Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2025-06-04

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Jun 4
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
440 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 343▲ 116 vs year ago 324 · +35.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 49▲ 16 vs year ago 60 · +26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 43▲ 46 vs year ago 17 · +270.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady to firm. 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 $316.26/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −46.16 against this barn's trailing median of $362.42.
Average price
$316.26
37 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.53
vs AL average
−21.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533330.001,7572thin
Medium and Large 2573316.301,81332
Medium and Large 3533306.631,6343thin
One grade step is worth $23.37/cwt here — about $123 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 sale37 hd
316.26
—
AL average13 barns · 478 hd
316.78
−0.53
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−21.98
This barn, trailing median33 sales
362.42
−46.16
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—High1,793178.983,2084thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,523154.342,35110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,290153.151,97613
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,008141.821,43049

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)—$2,37810
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,89224
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3797
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,81510

Every lot

63 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438382.32/cwt380.00–387.001,6753
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478374.92/cwt370.00–380.001,7924
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7642
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515366.63/cwt365.00–370.001,8883
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3522348.83/cwt342.00–350.001,8217
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568344.93/cwt340.00–350.001,95918
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631327.19/cwt325.00–330.002,0657
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661322.13/cwt315.00–325.002,1297
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2676295.11/cwt285.00–302.001,9955
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2733275.25/cwt272.00–280.002,0185
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2351
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2091
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,2851
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380353.16/cwt350.00–360.001,3429
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423353.23/cwt350.00–360.001,49412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,5601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3437343.30/cwt335.00–345.001,5006
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6381
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467343.56/cwt342.00–350.001,6045
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3486331.52/cwt325.00–335.001,61117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7341
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533306.63/cwt300.00–310.001,6343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538329.49/cwt327.00–332.001,77310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7761
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2589310.31/cwt310.00–317.001,82822
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608317.50/cwt317.00–318.001,9302
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631300.64/cwt300.00–310.001,89716
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0281
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8422
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716254.01/cwt252.00–260.001,81912
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780241.62/cwt240.00–245.001,8853
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3821
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4342
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3362406.54/cwt400.00–410.001,4723
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413394.97/cwt390.00–400.001,6312
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3414355.98/cwt355.00–365.001,47410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2441376.26/cwt375.00–380.001,6594
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2458367.49/cwt365.00–370.001,6832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475349.89/cwt345.00–355.001,6628
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2541340.85/cwt340.00–350.001,84411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558328.49/cwt327.00–330.001,8332
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3567306.70/cwt302.00–310.001,7395
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2579318.01/cwt315.00–322.001,8419
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2634306.64/cwt300.00–315.001,94415
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3655277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8141
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2666290.12/cwt280.00–298.001,93214
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,720180.93/cwt180.00–182.003,1122
Bulls——1,865177.02/cwt176.00–178.003,3012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%949132.77/cwt131.00–134.001,26016
Cows—Lean 85-90%993143.23/cwt141.00–145.001,42217
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083149.36/cwt148.00–150.001,61816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290153.15/cwt151.00–155.001,97613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523154.34/cwt153.00–156.002,35110
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,377.50/head2,325.00–2,500.002,37810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,044.44/head2,000.00–2,100.002,0449
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,800.00/head1,700.00–1,850.001,80015
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,378.57/head1,350.00–1,450.001,3797
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,016.67/head3,000.00–3,025.003,0173
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,880.00/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8805
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,350.00/head2,250.00–2,450.002,3502

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.