Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-03-11

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
480 vs last sale 678 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
21 vs last sale 9 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
7 vs last sale 23 30 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 mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.84/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 54.63 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$144.84
25 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.10
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1428156.546709thin
Medium and Large 2478139.6366813thin
Medium and Large 3468132.336203thin
One grade step is worth $24.21/cwt here — about $50 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 sale25 hd
144.84
AL average15 barns · 1,311 hd
133.74
+11.10
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−54.63
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
BullsAverage1,76388.261,5565thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,05255.585856thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15051.725953thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 1520142.00/cwt142.00–142.007381
BullsMedium and Large 2345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005691
BullsMedium and Large 2515136.00/cwt135.00–137.007002
BullsMedium and Large 3420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
BullsMedium and Large 1430155.00/cwt155.00–155.006671
BullsMedium and Large 1373166.22/cwt165.00–170.006204
BullsMedium and Large 2640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007681
BullsMedium and Large 2474137.45/cwt135.00–140.006525
BullsMedium and Large 3515127.00/cwt127.00–127.006541
Bulls1,68187.08/cwt85.00–90.001,4644
BullsMedium and Large 1295185.00/cwt185.00–185.005461
BullsMedium and Large 1558131.00/cwt130.00–132.007312
BullsMedium and Large 2565127.00/cwt127.00–127.007181
BullsMedium and Large 2423147.96/cwt142.00–152.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 1405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 2470125.67/cwt125.00–127.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 3425127.00/cwt127.00–127.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 2385142.00/cwt142.00–142.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 2523120.97/cwt120.00–125.006335
HeifersMedium and Large 2345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
HeifersMedium and Large 2415136.00/cwt135.00–137.005644
SteersMedium and Large 2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,055780.00/cwt780.00–780.008,2291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02553.00/cwt53.00–53.005432
SteersMedium and Large 2540142.00/cwt142.00–142.007671
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,0001
CowsLean 85-90%1,15051.72/cwt50.00–53.005953
SteersMedium and Large 1365180.00/cwt180.00–180.006571
SteersMedium and Large 2655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06556.87/cwt55.00–60.006064
BullsMedium and Large 3470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls2,09093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,9441

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.