Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.22/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$122.22

57 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$3.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.23

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	122.50	762	12thin
Medium and Large 2	557	122.27	681	43
Medium and Large 3	505	119.50	603	2thin

One grade step is worth $3.00/cwt here — about $159 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 sale57 hd

122.22

—

AL average15 barns · 1,340 hd

135.44

−13.23

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	1,405	81.00	1,138	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,560	67.00	1,045	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,180	59.00	696	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	52.00	608	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	143.47/cwt	142.00–145.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	759	121.00/cwt	118.00–123.00	918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	846	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	185.47/cwt	182.00–190.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	634	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	63.49/cwt	63.00–64.00	870	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,045	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	608	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	54.51/cwt	54.00–55.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	130.74/cwt	127.00–135.00	605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	114.98/cwt	114.00–116.00	719	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	120.45/cwt	120.00–122.00	703	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	124.78/cwt	122.00–127.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	141.02/cwt	140.00–142.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	142.98/cwt	140.00–147.00	662	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	148.55/cwt	145.00–152.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	575	1
Bulls	—	—	1,405	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	136.84/cwt	135.00–140.00	709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	152.12/cwt	147.00–155.00	636	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	153.49/cwt	152.00–155.00	711	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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 389Last week 275Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 25Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	142.00–145.00	143.47
5	—	759	118.00–123.00	121.00
2	—	473	160.00	160.00
4	—	846	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	140.00	140.00
1	—	505	160.00	160.00
4	—	366	182.00–190.00	185.47
1	—	330	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	122.00	122.00
1	—	545	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	127.00–135.00	130.74
11	—	625	114.00–116.00	114.98
2	—	413	135.00–140.00	137.58
17	—	584	120.00–122.00	120.45
5	—	521	122.00–127.00	124.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	112.00	112.00
2	—	628	117.00	117.00
2	—	678	115.00–116.00	115.49
3	—	583	129.00	129.00
2	—	463	140.00–142.00	141.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	137.00	137.00
1	—	485	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	140.00–147.00	142.98
6	—	518	135.00–140.00	136.84
1	—	375	165.00	165.00
8	—	418	147.00–155.00	152.12
1	—	565	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	145.00–152.00	148.55
1	—	325	177.00	177.00
1	—	560	142.00	142.00
2	—	463	152.00–155.00	153.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	63.00–64.00	63.49
2	—	990	54.00–55.00	54.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	67.00	67.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	52.00	52.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	81.00	81.00

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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