Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2024-10-30

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Oct 30
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
394 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 409▲ 126 vs year ago 268 · +47.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 83▲ 6 vs year ago 51 · +11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 72▲ 58 vs year ago 26 · +223.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold sharply lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady to firm. Trade active with moderate to 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 $223.58/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −138.85 against this barn's trailing median of $362.42.
Average price
$223.58
24 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,222
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.01
vs AL average
−36.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575242.001,3925thin
Medium and Large 2539218.731,17919thin
One grade step is worth $23.27/cwt here — about $213 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 sale24 hd
223.58
—
AL average14 barns · 495 hd
222.57
+1.01
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−36.88
This barn, trailing median33 sales
362.42
−138.85
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—Low1,563135.512,1182thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,500128.491,9274thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,440124.691,79614
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,134108.511,23027

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,81916
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3008
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,36122
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,09314

Every lot

54 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3388308.61/cwt307.00–312.001,1973
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418301.78/cwt300.00–307.001,2614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2457283.36/cwt280.00–290.001,2953
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3474258.98/cwt257.00–267.001,2285
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531262.47/cwt260.00–267.001,39411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3501
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2582248.57/cwt247.00–255.001,4475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3983
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2607242.69/cwt237.00–247.001,4737
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3633214.94/cwt210.00–220.001,3612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660227.52/cwt225.00–230.001,5024
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6795
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3785198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5542
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313278.05/cwt272.00–280.008704
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367247.97/cwt247.00–252.009105
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3381225.84/cwt220.00–230.008607
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3413214.97/cwt210.00–220.0088812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436236.05/cwt235.00–242.001,02919
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455210.00/cwt210.00–210.009564
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472224.63/cwt222.00–230.001,06015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528219.64/cwt218.00–222.001,16015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3925
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580215.30/cwt210.00–217.001,2494
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620192.95/cwt190.00–195.001,1965
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628200.98/cwt200.00–202.001,2622
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2833
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3758176.50/cwt175.00–178.001,3382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3326313.56/cwt312.00–322.001,0226
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361303.35/cwt302.00–310.001,0956
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3383290.59/cwt285.00–295.001,1139
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3409276.19/cwt270.00–280.001,1308
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433286.58/cwt285.00–290.001,2419
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2457272.99/cwt270.00–275.001,2485
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3482251.57/cwt250.00–255.001,2136
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522243.42/cwt240.00–250.001,2716
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525225.30/cwt220.00–227.001,1834
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568206.51/cwt200.00–210.001,1733
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577230.35/cwt227.00–237.001,3299
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623213.40/cwt210.00–217.001,3292
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3638197.51/cwt195.00–200.001,2606
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,563135.51/cwt135.00–136.002,1182
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,127100.45/cwt99.00–102.001,13211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,138114.05/cwt112.00–117.001,29816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,440124.69/cwt122.00–128.001,79614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500128.49/cwt127.00–129.001,9274
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,092.50/head1,035.00–1,150.001,09314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,100.00/head2,025.00–2,200.002,1007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,600.00/head1,500.00–1,680.001,6009
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,300.00/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3008
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,561.54/head2,500.00–2,700.002,56213
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,275.00/head2,200.00–2,350.002,2754
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,910.00/head1,900.00–1,925.001,9105

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.