Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2024-10-09

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Oct 9
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
262 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 392▼ 221 vs year ago 483 · −45.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 62▼ 82 vs year ago 93 · −88.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 11▼ 73 vs year ago 81 · −90.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady on a light supply. 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 $228.74/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −133.68 against this barn's trailing median of $362.42.
Average price
$228.74
16 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,273
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.88
vs AL average
−23.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555231.321,28415thin
Medium and Large 3575190.001,0931thin
One grade step is worth $41.32/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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
228.74
—
AL average13 barns · 497 hd
227.87
+0.88
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−23.94
This barn, trailing median33 sales
362.42
−133.68
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—Average1,925154.002,9652thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,240122.951,5253thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,505111.001,6711thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,052108.931,1463thin

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)—$1,6751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1805

Every lot

50 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368275.39/cwt272.00–277.001,0133
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375306.58/cwt300.00–310.001,1503
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3408262.45/cwt255.00–265.001,0714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478283.19/cwt282.00–287.001,3548
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527272.03/cwt270.00–280.001,43410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578252.22/cwt250.00–259.001,4584
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620241.97/cwt240.00–244.001,5004
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3640220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4081
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2686236.55/cwt236.00–237.501,6238
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307272.83/cwt270.00–277.008385
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327257.12/cwt255.00–262.0084110
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333231.90/cwt225.00–235.007723
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370252.00/cwt252.00–252.009323
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374220.62/cwt215.00–225.0082513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2389238.68/cwt237.00–247.0092811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408234.52/cwt232.00–237.009576
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421241.01/cwt240.00–245.001,0155
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457236.01/cwt234.00–240.001,0793
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474224.51/cwt220.00–228.001,06422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480213.40/cwt210.00–215.001,0243
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2484
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568228.17/cwt226.00–232.001,29611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0931
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3943
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3561
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement680225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5306
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310334.92/cwt330.00–340.001,0382
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2343322.31/cwt320.00–327.001,1063
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3343307.04/cwt302.00–312.001,0534
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3381292.78/cwt290.00–300.001,1157
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387311.68/cwt310.00–315.001,2063
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430261.88/cwt257.00–267.001,1262
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2436282.56/cwt275.00–285.001,2324
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463264.01/cwt262.00–265.001,2223
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473248.38/cwt245.00–255.001,1753
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520251.07/cwt245.00–255.001,3068
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561232.81/cwt232.00–240.001,30610
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2638216.63/cwt215.00–220.001,3826
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4061
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4411
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2763188.96/cwt185.00–193.001,4422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,925154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,9652
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,052108.93/cwt106.00–110.001,1463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,5441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248121.43/cwt120.00–123.001,5152
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,6711
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,312.50/head1,205.00–1,420.001,3132
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,180.00/head1,100.00–1,300.001,1805

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.