 83▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 24▲ 4 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 sols steady. All feeder classes sold 3.00 to 5.00 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 $119.70/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$119.70
193 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$407
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$35.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.92
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2665132.0087864
Medium and Large 1495115.1057071
Medium and Large 2425114.1648550
Medium and Large 348796.744718thin
One grade step is worth $35.26/cwt here — about $407 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 sale193 hd
119.70
—
AL average13 barns · 1,600 hd
111.78
+7.92
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—Average1,46470.911,0384thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60052.008322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22646.9157513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04939.7841721

Every lot

59 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325159.00/cwt159.00–159.005171
Steers—Medium and Large 2328150.01/cwt149.00–151.004924
Steers—Medium and Large 1365153.00/cwt153.00–153.005581
Steers—Medium and Large 2395149.00/cwt149.00–149.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 1421138.78/cwt137.00–147.0058410
Steers—Medium and Large 3435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 2471131.74/cwt130.00–133.0062010
Steers—Medium and Large 1473135.54/cwt135.00–136.0064113
Steers—Medium and Large 2518128.17/cwt128.00–129.006646
Steers—Medium and Large 1520134.00/cwt134.00–134.006976
Steers—Medium and Large 3533122.99/cwt122.00–124.006562
Steers—Medium and Large 3563118.51/cwt117.00–120.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1574126.31/cwt125.00–129.0072521
Steers—Medium and Large 1610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007635
Steers—Medium and Large 1670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008383
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705140.00/cwt140.00–140.0098771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2276129.33/cwt128.00–133.003574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321122.05/cwt120.00–125.003927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328128.95/cwt128.00–130.004232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376117.77/cwt116.00–119.004435
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382104.65/cwt100.00–107.004003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392124.78/cwt124.00–128.004895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412121.13/cwt118.00–124.0049917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423113.44/cwt112.00–115.0048014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473110.02/cwt108.00–112.0052015
Heifers—Medium and Large 351393.31/cwt90.00–100.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515112.99/cwt111.00–114.0058227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562110.15/cwt109.00–111.0061913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583103.02/cwt101.00–107.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 360590.00/cwt90.00–90.005452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619106.89/cwt104.00–109.006627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665132.00/cwt132.00–132.0087864
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1262160.32/cwt160.00–161.004203
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270146.53/cwt145.00–148.003962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322153.63/cwt152.00–157.004953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2334138.83/cwt137.00–140.004645
Bulls—Medium and Large 2364133.76/cwt130.00–135.004874
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372148.41/cwt145.00–150.005526
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420140.34/cwt136.00–145.005898
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424121.19/cwt120.00–125.005144
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460114.25/cwt113.00–119.005265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475125.65/cwt124.00–128.005976
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517118.65/cwt116.00–124.006136
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530108.83/cwt107.00–110.005775
Bulls—Medium and Large 3628104.02/cwt98.00–106.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630113.98/cwt112.00–116.007182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2676106.41/cwt105.00–111.007197
Bulls—Medium and Large 368097.00/cwt97.00–97.006601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36365.20/cwt64.00–67.008892
Bulls——1,56576.62/cwt75.00–78.001,1992
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02534.58/cwt33.00–36.003548
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06342.98/cwt41.00–45.0045713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11244.62/cwt44.00–46.004966
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32448.88/cwt48.00–50.006477
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60052.00/cwt52.00–52.008322
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—660.00/cwt660.00–660.00—1
Bred Cows—Small 3—625.00/cwt625.00–625.00—1
Bred Cows—Small 3—475.00/cwt475.00–475.00—2

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.