Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2020-01-22

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Jan 22
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
458 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 477▲ 458 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 67▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 14▲ 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls firm to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes 1.00-3.00 higher. Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.21/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$133.21
169 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.67
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505134.58680144
Medium and Large 2459128.0558720
Medium and Large 3441114.475055thin
One grade step is worth $20.11/cwt here — about $175 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 sale169 hd
133.21
—
AL average15 barns · 1,930 hd
130.55
+2.67
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—Average1,68375.761,2756thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25362.857887thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39458.318139thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05648.305105thin

Every lot

58 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 1322186.73/cwt181.00–192.506014
Steers—Medium and Large 1380177.12/cwt174.00–181.0067312
Steers—Medium and Large 1420167.94/cwt162.00–177.0070510
Steers—Medium and Large 2430161.00/cwt161.00–161.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added450174.00/cwt174.00–174.007835
Steers—Medium and Large 1471163.61/cwt159.00–167.507719
Steers—Medium and Large 2485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007281
Steers—Medium and Large 2543149.00/cwt149.00–149.008093
Steers—Medium and Large 1548154.00/cwt154.00–154.008443
Steers—Medium and Large 1559149.30/cwt145.00–153.0083527
Steers—Medium and Large 3578132.00/cwt132.00–132.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 1609138.82/cwt137.00–146.0084510
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362139.35/cwt137.50–143.005043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374148.46/cwt144.00–154.0055519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419144.08/cwt137.00–148.0060417
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430116.09/cwt112.00–120.004994
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432131.79/cwt125.00–137.0056910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added454140.00/cwt140.00–140.006366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476131.97/cwt127.50–135.0062819
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485108.00/cwt108.00–108.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement516138.00/cwt138.00–138.0071227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524126.98/cwt124.00–129.0066520
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563125.49/cwt125.00–126.007074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement610127.50/cwt127.50–127.507788
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635123.93/cwt118.00–126.5078724
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320175.00/cwt175.00–175.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328185.68/cwt182.50–192.506098
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365178.69/cwt172.50–182.5065221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417168.60/cwt163.00–173.0070311
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445147.50/cwt147.50–147.506561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482158.96/cwt155.00–165.007668
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529148.86/cwt145.00–155.007877
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590140.00/cwt140.00–140.008262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1609135.79/cwt134.00–137.008275
Bulls—Medium and Large 1835104.00/cwt104.00–104.008681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51366.19/cwt64.00–68.001,0012
Bulls——1,69076.33/cwt75.00–78.001,2902
Bulls——1,84584.77/cwt84.00–85.501,5642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05648.30/cwt47.00–50.005105
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19566.00/cwt66.00–66.007891
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26362.32/cwt59.00–64.507876
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30052.72/cwt52.00–53.506852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35564.02/cwt63.50–64.508673
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47156.82/cwt54.50–62.508364
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,421.43/cwt1,225.00–1,475.00—7
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,384.50/cwt1,325.00–1,450.00—10
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,075.00/cwt1,050.00–1,100.00—2
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—925.00/cwt925.00–925.00—1
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—575.00/cwt575.00–575.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,050.00/cwt950.00–1,175.00—9
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—952.78/cwt750.00–1,075.00—27
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—746.67/cwt625.00–950.00—15
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—590.00/cwt560.00–620.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—550.00/cwt550.00–550.00—1

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.