Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-01-15

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jan 15
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
342 head
342 vs last sale 0 342 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 0 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
11 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455139.7063517thin
Medium and Large 2454132.7260336
Medium and Large 3483122.005903thin
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,97073.001,4381thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28048.886259thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1408140.99/cwt140.00–142.005754
HeifersMedium and Large 3485122.00/cwt122.00–122.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 2379144.41/cwt142.00–145.005475
SteersMedium and Large 2585137.00/cwt137.00–137.008011
SteersMedium and Large 1463165.00/cwt165.00–165.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 1522132.31/cwt130.00–135.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 3445127.00/cwt127.00–127.005651
HeifersMedium and Large 2460133.25/cwt127.00–135.0061311
HeifersMedium and Large 2424136.01/cwt135.00–140.005777
SteersMedium and Large 1373178.57/cwt177.00–180.006662
SteersMedium and Large 1405172.00/cwt172.00–172.006971
SteersMedium and Large 1335180.00/cwt180.00–180.006031
SteersMedium and Large 2713128.00/cwt128.00–128.009136
SteersMedium and Large 2636131.00/cwt131.00–131.008335
SteersMedium and Large 2530144.57/cwt142.00–147.007662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,025730.00/cwt730.00–730.007,4831
SteersMedium and Large 1513158.51/cwt157.00–160.008132
BullsMedium and Large 2240185.00/cwt185.00–185.004441
BullsMedium and Large 1419151.57/cwt142.00–157.006354
BullsMedium and Large 1325175.00/cwt175.00–175.005693
BullsMedium and Large 1463146.01/cwt145.00–147.006762
BullsMedium and Large 1358173.49/cwt172.00–175.006212
BullsMedium and Large 1510137.00/cwt137.00–137.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 2553118.31/cwt115.00–120.006543
HeifersMedium and Large 2327149.08/cwt147.00–150.004873
HeifersMedium and Large 2519121.79/cwt120.00–125.006325
HeifersMedium and Large 1290165.00/cwt165.00–165.004791
HeifersMedium and Large 1665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 1358152.00/cwt152.00–152.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 1470137.60/cwt135.00–142.006475
HeifersMedium and Large 2600113.50/cwt112.00–115.006812
HeifersMedium and Large 3520117.00/cwt117.00–117.006081
BullsMedium and Large 2425145.18/cwt142.00–147.006175
BullsMedium and Large 2528132.43/cwt130.00–135.006995
BullsMedium and Large 3535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006791
BullsMedium and Large 2355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38043.00/cwt43.00–43.005931
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26749.61/cwt47.00–53.006298
BullsMedium and Large 2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
BullsMedium and Large 3425138.00/cwt138.00–138.005871
BullsMedium and Large 3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Bulls1,97073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,4381
BullsMedium and Large 2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
BullsMedium and Large 2463139.76/cwt137.00–142.006474
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007141
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008252

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.