Sale reports / Alabama / Brundidge Stockyards / 2025-11-19

Brundidge Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brundidge, Alabama · Wed, Nov 19
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2000
Feeder Cattle receipts
316 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 290▲ 126 vs year ago 190 · +66.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 40▼ 24 vs year ago 50 · −48.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 21▲ 52 vs year ago 15 · +346.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder bulls and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. 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 $359.14/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −37.37 against this barn's trailing median of $396.51.
Average price
$359.14
12 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.41
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544361.971,96810thin
Medium and Large 3555345.001,9152thin
One grade step is worth $16.97/cwt here — about $54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale12 hd
359.14
—
AL average14 barns · 391 hd
352.73
+6.41
This barn, trailing median32 sales
396.51
−37.37
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—High1,709178.633,0536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,313152.001,9966thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,615151.002,4391thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,092130.241,42213

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)—$2,2967
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7105
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$1,99950

Every lot

69 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6721
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6591
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0794
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523392.51/cwt390.00–395.002,0532
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608354.75/cwt354.00–355.002,15712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,3091
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,2741
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263472.57/cwt470.00–475.001,2432
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2288450.04/cwt445.00–455.001,2962
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3491
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333392.44/cwt390.00–400.001,3074
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4581
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371384.42/cwt375.00–395.001,42611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3438327.39/cwt320.00–330.001,43411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440357.41/cwt355.00–365.001,5734
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478308.88/cwt300.00–315.001,4767
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480350.65/cwt350.00–352.001,6833
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520347.31/cwt346.00–350.001,8066
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523338.93/cwt337.00–342.001,7735
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565333.36/cwt330.00–335.001,8833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2591319.48/cwt312.00–322.001,8884
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9681
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2661296.26/cwt295.00–300.001,9584
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,3861
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,4791
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278452.09/cwt450.00–460.001,2575
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329449.22/cwt447.00–450.001,4784
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4792
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360439.93/cwt435.00–445.001,5844
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6202
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430415.76/cwt405.00–420.001,78810
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3457361.95/cwt350.00–365.001,6545
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482384.07/cwt380.00–390.001,85112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2541363.71/cwt360.00–370.001,9688
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9891
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9841
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3635310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675311.96/cwt307.00–317.002,1064
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3678296.63/cwt295.00–300.002,0116
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3711282.07/cwt280.00–290.002,0065
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,1811
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3765270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0663
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,130152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7181
Bulls——1,712176.96/cwt176.00–179.003,0303
Bulls——1,995194.45/cwt193.00–196.003,8792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062125.66/cwt125.00–127.001,3359
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,159140.54/cwt136.00–142.001,6294
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223159.99/cwt159.00–161.001,9572
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,338152.67/cwt151.00–154.002,0432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,378143.35/cwt141.00–146.001,9752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,615151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,4391
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Registered—2,428.57/head2,375.00–2,500.002,4297
Stock Cows—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed—1,929.07/head1,850.00–2,000.001,92943
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—2,700.00/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,350.00/head2,250.00–2,450.002,3502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,600.00/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6004
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,891.67/head1,775.00–1,950.001,8923

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.