Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2024-05-15

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, May 15
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
464 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 346▲ 168 vs year ago 296 · +56.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 76▲ 9 vs year ago 28 · +32.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 53▲ 2 vs year ago 20 · +10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.42/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −122.00 against this barn's trailing median of $362.42.
Average price
$240.42
26 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,340
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.42
vs AL average
−29.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580250.001,4501thin
Medium and Large 2556240.791,33924
Medium and Large 3565222.001,2541thin
One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale26 hd
240.42
—
AL average13 barns · 317 hd
246.84
−6.42
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−29.58
This barn, trailing median33 sales
362.42
−122.00
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
438391343295median 362.4203/1105/0607/0809/0210/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,741157.962,7518thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,262134.981,7033thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,480126.001,8651thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low994117.191,16517

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)—$1,6132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,4676
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2177
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8777

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435305.99/cwt305.00–307.001,3312
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3732
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478307.54/cwt307.00–312.001,4709
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4362
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533303.42/cwt300.00–307.001,6174
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6392
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577291.65/cwt290.00–295.001,6833
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614271.26/cwt270.00–277.001,66611
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632259.62/cwt255.00–262.001,6416
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661259.17/cwt258.00–265.001,71312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688241.65/cwt240.00–250.001,66312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2736229.72/cwt226.00–235.001,69112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738249.24/cwt247.00–250.001,83916
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778225.99/cwt222.00–230.001,7582
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6353
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830222.45/cwt220.00–225.001,8464
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337283.17/cwt280.00–290.009543
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385273.58/cwt267.00–277.001,0533
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426262.86/cwt260.00–267.001,12010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478253.92/cwt252.00–257.001,21410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524245.47/cwt242.00–248.001,28612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588236.10/cwt235.00–242.001,38812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3610217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3249
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5191
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632231.60/cwt230.00–235.001,4646
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660223.65/cwt220.00–225.001,47619
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3681209.93/cwt207.00–215.001,4308
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3736183.74/cwt180.00–185.001,3524
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780209.90/cwt205.00–215.001,6374
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1131
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,2121
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3393318.39/cwt310.00–320.001,2516
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3437301.85/cwt300.00–310.001,31910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488290.38/cwt287.00–297.001,4176
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515282.88/cwt280.00–287.001,4575
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5591
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2633251.90/cwt247.00–257.001,5952
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668238.32/cwt235.00–245.001,5923
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718226.00/cwt225.00–227.001,6232
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,605149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,3911
Bulls——1,605135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,1672
Bulls——1,823168.94/cwt165.00–171.003,0805
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%956117.26/cwt113.00–118.001,1217
Cows—Lean 85-90%975125.55/cwt125.00–128.001,2245
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066108.72/cwt107.00–110.001,1595
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,4341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333138.47/cwt137.00–140.001,8462
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,8651
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—877.14/head800.00–980.008777
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,612.50/head1,575.00–1,650.001,6132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,466.67/head1,400.00–1,500.001,4676
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,217.14/head1,200.00–1,240.001,2177

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.