Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2025-06-18

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Jun 18
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 424▼ 129 vs year ago 495 · −26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 67▼ 51 vs year ago 88 · −58.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 14▼ 40 vs year ago 87 · −46.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.07/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −69.45 against this barn's trailing median of $396.51.
Average price
$327.07
25 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.84
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505360.001,8181thin
Medium and Large 2530337.201,7889thin
Medium and Large 3555318.791,77015thin
One grade step is worth $41.21/cwt here — about $48 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 sale25 hd
327.07
—
AL average13 barns · 240 hd
327.91
−0.84
This barn, trailing median32 sales
396.51
−69.45
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

32 sales
460408356305median 396.5103/0405/0607/0809/0910/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $445.70, low $318.55, median $396.51 across 32 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—High1,816186.413,3855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,388164.012,2762thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,254162.932,0434thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,152145.641,67811

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)—$2,50413
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,9507
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,81120

Every lot

70 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325444.85/cwt440.00–450.001,4462
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365442.47/cwt440.00–445.001,6152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5403
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2393431.03/cwt425.00–435.001,6945
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430424.22/cwt420.00–425.001,8246
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436437.09/cwt435.00–440.001,9067
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458426.27/cwt425.00–430.001,9524
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481403.86/cwt400.00–415.001,94319
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512396.64/cwt395.00–400.002,0313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518377.51/cwt375.00–380.001,9564
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535352.52/cwt350.00–355.001,8862
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8593
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565353.79/cwt352.00–357.001,99911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625344.52/cwt342.00–347.002,1534
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2677302.99/cwt302.00–305.002,0513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2061
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2282436.75/cwt435.00–440.001,2323
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318424.80/cwt420.00–430.001,3512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3343375.59/cwt370.00–380.001,2889
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,3392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370356.91/cwt350.00–365.001,32116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416355.71/cwt355.00–362.001,48010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4961
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469341.23/cwt340.00–350.001,6008
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508339.00/cwt338.00–340.001,7226
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527330.98/cwt325.00–335.001,7445
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6741
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569315.81/cwt315.00–317.001,7975
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8571
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628313.99/cwt312.00–317.001,9725
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6201
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0952
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3871
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1281498.70/cwt495.00–505.001,4015
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4951
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3320420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3443
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338439.96/cwt435.00–445.001,4874
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3374392.26/cwt390.00–395.001,4679
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413397.45/cwt395.00–400.001,6412
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440372.00/cwt370.00–385.001,6377
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2456381.26/cwt380.00–385.001,7394
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3486354.94/cwt352.00–362.001,72510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8181
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518348.30/cwt347.00–355.001,8046
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520336.44/cwt332.00–340.001,7497
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7483
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3586303.35/cwt297.00–307.001,7788
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8131
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9031
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2679291.43/cwt290.00–297.001,9795
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3695270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8774
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725284.03/cwt282.00–285.002,0593
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,660185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,0711
Bulls——1,695178.00/cwt178.00–178.003,0171
Bulls——1,908189.69/cwt189.00–191.003,6193
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,109144.63/cwt143.00–145.001,6045
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,184150.49/cwt150.00–152.001,7824
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,198138.49/cwt138.00–139.001,6592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254162.93/cwt160.00–164.002,0434
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388164.01/cwt162.00–166.002,2762
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,800.00/head2,650.00–2,950.002,8008
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,030.00/head2,000.00–2,150.002,0305
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,950.00/head2,900.00–3,000.002,9504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,700.00/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,810.50/head1,700.00–1,870.001,81120

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.