Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to weaker. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with light 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 $117.53/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$117.53

40 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$3.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.54

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	118.28	701	11thin
Medium and Large 2	515	117.50	605	26
Medium and Large 3	477	115.00	548	3thin

One grade step is worth $3.28/cwt here — about $152 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 sale40 hd

117.53

—

AL average10 barns · 1,034 hd

114.98

+2.54

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	1,745	84.00	1,466	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,180	54.46	643	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	51.00	485	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 3	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	120.50/cwt	118.00–122.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	131.02/cwt	130.00–132.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	117.33/cwt	115.00–120.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	124.03/cwt	122.00–127.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	110.50/cwt	110.00–112.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	113.98/cwt	112.00–115.00	659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	120.86/cwt	120.00–122.00	569	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	707	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,200	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	15,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	9,680	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	11,025	1
Bulls	—	—	1,745	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,466	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	777	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	49.93/cwt	49.00–51.00	518	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	54.81/cwt	53.00–57.00	656	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	131.83/cwt	130.00–135.00	550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	125.97/cwt	122.00–130.00	596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	124.00/cwt	122.00–125.00	626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	152.50/cwt	150.00–155.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	1

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 Sep 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 316Last week 370Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 16Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 36Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	125.00	125.00
4	—	523	118.00–122.00	120.50
1	—	330	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	130.00–135.00	131.83
4	—	473	122.00–130.00	125.97
3	—	505	122.00–125.00	124.00
2	—	610	110.00–115.00	112.52
2	—	560	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	300	150.00–155.00	152.50
1	—	615	117.00	117.00
1	—	505	127.00	127.00
1	—	455	135.00	135.00
1	—	400	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
2	—	408	130.00–132.00	131.02
2	—	655	112.00–115.00	113.51
2	—	723	110.00–112.00	111.00
3	—	618	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
3	—	507	115.00–120.00	117.33
4	—	413	122.00–127.00	124.03
4	—	609	110.00–112.00	110.50
6	—	578	112.00–115.00	113.98
7	—	471	120.00–122.00	120.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
1	—	745	120.00	120.00
3	—	524	135.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	880.00	880.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	980.00	980.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	60.00	60.00
2	—	1,038	49.00–51.00	49.93
10	—	1,197	53.00–57.00	54.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	51.00	51.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle