Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2019-09-18

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 18
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
386 head
75 vs last sale 311 386 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
12 vs last sale 27 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
25 vs last sale 12 37 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 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $116.73/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$116.73
43 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.87
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578119.6269118thin
Medium and Large 3444116.335163thin
Medium and Large 2539114.4361722
One grade step is worth $5.19/cwt here — about $74 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 sale43 hd
116.73
AL average15 barns · 1,883 hd
114.86
+1.87
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
BullsLow1,84273.331,3503thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50554.008131thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18147.2155815

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1Fancy700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
BullsMedium and Large 3540112.00/cwt112.00–112.006051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50554.00/cwt54.00–54.008131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15448.58/cwt46.00–52.005618
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21443.74/cwt42.00–45.005316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20557.00/cwt57.00–57.006871
Bulls1,94572.49/cwt72.00–73.001,4102
Bulls1,63575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2261
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,050700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,000600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,0002
BullsMedium and Large 3485117.00/cwt117.00–117.005671
BullsMedium and Large 3415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
BullsMedium and Large 2427128.90/cwt125.00–132.005507
BullsMedium and Large 2465121.60/cwt120.00–122.005655
BullsMedium and Large 2527117.38/cwt115.00–120.006193
BullsMedium and Large 2363138.53/cwt137.00–140.005032
BullsMedium and Large 2585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
BullsMedium and Large 1430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005813
BullsMedium and Large 1650113.00/cwt113.00–113.007351
BullsMedium and Large 1600118.00/cwt118.00–118.007081
BullsMedium and Large 1555122.00/cwt122.00–122.006771
BullsMedium and Large 1520127.00/cwt127.00–127.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005981
BullsMedium and Large 1320160.00/cwt160.00–160.005121
SteersMedium and Large 2538134.32/cwt134.00–135.007236
SteersMedium and Large 2560126.70/cwt125.00–130.007103
SteersMedium and Large 2373154.48/cwt152.00–157.005762
SteersMedium and Large 2630122.00/cwt122.00–122.007691
SteersMedium and Large 1650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008132
SteersMedium and Large 1360177.57/cwt175.00–180.006392
HeifersMedium and Large 3423117.00/cwt117.00–117.004952
HeifersMedium and Large 3485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 2531116.62/cwt115.00–117.006195
HeifersMedium and Large 2413123.81/cwt122.00–126.005114
HeifersMedium and Large 2663103.37/cwt100.00–105.006853
HeifersMedium and Large 2613107.00/cwt107.00–107.006563
HeifersMedium and Large 2472120.64/cwt120.00–122.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 2590112.00/cwt112.00–112.006612
HeifersMedium and Large 273597.00/cwt97.00–97.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 2395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
HeifersMedium and Large 1608114.66/cwt112.00–117.006973
HeifersMedium and Large 1532123.01/cwt122.00–125.006543
HeifersMedium and Large 1475126.00/cwt125.00–127.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005142
HeifersMedium and Large 1755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
HeifersMedium and Large 1725107.00/cwt107.00–107.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1680112.00/cwt112.00–112.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 1420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy658119.53/cwt117.00–122.007872

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.