Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.42/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$116.42

60 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$10.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.50

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	122.13	670	16thin
Medium and Large 2	500	114.63	573	40
Medium and Large 3	500	111.50	558	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.63/cwt here — about $113 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 sale60 hd

116.42

—

AL average10 barns · 1,224 hd

114.93

+1.50

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	1,469	78.85	1,159	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	52.01	674	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,530	47.40	725	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,118	43.96	491	2thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	525	122.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	642	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	103.47/cwt	100.00–107.00	636	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	51.41/cwt	49.00–53.00	669	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	48.50/cwt	48.00–49.00	723	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	693	1
Bulls	—	—	1,307	84.07/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,099	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	46.67/cwt	46.00–47.00	727	3
Bulls	—	—	1,410	72.56/cwt	72.00–73.00	1,023	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	143.51/cwt	142.00–145.00	514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	124.83/cwt	120.00–127.00	599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	43.96/cwt	43.00–45.00	491	2
Bulls	—	—	1,545	78.47/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,212	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	137.49/cwt	135.00–140.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	108.01/cwt	105.00–110.00	612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	128.18/cwt	125.00–129.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	134.54/cwt	132.00–137.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.16/cwt	130.00–137.00	570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	110.70/cwt	110.00–112.00	586	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	142.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	606	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	6,667	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	617	120.80/cwt	120.00–121.00	745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	125.45/cwt	124.00–127.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	125.27/cwt	122.00–127.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	117.34/cwt	115.00–122.00	539	12

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 431Last week 484Year ago 426

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 74Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 47Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	120.00–125.00	122.33
2	—	358	142.00–145.00	143.51
4	—	480	120.00–127.00	124.83
2	—	560	115.00–120.00	117.48
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
5	—	425	130.00–137.00	134.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	115.00	115.00
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
1	—	470	118.00	118.00
2	—	415	124.00–127.00	125.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	135.00–140.00	137.49
2	—	508	130.00–135.00	132.46
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
2	—	425	140.00–145.00	142.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
1	—	490	112.00	112.00
2	—	545	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	137.00	137.00
2	—	615	100.00–107.00	103.47
7	—	567	105.00–110.00	108.01
13	—	529	110.00–112.00	110.70
4	—	420	122.00–127.00	125.27
12	—	459	115.00–122.00	117.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
5	—	464	125.00–129.00	128.18
2	—	418	132.00–137.00	134.54
2	—	670	105.00–110.00	107.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	120.00–121.00	120.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,302	49.00–53.00	51.41
1	—	1,260	55.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	48.00–49.00	48.50
3	—	1,557	46.00–47.00	46.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	43.00–45.00	43.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	83.00–85.00	84.07
2	—	1,410	72.00–73.00	72.56
8	—	1,545	76.00–81.00	78.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	670.00	670.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	790.00	790.00

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

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