Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-10-07

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 7
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
431 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 484▲ 5 vs year ago 426 · +1.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 74▼ 4 vs year ago 49 · −8.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 47▼ 20 vs year ago 51 · −39.2%
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549122.1367016thin
Medium and Large 2500114.6357340
Medium and Large 3500111.505584thin
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,46978.851,15913
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29552.016746thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53047.407255thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11843.964912thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2—525122.33/cwt120.00–125.006426
BullsMedium and Large 3—525115.00/cwt115.00–115.006041
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005041
BullsMedium and Large 3—580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368137.00/cwt137.00–137.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615103.47/cwt100.00–107.006362
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30251.41/cwt49.00–53.006695
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49048.50/cwt48.00–49.007232
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26055.00/cwt55.00–55.006931
Bulls——1,30784.07/cwt83.00–85.001,0993
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55746.67/cwt46.00–47.007273
Bulls——1,41072.56/cwt72.00–73.001,0232
BullsMedium and Large 2—358143.51/cwt142.00–145.005142
BullsMedium and Large 2—480124.83/cwt120.00–127.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 1—595115.00/cwt115.00–115.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11843.96/cwt43.00–45.004912
Bulls——1,54578.47/cwt76.00–81.001,2128
BullsMedium and Large 2—560117.48/cwt115.00–120.006582
BullsMedium and Large 2—625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
BullsMedium and Large 1—458137.49/cwt135.00–140.006302
BullsMedium and Large 1—508132.46/cwt130.00–135.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567108.01/cwt105.00–110.006127
BullsMedium and Large 2—685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464128.18/cwt125.00–129.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418134.54/cwt132.00–137.005622
BullsMedium and Large 1—610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1—665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
BullsMedium and Large 2—425134.16/cwt130.00–137.005705
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529110.70/cwt110.00–112.0058613
BullsMedium and Large 1—710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007811
BullsMedium and Large 1—425142.53/cwt140.00–145.006062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—995670.00/cwt670.00–670.006,6671
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,010790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,9791
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—617120.80/cwt120.00–121.007455
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670107.54/cwt105.00–110.007212
BullsMedium and Large 3—470118.00/cwt118.00–118.005551
BullsMedium and Large 3—415125.45/cwt124.00–127.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—490112.00/cwt112.00–112.005491
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545107.00/cwt107.00–107.005832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420125.27/cwt122.00–127.005264
HeifersMedium and Large 2—459117.34/cwt115.00–122.0053912

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.