Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-03-18

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 18
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
106 vs last sale 198 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
19 vs last sale 30 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
21 vs last sale 30 9 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 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower,market lightly tested. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.74/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$123.74
19 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.67
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446128.4357310thin
Medium and Large 2437118.535189thin
One grade step is worth $9.90/cwt here — about $54 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 sale19 hd
123.74
AL average11 barns · 513 hd
107.07
+16.67
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
BullsAverage1,64785.661,4104thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low95858.005552thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 264592.00/cwt92.00–92.005931
BullsMedium and Large 1420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1358150.00/cwt150.00–150.005372
BullsMedium and Large 2345145.00/cwt140.00–150.005002
Bulls1,64589.87/cwt88.00–92.001,4782
BullsMedium and Large 1330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005281
BullsMedium and Large 1610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
BullsMedium and Large 2588113.52/cwt112.00–115.006672
BullsMedium and Large 1260165.00/cwt165.00–165.004291
BullsMedium and Large 1480132.00/cwt132.00–132.006341
BullsMedium and Large 2255160.00/cwt160.00–160.004081
BullsMedium and Large 2510117.48/cwt115.00–120.005992
Bulls1,64881.44/cwt80.00–83.001,3422
CowsBoner 80-85%96556.00/cwt56.00–56.005401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110910.00/cwt910.00–910.0010,1011
HeifersMedium and Large 2310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 1485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 1505117.00/cwt117.00–117.005911
HeifersMedium and Large 2380129.43/cwt127.00–132.004922
HeifersMedium and Large 2530107.00/cwt107.00–107.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1366143.07/cwt140.00–145.005244
HeifersMedium and Large 1590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 2413118.45/cwt117.00–120.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 259097.00/cwt97.00–97.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 2275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 1605100.00/cwt100.00–100.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
SteersMedium and Large 2505127.00/cwt127.00–127.006411
CowsBoner 80-85%95060.00/cwt60.00–60.005701

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.