Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2026-06-17

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 17
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
326 head
170 vs last sale 156 326 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
14 vs last sale 33 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
3 vs last sale 16 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Not enough replacement cattle to determine a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $444.05/cwt on 27 head, up $14.50 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 14 comparable sales and sits +9.94 against this barn's trailing median of $434.11.
Average price
$444.05
14.50 vs prior sale
27 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.07
vs AL average
15.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536448.392,40125
Medium and Large 2575389.832,2422thin
One grade step is worth $58.56/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
486444402360median 434.1101/0702/2504/2905/2707/22
Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.36, low $373.99, median $434.11 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
444.05
AL average16 barns · 355 hd
438.98
+5.07
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
−15.00
This barn, trailing median14 sales
434.11
+9.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsHigh1,741202.523,5266thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,508185.992,8052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,070183.321,96124
CowsLean 85-90%Low875166.011,4534thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$3,5003thin

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650620365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2631
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500458442.65/cwt425.00–455.002,0274
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524453.32/cwt450.00–470.002,37521
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450416493.80/cwt480.00–510.002,0545
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350345487.50/cwt485.00–490.001,6822
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450421529.80/cwt510.00–540.002,2304
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780333.51/cwt332.50–355.002,60122
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700663337.64/cwt325.00–350.002,2392
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600578385.04/cwt375.00–395.002,2262
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800765277.50/cwt275.00–280.002,1232
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270488.15/cwt480.00–500.001,3183
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458477.79/cwt460.00–495.002,1882
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472430.05/cwt420.00–445.002,0307
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650632356.60/cwt350.00–360.002,2543
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525415.61/cwt395.00–425.002,18213
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1951
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7821
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300260600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5601
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710362.48/cwt360.00–365.002,5742
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4981
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3101
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600557416.83/cwt405.00–430.002,3223
CowsBoner 80-85%1,063193.35/cwt185.00–200.002,0558
CowsBoner 80-85%1,073178.30/cwt171.00–184.001,91316
CowsLean 85-90%875166.01/cwt164.00–170.001,4534
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,508185.99/cwt185.00–187.002,8052
Bulls1,795206.43/cwt205.00–208.003,7052
Bulls1,714200.57/cwt200.00–201.003,4384
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-23,500.00/head3,000.00–4,000.003,5003
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250205560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,1481
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250225600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3501
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528433.38/cwt420.00–460.002,2883
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620362.91/cwt345.00–380.002,2505
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9282
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750710320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2721
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650625314.88/cwt310.00–320.001,9682
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350328477.75/cwt460.00–500.001,5674
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300265450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1931
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650637315.03/cwt310.00–320.002,0073
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450442458.17/cwt415.00–480.002,0253
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550513375.37/cwt350.00–385.001,9267
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500468441.73/cwt440.00–445.002,0673
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0591
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600575389.83/cwt380.00–400.002,2422
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450431452.28/cwt440.00–475.001,9494
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430405.00/cwt395.00–415.001,7423
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575362.46/cwt355.00–370.002,0844
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650632418.17/cwt390.00–420.002,64322
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500484490.84/cwt475.00–497.502,37613
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600596422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,5184
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550523383.76/cwt370.00–405.002,0078
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480402.76/cwt390.00–415.001,9332
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400384408.06/cwt380.00–435.001,5678
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370465.00/cwt455.00–475.001,7212
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250230700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,6101
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450445465.21/cwt440.00–470.002,07011

How this sale compares

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.