Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-04-08

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Apr 8
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
345 head
167 vs last sale 178 345 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
54 vs last sale 72 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
1 vs last sale 14 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.60/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 61.87 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$137.60
54 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.90
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446155.9169613thin
Medium and Large 2512132.7567933
Medium and Large 3478127.846118thin
One grade step is worth $28.07/cwt here — about $85 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 sale54 hd
137.60
AL average5 barns · 215 hd
129.70
+7.90
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−61.87
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
BullsLow1,64085.001,3943thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27558.007401thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,04257.295974thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05853.085622thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,41579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1181
HeifersMedium and Large 2572114.01/cwt112.00–115.006526
HeifersMedium and Large 267595.00/cwt95.00–95.006411
HeifersMedium and Large 174096.00/cwt96.00–96.007103
HeifersMedium and Large 2463125.40/cwt122.00–127.005817
HeifersMedium and Large 2520123.54/cwt122.00–125.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 1465132.23/cwt130.00–135.006154
HeifersMedium and Large 3525117.00/cwt117.00–117.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 2423133.01/cwt130.00–135.005634
HeifersMedium and Large 2355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004791
HeifersMedium and Large 1330155.00/cwt155.00–155.005121
CowsLean 85-90%1,05853.08/cwt52.00–54.005622
CowsBoner 80-85%98554.47/cwt54.00–55.005372
SteersMedium and Large 1508150.00/cwt150.00–150.007622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09860.11/cwt58.00–62.006602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110890.00/cwt890.00–890.009,8791
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27558.00/cwt58.00–58.007401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100780.00/cwt780.00–780.008,5801
BullsMedium and Large 2561121.71/cwt121.00–125.0068311
BullsMedium and Large 2479142.56/cwt140.00–145.006834
BullsMedium and Large 2345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005692
BullsMedium and Large 1518140.98/cwt140.00–142.007302
BullsMedium and Large 1305182.00/cwt182.00–182.005551
Bulls1,71585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4581
BullsMedium and Large 3478127.84/cwt125.00–130.006118
BullsMedium and Large 2532128.98/cwt125.00–130.006865
BullsMedium and Large 2377158.27/cwt155.00–160.005973
BullsMedium and Large 1485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007763
BullsMedium and Large 1375177.00/cwt177.00–177.006641
Bulls1,79091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6291
BullsMedium and Large 2609116.40/cwt115.00–120.007095
BullsMedium and Large 2425146.71/cwt145.00–150.006243
BullsMedium and Large 1416155.17/cwt152.00–160.006465
BullsMedium and Large 1550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151

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.