Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2024-10-02

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Oct 2
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 336▼ 207 vs year ago 599 · −34.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 57▲ 6 vs year ago 56 · +10.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 47▼ 81 vs year ago 92 · −88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. There were no pairs recorded. 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 $220.60/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −141.82 against this barn's trailing median of $362.42.
Average price
$220.60
32 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.61
vs AL average
−26.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555225.491,25117thin
Medium and Large 2527218.721,15311thin
Medium and Large 3555205.001,1384thin
One grade step is worth $20.49/cwt here — about $113 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 sale32 hd
220.60
—
AL average16 barns · 447 hd
223.21
−2.61
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−26.18
This barn, trailing median33 sales
362.42
−141.82
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—High1,813157.542,8576thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,358130.471,7726thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,266122.571,55118
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,066108.931,16127

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)—$1,5594thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2067

Every lot

62 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368307.48/cwt305.00–310.001,1322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368286.38/cwt285.00–295.001,0547
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2301
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435285.31/cwt285.00–287.001,2416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464276.39/cwt275.00–282.001,2825
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3477253.81/cwt245.00–255.001,2118
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526269.96/cwt267.00–275.001,4208
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573258.26/cwt255.00–265.001,4806
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580234.07/cwt230.00–238.001,35812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4331
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3644226.51/cwt222.00–228.001,4598
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3665220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673227.43/cwt227.00–231.001,5319
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2724217.56/cwt210.00–220.001,5754
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2792204.66/cwt202.00–206.001,6213
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2308269.96/cwt265.00–275.008314
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3312252.82/cwt245.00–255.007895
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363251.14/cwt247.00–252.009126
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378232.52/cwt230.00–235.008794
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418228.47/cwt225.00–235.0095521
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added469242.77/cwt242.00–245.001,1394
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488237.03/cwt235.00–239.001,1578
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0744
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2483
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527218.72/cwt215.00–225.001,15311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1384
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573219.33/cwt217.00–225.001,25710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3181
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623209.30/cwt208.00–212.001,3049
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668176.73/cwt170.00–180.001,1813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670202.98/cwt202.00–204.001,3604
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3401
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5204
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3320316.46/cwt310.00–320.001,0136
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366312.42/cwt310.00–320.001,1434
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3393291.69/cwt285.00–295.001,1469
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413289.39/cwt286.00–296.001,1956
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430274.09/cwt270.00–280.001,1797
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3433260.14/cwt255.00–265.001,1268
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471262.20/cwt260.00–265.001,2359
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3471244.24/cwt240.00–250.001,15012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528246.97/cwt245.00–255.001,3045
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3542232.32/cwt227.00–235.001,2599
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573229.36/cwt225.00–234.001,31412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3583213.47/cwt212.00–215.001,2452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2734
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2631216.62/cwt215.00–219.001,3675
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3161
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2712205.36/cwt200.00–208.001,4623
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,635149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,4362
Bulls——1,850158.75/cwt156.00–160.002,9373
Bulls——2,060171.00/cwt171.00–171.003,5231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008111.63/cwt110.00–113.001,1258
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085105.07/cwt104.00–106.001,14014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,106115.40/cwt115.00–116.001,2765
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259126.21/cwt125.00–128.001,5899
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272118.93/cwt117.00–120.001,5139
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,358130.47/cwt128.00–133.001,7726
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,558.75/head1,510.00–1,575.001,5594
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,320.00/head1,320.00–1,320.001,3202
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2—1,160.00/head1,130.00–1,205.001,1605

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.