Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2024-01-10

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Jan 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 251▼ 626 vs year ago 803 · −78.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 50▼ 75 vs year ago 99 · −75.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 15▼ 57 vs year ago 73 · −78.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available:

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $247.37/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +50.54 against this barn's trailing median of $196.84.
Average price
$247.37
36 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,037
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+31.22
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490249.501,2232thin
Medium and Large 2431248.961,07422
Medium and Large 3386244.1294112thin
One grade step is worth $5.38/cwt here — about $281 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 sale36 hd
247.37
—
AL average16 barns · 988 hd
216.15
+31.22
This barn, trailing median2 sales
196.84
+50.54
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—Average1,620102.311,6575thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34096.941,2994thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05978.8683510

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9577
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2882thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3378252.42/cwt250.00–255.009542
Steers—Medium and Large 2420267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1211
Steers—Medium and Large 2495262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2972
Steers—Medium and Large 2507258.32/cwt255.00–260.001,3103
Steers—Medium and Large 2578247.53/cwt245.00–250.001,4312
Steers—Medium and Large 2635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5241
Steers—Medium and Large 3685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319236.52/cwt235.00–240.007547
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387241.91/cwt240.00–246.009363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408234.02/cwt231.00–237.009556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412245.66/cwt245.00–247.001,0123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468224.68/cwt220.00–227.001,0523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472240.30/cwt238.00–245.001,1343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527224.68/cwt222.00–230.001,1843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580213.59/cwt210.00–217.001,2392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310272.62/cwt270.00–280.008454
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323254.16/cwt252.00–260.008217
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367262.97/cwt262.00–267.009655
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417246.76/cwt245.00–250.001,0293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422254.56/cwt252.00–260.001,0743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460250.19/cwt245.00–252.001,1514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513224.54/cwt222.00–232.001,1524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2461
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1131
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628204.57/cwt202.00–207.001,2852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54397.81/cwt96.00–101.001,5093
Bulls——1,735109.05/cwt108.00–110.001,8922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03374.21/cwt71.00–76.007675
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08483.52/cwt82.00–86.009055
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290101.45/cwt100.00–103.001,3092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39092.43/cwt91.00–94.001,2852
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,287.50/head1,225.00–1,350.001,2882
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,200.00/head1,150.00–1,300.001,2003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—957.14/head925.00–1,000.009577

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.