Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.32/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −65.15 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.

Average price

$134.32

41 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.16

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	452	142.63	645	16thin
Medium and Large 2	470	129.61	609	20
Medium and Large 3	432	126.60	547	5thin

One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about $98 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 sale41 hd

134.32

—

AL average15 barns · 1,143 hd

123.17

+11.16

This barn, trailing median2 sales

199.47

−65.15

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,374	78.51	1,078	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,306	51.10	667	4thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	168.53/cwt	165.00–172.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	133.98/cwt	133.00–135.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	128.47/cwt	127.00–130.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	159.00/cwt	157.00–160.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	149.76/cwt	145.00–152.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	148.36/cwt	145.00–150.00	567	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	117.96/cwt	117.00–120.00	613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	138.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	585	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	118.38/cwt	115.00–120.00	671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	122.24/cwt	120.00–125.00	505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	114.74/cwt	112.00–117.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	119.20/cwt	117.00–122.00	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	163.48/cwt	160.00–167.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	123.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	634	4
Bulls	—	—	1,975	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,173	77.68/cwt	77.00–78.00	911	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	49.65/cwt	48.00–51.00	637	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	52.55/cwt	52.00–53.00	698	2

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Wed Aug 21, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 360Last week 203Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	122.00	122.00
2	—	308	165.00–172.00	168.53
2	—	458	133.00–135.00	133.98
2	—	510	127.00–130.00	128.47
2	—	665	110.00–112.00	111.00
3	—	375	157.00–160.00	159.00
4	—	410	145.00–152.00	149.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
1	—	585	115.00	115.00
3	—	382	145.00–150.00	148.36
3	—	470	120.00–125.00	122.41
3	—	520	117.00–120.00	117.96
3	—	610	107.00	107.00
6	—	423	135.00–140.00	138.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	138.00	138.00
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	115.00	115.00
2	—	420	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	127.00–130.00	128.49
2	—	465	125.00–127.00	125.99
3	—	567	115.00–120.00	118.38
4	—	513	120.00–127.00	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	112.00	112.00
4	—	413	120.00–125.00	122.24
4	—	526	112.00–117.00	114.74
5	—	473	117.00–122.00	119.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	118.00	118.00
1	—	460	115.00	115.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	177.00	177.00
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
2	—	418	160.00–167.00	163.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	81.00	81.00
3	—	1,173	77.00–78.00	77.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	48.00–51.00	49.65
2	—	1,328	52.00–53.00	52.55

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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