Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-08-26

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Aug 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
118 vs last sale 254 2 vs year ago 370 · +0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
17 vs last sale 44 11 vs year ago 16 · +68.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
19 vs last sale 34 21 vs year ago 36 · 58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 $122.23/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$122.23
36 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.03
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2501122.8561526
Medium and Large 1594121.577227thin
Medium and Large 3498118.335903thin
One grade step is worth $4.52/cwt here — about $25 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 sale36 hd
122.23
AL average16 barns · 2,061 hd
120.20
+2.03
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
BullsLow1,77584.351,4973thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16959.396947thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97555.425406thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 2300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
BullsMedium and Large 2525127.30/cwt125.00–130.006683
BullsMedium and Large 1453147.51/cwt145.00–150.006682
BullsMedium and Large 2417136.30/cwt135.00–137.005683
BullsMedium and Large 1410150.99/cwt150.00–152.006192
BullsMedium and Large 2700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007721
BullsMedium and Large 2690112.00/cwt112.00–112.007731
BullsMedium and Large 3480127.00/cwt127.00–127.006101
BullsMedium and Large 1525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
BullsMedium and Large 2560122.00/cwt122.00–122.006831
BullsMedium and Large 3420132.00/cwt132.00–132.005541
BullsMedium and Large 1350165.00/cwt165.00–165.005781
BullsMedium and Large 2360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
BullsMedium and Large 2473134.87/cwt130.00–140.006384
Bulls1,77584.35/cwt84.00–85.001,4973
SteersMedium and Large 2587132.00/cwt132.00–132.007755
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,100730.00/cwt730.00–730.008,0301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,045920.00/cwt920.00–920.009,6141
CowsLean 85-90%97555.42/cwt53.00–58.005406
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13362.88/cwt62.00–64.007123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24859.02/cwt56.00–60.007373
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04050.00/cwt50.00–50.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 1668115.04/cwt113.00–117.007682
HeifersMedium and Large 2414128.77/cwt127.00–132.005338
HeifersMedium and Large 1560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007391
HeifersMedium and Large 2590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006796
HeifersMedium and Large 1405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 2615112.54/cwt110.00–115.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 2455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 3530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 2350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 3435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
HeifersMedium and Large 1618117.97/cwt116.00–121.007293
HeifersMedium and Large 2516122.36/cwt120.00–125.006318

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.