Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. 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 $123.50/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$123.50

32 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$10.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.86

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	128.17	668	6thin
Medium and Large 2	506	122.83	621	24
Medium and Large 3	480	117.50	564	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.67/cwt here — about $104 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 sale32 hd

123.50

—

AL average14 barns · 1,921 hd

117.64

+5.86

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	—	Average	1,628	87.78	1,429	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,492	61.48	917	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	59.82	707	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	53.38	543	3thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	124.50/cwt	123.00–125.00	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	121.66/cwt	120.00–125.00	801	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	142.26/cwt	140.00–145.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	124.53/cwt	115.00–132.00	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	132.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	131.03/cwt	130.00–132.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	135.48/cwt	134.00–137.00	569	2
Bulls	—	—	1,792	89.39/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,602	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Bulls	—	—	1,463	86.16/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,261	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	867	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	774	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	60.26/cwt	57.00–63.00	723	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	55.40/cwt	55.00–57.00	638	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	64.26/cwt	64.00–65.00	754	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	53.38/cwt	52.00–54.00	543	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	60.97/cwt	60.00–64.00	947	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	121.21/cwt	120.00–122.00	641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	124.01/cwt	122.00–125.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	136.48/cwt	135.00–138.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	119.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	127.16/cwt	125.00–130.00	529	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	14,100	2

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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 442Last week 372Year ago 316

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 27Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 15Year ago 26

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	155.00	155.00
4	—	521	123.00–125.00	124.50
4	—	421	140.00–145.00	142.26
3	—	468	130.00–135.00	132.30
2	—	570	120.00–122.00	120.98
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	120.00–125.00	121.66
3	—	617	115.00–132.00	124.53
2	—	515	130.00–132.00	131.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	134.00–137.00	135.48
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	677	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
2	—	513	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	120.00–122.00	121.21
3	—	463	122.00–125.00	124.01
2	—	360	135.00–138.00	136.48
1	—	760	105.00	105.00
1	—	655	112.00	112.00
6	—	579	117.00–120.00	119.49
6	—	416	125.00–130.00	127.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,792	88.00–90.00	89.39
3	—	1,463	85.00–87.00	86.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	58.00	58.00
4	—	1,554	60.00–64.00	60.97
1	—	1,400	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,200	57.00–63.00	60.26
5	—	1,152	55.00–57.00	55.40
4	—	1,173	64.00–65.00	64.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,018	52.00–54.00	53.38

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	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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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