Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 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 $113.89/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$113.89

22 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$27.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	613	138.50	848	2thin
Medium and Large 2	533	111.43	594	20

One grade step is worth $27.07/cwt here — about $254 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 sale22 hd

113.89

—

AL average13 barns · 1,212 hd

116.13

−2.24

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	1,383	86.95	1,203	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	58.65	707	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,580	53.00	837	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,148	52.91	607	3thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	370	141.05/cwt	140.00–142.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	125.55/cwt	124.00–127.00	519	2
Bulls	—	—	1,383	86.95/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	118.50/cwt	117.00–120.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	137.03/cwt	132.00–142.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	601	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	52.91/cwt	51.00–54.00	607	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	837	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	60.08/cwt	57.00–63.00	696	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	54.02/cwt	53.00–55.00	670	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	100.98/cwt	100.00–102.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	112.21/cwt	110.00–115.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	102.99/cwt	102.00–105.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	690	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	115.99/cwt	115.00–118.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	535	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	120.66/cwt	120.00–122.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	98.49/cwt	97.00–100.00	717	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 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 349Year ago 386

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 34Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	140.00–142.00	141.05
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
1	—	605	115.00	115.00
2	—	560	117.00–120.00	118.50
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
2	—	458	130.00–132.00	131.01
2	—	433	132.00–142.00	137.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	124.00–127.00	125.55
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
2	—	518	115.00–117.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	145.00	145.00
1	—	785	105.00	105.00
1	—	455	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	100.00–102.00	100.98
2	—	360	125.00–127.00	125.99
4	—	523	110.00–115.00	112.21
1	—	555	110.00	110.00
3	—	608	102.00–105.00	102.99
3	—	462	115.00–118.00	115.99
3	—	420	120.00–122.00	120.66
2	—	728	97.00–100.00	98.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	135.00	135.00
1	—	535	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	86.00–88.00	86.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,148	51.00–54.00	52.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	53.00	53.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,158	57.00–63.00	60.08
3	—	1,240	53.00–55.00	54.02
1	—	1,385	64.00	64.00

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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