Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2019-10-16

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Oct 16
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 527▲ 390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 46▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 4▲ 8 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 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 $106.83/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$106.83
82 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.53
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402122.5649321
Medium and Large 2512105.3653940
Medium and Large 352893.9249621
One grade step is worth $28.64/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale82 hd
106.83
—
AL average16 barns · 1,869 hd
111.37
−4.53
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—Average1,49069.091,0294thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32745.115995thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,69543.007291thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94540.1837922

Every lot

50 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1290156.00/cwt156.00–156.004521
Steers—Medium and Large 1383148.93/cwt147.00–153.005703
Steers—Medium and Large 1410146.00/cwt146.00–146.005991
Steers—Medium and Large 2474132.60/cwt129.00–134.006298
Steers—Medium and Large 3515109.00/cwt109.00–109.005615
Steers—Medium and Large 2518126.32/cwt125.00–127.006549
Steers—Medium and Large 3560108.00/cwt108.00–108.006053
Steers—Medium and Large 1565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007296
Steers—Medium and Large 2580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 2629124.90/cwt124.00–125.0078610
Steers—Medium and Large 2655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007865
Steers—Medium and Large 3660104.50/cwt104.00–105.006902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331133.55/cwt129.00–138.004429
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375116.34/cwt116.00–117.004363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379120.19/cwt119.00–124.004564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412115.33/cwt114.00–116.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424109.70/cwt108.00–112.004658
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425103.07/cwt101.00–105.004384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468107.28/cwt106.00–108.0050217
Heifers—Medium and Large 348798.75/cwt95.00–101.004819
Heifers—Medium and Large 352387.93/cwt85.00–91.004604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528109.66/cwt108.00–113.005793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565108.00/cwt108.00–108.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616103.40/cwt103.00–104.006375
Heifers—Medium and Large 266895.37/cwt94.00–98.006373
Heifers—Medium and Large 272690.23/cwt89.00–94.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 372879.88/cwt75.00–85.005824
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278152.83/cwt147.00–157.004255
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323157.70/cwt155.00–165.005095
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323142.64/cwt140.00–145.004614
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363117.96/cwt114.00–120.004283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378144.89/cwt142.00–151.005483
Bulls—Medium and Large 2387135.85/cwt135.00–140.005266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411140.01/cwt138.00–141.005755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425129.67/cwt125.00–133.005516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464120.32/cwt119.00–124.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 3467102.06/cwt100.00–106.004773
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519117.51/cwt117.00–119.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573113.01/cwt110.00–116.006482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618107.33/cwt103.00–110.006636
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660100.51/cwt99.00–102.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 367086.93/cwt84.00–90.005824
Bulls—Medium and Large 274092.56/cwt91.00–99.006855
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,49069.09/cwt68.00–70.001,0294
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90636.66/cwt35.00–38.0033211
Cows—Lean 85-90%98343.69/cwt42.00–45.0042911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32745.11/cwt44.00–46.005995
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69543.00/cwt43.00–43.007291
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—762.50/cwt700.00–825.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3—625.00/cwt550.00–700.00—4

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.