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
Bulls—Low1,77584.351,4973thin
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 2—300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
BullsMedium and Large 2—525127.30/cwt125.00–130.006683
BullsMedium and Large 1—453147.51/cwt145.00–150.006682
BullsMedium and Large 2—417136.30/cwt135.00–137.005683
BullsMedium and Large 1—410150.99/cwt150.00–152.006192
BullsMedium and Large 2—700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1—660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007721
BullsMedium and Large 2—690112.00/cwt112.00–112.007731
BullsMedium and Large 3—480127.00/cwt127.00–127.006101
BullsMedium and Large 1—525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
BullsMedium and Large 2—560122.00/cwt122.00–122.006831
BullsMedium and Large 3—420132.00/cwt132.00–132.005541
BullsMedium and Large 1—350165.00/cwt165.00–165.005781
BullsMedium and Large 2—360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
BullsMedium and Large 2—473134.87/cwt130.00–140.006384
Bulls——1,77584.35/cwt84.00–85.001,4973
SteersMedium and Large 2—587132.00/cwt132.00–132.007755
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,100730.00/cwt730.00–730.008,0301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,045920.00/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 1—668115.04/cwt113.00–117.007682
HeifersMedium and Large 2—414128.77/cwt127.00–132.005338
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007391
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006796
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615112.54/cwt110.00–115.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 2—455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 2—350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 3—435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618117.97/cwt116.00–121.007293
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516122.36/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.