Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Lightweight feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher, heavyweight steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with 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 $128.65/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$128.65

51 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.58

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	475	129.36	614	20
Medium and Large 1	607	128.93	782	28
Medium and Large 3	467	121.33	566	3thin

One grade step is worth $8.03/cwt here — about $48 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 sale51 hd

128.65

—

AL average12 barns · 1,460 hd

123.07

+5.58

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	—	High	1,777	90.33	1,605	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,550	64.00	992	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,225	55.02	674	23

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	780	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	928	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	128.14/cwt	125.00–130.00	606	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	659	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	844	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	172.35/cwt	170.00–175.00	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	124.72/cwt	122.00–127.00	715	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	128.38/cwt	125.00–132.00	673	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	802	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	160.50/cwt	155.00–165.00	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	143.92/cwt	140.00–147.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	123.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	865	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	830	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	52.21/cwt	50.00–54.00	618	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	55.70/cwt	51.00–58.00	686	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	992	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	12,631	2
Bulls	—	—	1,900	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	170.45/cwt	165.00–175.00	740	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	143.27/cwt	140.00–145.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	122.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	758	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	157.96/cwt	155.00–160.00	657	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	133.37/cwt	130.00–135.00	569	5

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 Aug 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 563Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 68Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 14Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	780	119.00	119.00
9	—	659	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	152.00	152.00
1	—	640	122.00	122.00
2	—	530	132.00	132.00
2	—	570	125.00–130.00	127.48
3	—	432	137.00	137.00
4	—	469	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	125.00–130.00	128.14
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
2	—	565	120.00	120.00
3	—	378	140.00–147.00	143.92
3	—	522	120.00–125.00	123.27
5	—	427	130.00–135.00	133.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	127.00	127.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	515	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	170.00–175.00	172.35
2	—	570	130.00	130.00
2	—	668	120.00	120.00
4	—	456	155.00–165.00	160.50
5	—	434	165.00–175.00	170.45
1	—	500	137.00	137.00
5	—	616	120.00–125.00	122.99
2	—	338	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	122.00–127.00	124.72
1	—	330	170.00	170.00
5	—	524	125.00–132.00	128.38
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
2	—	365	165.00	165.00
2	—	655	112.00	112.00
3	—	468	140.00–145.00	143.27
4	—	416	155.00–160.00	157.96
1	—	260	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	145.00	145.00
1	—	455	137.00	137.00
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	641	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,745	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,900	91.00	91.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	61.00	61.00
6	—	1,183	50.00–54.00	52.21
16	—	1,232	51.00–58.00	55.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	64.00	64.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	1,075.00	1,075.00

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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Kilpatrick Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle