Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.27/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$134.27

56 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$17.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	139.70	635	17thin
Medium and Large 2	454	132.72	603	36
Medium and Large 3	483	122.00	590	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $45 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 sale56 hd

134.27

—

AL average15 barns · 1,917 hd

134.26

+0.00

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	1,970	73.00	1,438	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	48.88	625	9thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1	—	408	140.99/cwt	140.00–142.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	144.41/cwt	142.00–145.00	547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	132.31/cwt	130.00–135.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	133.25/cwt	127.00–135.00	613	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	136.01/cwt	135.00–140.00	577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	178.57/cwt	177.00–180.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	144.57/cwt	142.00–147.00	766	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,025	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	7,483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	158.51/cwt	157.00–160.00	813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	240	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	151.57/cwt	142.00–157.00	635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	173.49/cwt	172.00–175.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	118.31/cwt	115.00–120.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	149.08/cwt	147.00–150.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	121.79/cwt	120.00–125.00	632	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	137.60/cwt	135.00–142.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	113.50/cwt	112.00–115.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	145.18/cwt	142.00–147.00	617	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	132.43/cwt	130.00–135.00	699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	593	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	49.61/cwt	47.00–53.00	629	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Bulls	—	—	1,970	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	139.76/cwt	137.00–142.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	825	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 Jan 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 342Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available due to holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	140.00–142.00	140.99
3	—	522	130.00–135.00	132.31
1	—	290	165.00	165.00
1	—	665	117.00	117.00
2	—	358	152.00	152.00
5	—	470	135.00–142.00	137.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	122.00	122.00
1	—	445	127.00	127.00
1	—	520	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	142.00–145.00	144.41
11	—	460	127.00–135.00	133.25
7	—	424	135.00–140.00	136.01
3	—	553	115.00–120.00	118.31
3	—	327	147.00–150.00	149.08
5	—	519	120.00–125.00	121.79
2	—	600	112.00–115.00	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	137.00	137.00
6	—	713	128.00	128.00
5	—	636	131.00	131.00
2	—	530	142.00–147.00	144.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	165.00	165.00
2	—	373	177.00–180.00	178.57
1	—	405	172.00	172.00
1	—	335	180.00	180.00
2	—	513	157.00–160.00	158.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	185.00	185.00
5	—	425	142.00–147.00	145.18
5	—	528	130.00–135.00	132.43
1	—	355	165.00	165.00
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
4	—	463	137.00–142.00	139.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	142.00–157.00	151.57
3	—	325	175.00	175.00
2	—	463	145.00–147.00	146.01
2	—	358	172.00–175.00	173.49
1	—	510	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	127.00	127.00
1	—	425	138.00	138.00
1	—	465	130.00	130.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	730.00	730.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	43.00	43.00
8	—	1,267	47.00–53.00	49.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	73.00	73.00

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