Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2019-05-22

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, May 22
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
308 head
33 vs last sale 275 308 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
9 vs last sale 39 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
1 vs last sale 22 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.30/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$129.30
65 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.87
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506130.0465832
Medium and Large 2462129.2059829
Medium and Large 3463124.005744thin
One grade step is worth $6.04/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale65 hd
129.30
AL average16 barns · 2,038 hd
125.42
+3.87
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
BullsAverage1,67280.911,3529thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18356.3766720
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,15051.545932thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17550.005882thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1516128.20/cwt127.00–130.006625
HeifersMedium and Large 1414142.43/cwt140.00–147.005905
HeifersMedium and Large 1622118.02/cwt115.00–122.007343
HeifersMedium and Large 1375148.50/cwt147.00–150.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 1750107.00/cwt107.00–107.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1705110.00/cwt110.00–110.007761
BullsMedium and Large 3520126.01/cwt125.00–127.006552
BullsMedium and Large 3420136.05/cwt135.00–137.005712
BullsMedium and Large 3455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
BullsMedium and Large 3370142.00/cwt142.00–142.005251
BullsMedium and Large 3310157.00/cwt157.00–157.004871
BullsMedium and Large 2479138.98/cwt135.00–142.006667
BullsMedium and Large 2432144.21/cwt140.00–147.006235
BullsMedium and Large 2328164.27/cwt162.00–165.005394
BullsMedium and Large 2620117.00/cwt117.00–117.007253
BullsMedium and Large 2527131.58/cwt130.00–135.006933
BullsMedium and Large 2382154.62/cwt152.00–157.005913
BullsMedium and Large 2735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
BullsMedium and Large 2560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
BullsMedium and Large 1574132.41/cwt130.00–137.007607
BullsMedium and Large 1365162.30/cwt160.00–167.005926
BullsMedium and Large 1466150.38/cwt147.00–155.007015
BullsMedium and Large 1508142.21/cwt137.00–147.007224
BullsMedium and Large 1425153.50/cwt152.00–155.006524
BullsMedium and Large 1318172.56/cwt170.00–175.005492
BullsMedium and Large 1640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008321
CowsLean 85-90%1,17550.00/cwt50.00–50.005882
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15051.54/cwt51.00–52.005932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14755.66/cwt53.00–59.0063810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31064.36/cwt62.00–68.008435
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12849.80/cwt48.00–52.005625
Bulls1,75382.60/cwt80.00–84.001,4484
Bulls1,70876.95/cwt74.00–79.001,3144
Bulls1,20090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3950700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,6501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,1001,055.00/cwt1,055.00–1,055.0011,6052
SteersMedium and Large 2540147.00/cwt147.00–147.007941
SteersMedium and Large 2455155.00/cwt155.00–155.007051
SteersMedium and Large 2425158.00/cwt158.00–158.006721
SteersMedium and Large 1410167.00/cwt167.00–167.006851
HeifersMedium and Large 3545115.00/cwt115.00–115.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 3495122.00/cwt122.00–122.006041
HeifersMedium and Large 3445127.00/cwt127.00–127.005651
HeifersMedium and Large 3365132.00/cwt132.00–132.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 2516121.73/cwt118.00–125.006288
HeifersMedium and Large 2429133.50/cwt130.00–137.005738
HeifersMedium and Large 2387140.18/cwt137.00–142.005425
HeifersMedium and Large 2575115.68/cwt115.00–117.006653
HeifersMedium and Large 2468125.96/cwt125.00–127.005892
HeifersMedium and Large 2315147.62/cwt145.00–150.004652
HeifersMedium and Large 2625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 1453133.35/cwt130.00–135.006049
HeifersMedium and Large 1567123.33/cwt120.00–125.006996

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.