Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 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 $128.89/cwt on 111 head.

Average price

$128.89

111 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$17.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.12

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	130.57	830	91
Medium and Large 2	449	122.80	552	17thin
Medium and Large 3	458	112.67	516	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.90/cwt here — about $314 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 sale111 hd

128.89

—

AL average16 barns · 1,689 hd

120.78

+8.12

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	—	Low	1,790	72.00	1,289	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,457	42.24	615	5thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	672	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	887	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	167.54/cwt	165.00–170.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	608	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,100	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	9,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	117.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	128.33/cwt	127.00–132.00	604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	125.31/cwt	122.00–127.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	114.00/cwt	112.00–115.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	132.91/cwt	130.00–135.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	119.20/cwt	115.00–122.00	566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	536	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,575	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	123.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	132.91/cwt	130.00–140.00	560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	730	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	41.09/cwt	40.00–42.00	526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	109.43/cwt	107.00–112.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	132.98/cwt	130.00–137.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	143.38/cwt	140.00–147.00	617	2
Bulls	—	—	1,790	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,289	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	119.26/cwt	115.00–125.00	805	4

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 Dec 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 296Last week 624Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 8Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 84Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	672	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	115.00–120.00	117.56
6	—	471	127.00–132.00	128.33
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
2	—	510	120.00–127.00	123.50
2	—	578	120.00	120.00
5	—	421	130.00–140.00	132.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	140.00	140.00
1	—	675	102.00	102.00
3	—	420	122.00–127.00	125.31
3	—	503	112.00–115.00	114.00
4	—	375	130.00–135.00	132.91
5	—	475	115.00–122.00	119.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	113.00	113.00
1	—	510	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	170.00	170.00
1	—	505	132.00	132.00
1	—	740	107.00	107.00
2	—	355	165.00–170.00	167.54
2	—	608	120.00–122.00	121.01
3	—	583	125.00	125.00
4	—	463	145.00	145.00
4	—	675	115.00–125.00	119.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	122.00	122.00
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
1	—	730	102.00	102.00
2	—	385	150.00	150.00
2	—	535	130.00	130.00
2	—	673	107.00–112.00	109.43
4	—	460	130.00–137.00	132.98
2	—	430	140.00–147.00	143.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	137.00	137.00
1	—	400	152.00	152.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	830.00	830.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	43.00	43.00
2	—	1,280	40.00–42.00	41.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	72.00	72.00

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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Kilpatrick Stockyards

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