Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate 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 $127.10/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$127.10

68 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$5.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.46

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	484	127.68	618	51
Medium and Large 1	577	126.00	727	14thin
Medium and Large 3	492	122.33	601	3thin

One grade step is worth $5.35/cwt here — about $17 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 sale68 hd

127.10

—

AL average15 barns · 1,515 hd

127.55

−0.46

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	53.06	763	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,115	50.18	559	8thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1	—	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	143.48/cwt	142.00–145.00	667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	138.67/cwt	137.00–142.00	714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	130.01/cwt	128.00–132.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	766	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,813	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	845.00/cwt	820.00–870.00	9,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	142.41/cwt	140.00–145.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	121.19/cwt	119.00–123.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	132.90/cwt	130.00–135.00	562	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	123.21/cwt	122.00–127.00	641	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	632	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	53.06/cwt	50.00–56.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	792	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	129.99/cwt	128.00–132.00	677	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	47.40/cwt	46.00–48.00	528	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	51.85/cwt	50.00–55.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	586	131.28/cwt	125.00–140.00	769	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	139.14/cwt	137.00–140.00	666	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	142.27/cwt	140.00–147.00	616	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	132.84/cwt	130.00–135.00	751	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	473	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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 517Last week 978Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 32Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	160.00	160.00
1	—	660	122.00	122.00
2	—	400	155.00	155.00
2	—	465	142.00–145.00	143.48
3	—	515	137.00–142.00	138.67
3	—	608	128.00–132.00	130.01
6	—	565	130.00–135.00	132.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
1	—	395	155.00	155.00
3	—	688	110.00	110.00
4	—	521	128.00–132.00	129.99
4	—	586	125.00–140.00	131.28
7	—	479	137.00–140.00	139.14
12	—	433	140.00–147.00	142.27
1	—	270	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	135.00	135.00
3	—	688	126.00	126.00
5	—	526	140.00	140.00
1	—	555	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
2	—	340	150.00	150.00
2	—	490	125.00–130.00	127.47
2	—	625	115.00	115.00
3	—	360	140.00–145.00	142.41
6	—	565	119.00–123.00	121.19
16	—	423	130.00–135.00	132.90
19	—	520	122.00–127.00	123.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	603	124.00	124.00
1	—	420	145.00	145.00
1	—	505	130.00	130.00
1	—	560	127.00	127.00
2	—	465	135.00	135.00
3	—	683	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	128.00	128.00
1	—	490	122.00	122.00
1	—	540	117.00	117.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,175	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,163	820.00–870.00	845.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,438	50.00–56.00	53.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	46.00–48.00	47.40
5	—	1,116	50.00–55.00	51.85

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