Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-03-25

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 25
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
86 vs last sale 92 178 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
61 vs last sale 11 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
5 vs last sale 9 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold sharply higher, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on Slaughter cattle and good 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 $133.15/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$133.15
44 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.42
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470136.6664324
Medium and Large 2475128.9461320
One grade step is worth $7.72/cwt here — about $30 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 sale44 hd
133.15
AL average10 barns · 739 hd
124.73
+8.42
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
BullsAverage1,63898.101,60610
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55085.001,3181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13872.6982825
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03068.027013thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1327181.61/cwt180.00–185.005943
BullsMedium and Large 1427157.93/cwt155.00–165.006745
BullsMedium and Large 2455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
BullsMedium and Large 2533132.63/cwt130.00–133.007078
Bulls1,65094.76/cwt93.00–98.001,5643
BullsMedium and Large 1535137.45/cwt135.00–140.007352
BullsMedium and Large 1367173.94/cwt170.00–175.006385
BullsMedium and Large 2385165.00/cwt165.00–165.006351
BullsMedium and Large 2568129.01/cwt127.00–130.007333
Bulls1,41087.09/cwt86.00–88.001,2282
BullsMedium and Large 1460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007131
BullsMedium and Large 1559135.00/cwt135.00–135.007554
BullsMedium and Large 1615129.34/cwt125.00–135.007955
BullsMedium and Large 2418145.03/cwt140.00–150.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 1422140.68/cwt140.00–142.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 1524129.49/cwt127.00–132.006796
HeifersMedium and Large 2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 2532122.36/cwt120.00–125.006518
HeifersMedium and Large 1270165.00/cwt165.00–165.004461
HeifersMedium and Large 1370148.54/cwt147.00–150.005502
HeifersMedium and Large 1465137.00/cwt135.00–140.006375
HeifersMedium and Large 2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 2470128.72/cwt125.00–130.006054
HeifersMedium and Large 1325157.42/cwt155.00–160.005122
HeifersMedium and Large 1561125.99/cwt125.00–127.007074
HeifersMedium and Large 2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
HeifersMedium and Large 2425135.00/cwt135.00–135.005744
SteersMedium and Large 1505150.00/cwt150.00–150.007581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,9001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09868.03/cwt67.00–69.007476
CowsLean 85-90%1,03068.02/cwt66.00–69.007013
SteersMedium and Large 1475165.00/cwt165.00–165.007841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,5131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30079.22/cwt77.00–82.001,0305
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3181
SteersMedium and Large 1400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,1501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,7881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09872.36/cwt70.00–76.0079514
BullsMedium and Large 3525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,2001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,5002
Bulls1,721104.51/cwt102.00–106.001,7995

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.