Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-02-12

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
276 vs last sale 517 241 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
0 vs last sale 16 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
12 vs last sale 28 16 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 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, market lightly tested. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.62/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$143.62
96 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.08
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2607144.2587678
Medium and Large 2546141.0076916thin
Medium and Large 1608140.008512thin
One grade step is worth $4.25/cwt here — about $24 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 sale96 hd
143.62
AL average10 barns · 601 hd
148.70
−5.08
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
BullsAverage1,68082.931,3932thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03460.816294thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2607144.25/cwt144.25–144.2587678
SteersMedium and Large 2565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,9251
CowsBoner 80-85%97558.10/cwt57.00–59.005662
SteersMedium and Large 1608140.00/cwt140.00–140.008512
SteersMedium and Large 2465160.00/cwt160.00–160.007441
SteersMedium and Large 2608134.00/cwt134.00–134.008156
SteersMedium and Large 2400167.00/cwt167.00–167.006681
SteersMedium and Large 2504141.00/cwt141.00–141.007115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,100760.00/cwt760.00–760.008,3601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09363.51/cwt63.00–64.006942
BullsMedium and Large 1565132.00/cwt132.00–132.007461
BullsMedium and Large 2265175.00/cwt175.00–175.004641
BullsMedium and Large 2625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1370165.00/cwt165.00–165.006111
BullsMedium and Large 1407161.31/cwt160.00–162.006573
BullsMedium and Large 2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
BullsMedium and Large 2474143.30/cwt140.00–147.006797
Bulls1,68082.93/cwt80.00–85.001,3932
BullsMedium and Large 1340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1478154.92/cwt150.00–160.007412
BullsMedium and Large 2520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2426152.96/cwt150.00–155.006525
HeifersMedium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 1633122.49/cwt120.00–125.007752
HeifersMedium and Large 2473131.04/cwt130.00–132.006202
HeifersMedium and Large 1650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 2585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 2415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 2518125.30/cwt122.00–127.006493

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.