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Brundidge Stockyards

Name: Brundidge Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Mar 27

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000

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Feeder Cattle receipts

282 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 329▲ 11 vs year ago 271 · +4.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 58▼ 6 vs year ago 51 · −11.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 82 vs last sale 98▼ 110 vs year ago 126 · −87.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.70/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −106.72 against this barn's trailing median of $362.42.

Average price

$255.70

16 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$25.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.31

vs AL average

−11.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	262.00	1,441	12thin
Medium and Large 3	550	236.82	1,303	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.18/cwt here — about $138 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

255.70

—

AL average12 barns · 501 hd

259.02

−3.31

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−11.17

This barn, trailing median33 sales

362.42

−106.72

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.49, low $309.23, median $362.42 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,376	152.11	2,094	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	136.38	2,046	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,145	134.75	1,543	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,109	119.90	1,330	11

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,150	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,275	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$840	11

Every lot

57 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	348.43/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,254	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	392	325.36/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,275	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	346.39/cwt	344.00–354.00	1,469	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	323.44/cwt	322.00–329.00	1,514	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	319.16/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,672	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	309.86/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,627	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,765	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	286.07/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,691	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	260.97/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,626	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	676	258.56/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,748	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	332	314.85/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,045	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	310.98/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,129	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	292.44/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,100	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	255.41/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,085	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	291.91/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,255	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	271.11/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,263	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	249.19/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,179	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	242.57/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,273	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	265.53/cwt	264.00–267.00	1,421	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	258.47/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,460	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	231.07/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,329	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	253.49/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,541	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	241.66/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,588	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,054	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	343.30/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,287	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	320.86/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,364	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	331.94/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,417	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	472	301.31/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,422	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	291.68/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,540	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	532	266.65/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,419	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	281.96/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,599	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	609	258.59/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,575	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	248.56/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,566	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,559	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,145	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,626	1
Bulls	—	—	1,345	156.19/cwt	154.00–158.00	2,101	4
Bulls	—	—	1,555	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,317	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	133.53/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,462	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	124.46/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,374	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,119	111.91/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,252	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	139.41/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,610	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,690	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	136.38/cwt	136.00–137.00	2,046	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840.00/head	790.00–900.00	840	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	—	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	—	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Alabama Stockyards - Brundidge, AL

Wed Mar 27, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 282Last week 329Year ago 271

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 58Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 98Year ago 126

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
4	350–400	375	342.00–347.00	343.30
10	400–450	427	330.00–340.00	331.94
1	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
4	500–550	528	290.00–297.00	291.68
5	550–600	567	280.00–290.00	281.96
5	600–650	609	257.00–265.00	258.59
1	650–700	660	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	340.00	340.00
5	400–450	425	315.00–325.00	320.86
7	450–500	472	297.00–307.00	301.31
3	500–550	532	260.00–270.00	266.65
2	600–650	630	245.00–252.00	248.56
1	650–700	675	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	376	290.00–297.00	292.44
12	450–500	466	267.00–277.00	271.11
6	500–550	535	264.00–267.00	265.53
6	550–600	565	255.00–262.00	258.47
1	600–650	635	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	310.00–317.00	314.85
6	400–450	425	252.00–257.00	255.41
12	450–500	473	245.00–252.00	249.19
2	500–550	525	240.00–245.00	242.57
2	550–600	575	227.00–235.00	231.07
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	363	310.00–312.00	310.98
5	400–450	430	290.00–300.00	291.91
2	600–650	608	252.00–255.00	253.49
6	650–700	657	240.00–242.00	241.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	370.00	370.00
6	350–400	360	347.00–355.00	348.43
5	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	495	315.00	315.00
2	500–550	525	305.00–315.00	309.86
8	550–600	591	285.00–294.00	286.07
2	600–650	623	260.00–262.00	260.97
7	650–700	676	250.00–260.00	258.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	322.00–327.00	325.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	344.00–354.00	346.39
10	450–500	468	322.00–329.00	323.44
12	500–550	524	318.00–320.00	319.16
3	550–600	575	307.00	307.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,119	108.00–113.00	111.91
7	—	1,104	123.00–128.00	124.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,500	136.00–137.00	136.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	128.00	128.00
5	—	1,155	139.00–140.00	139.41
8	—	1,095	132.00–135.00	133.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	149.00	149.00
1	—	1,145	142.00	142.00
4	—	1,345	154.00–158.00	156.19

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	790.00–900.00	840.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.