Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with best demand on lightweight feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.50/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −53.97 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.

Average price

$145.50

37 head · 405 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$39.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.34

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	351	168.17	591	11thin
Medium and Large 2	427	137.70	587	21
Medium and Large 3	435	128.40	559	5thin

One grade step is worth $39.77/cwt here — about $33 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 sale37 hd

145.50

—

AL average12 barns · 1,014 hd

116.16

+29.34

This barn, trailing median2 sales

199.47

−53.97

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	1,815	75.00	1,361	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,127	50.42	568	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,215	48.62	591	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	40.68	465	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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	728	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,160	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,100	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	128.78/cwt	127.00–130.00	591	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	290	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	308	165.04/cwt	160.00–170.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	113.77/cwt	112.00–117.00	526	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	132.85/cwt	130.00–135.00	566	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	128.57/cwt	127.00–130.00	480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	129.43/cwt	125.00–135.00	551	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	357	168.99/cwt	167.00–170.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	177.79/cwt	175.00–182.00	565	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	300	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	649	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	48.62/cwt	47.00–50.00	591	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	47.49/cwt	46.00–49.00	566	7
Bulls	—	—	1,960	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	150.84/cwt	147.00–155.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	293	175.99/cwt	175.00–177.00	516	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	40.68/cwt	40.00–42.00	465	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	53.83/cwt	52.00–56.00	567	6
Bulls	—	—	1,670	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	118.56/cwt	115.00–122.00	502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	106.04/cwt	105.00–107.00	551	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 Oct 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 223Last week 435Year ago 676

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 35Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 0Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	160.00	160.00
2	—	420	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	127.00–130.00	128.78
2	—	308	160.00–170.00	165.04
6	—	426	130.00–135.00	132.85
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
1	—	555	117.00	117.00
2	—	370	147.00–155.00	150.84
2	—	505	120.00	120.00
2	—	293	175.00–177.00	175.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	180.00	180.00
1	—	440	142.00	142.00
1	—	475	132.00	132.00
3	—	357	167.00–170.00	168.99
5	—	318	175.00–182.00	177.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
1	—	635	100.00	100.00
1	—	405	127.00	127.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	300	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
5	—	462	112.00–117.00	113.77
2	—	373	127.00–130.00	128.57
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
2	—	423	115.00–122.00	118.56
2	—	520	105.00–107.00	106.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	125.00–135.00	129.43
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
1	—	550	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	102.00	102.00
1	—	410	110.00	110.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	810.00	810.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	47.00–50.00	48.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,191	46.00–49.00	47.49
6	—	1,053	52.00–56.00	53.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	40.00–42.00	40.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,960	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,670	72.00	72.00

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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Bulls · 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

Replacement Cattle

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