Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market being closed for Holidays. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.13/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$119.13

63 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$10.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.87

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	479	124.71	598	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	706	119.00	840	26
Medium and Large 2	488	118.59	579	26
Medium and Large 3	470	113.75	535	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.96/cwt here — about $63 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 sale63 hd

119.13

—

AL average16 barns · 1,405 hd

118.26

+0.87

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	1,450	76.71	1,112	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	51.73	623	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,245	48.00	598	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,463	77.78/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,138	4
Bulls	—	—	1,423	74.58/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,061	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	48.36/cwt	48.00–49.00	556	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	134.65/cwt	134.00–135.00	491	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	805	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	51.87/cwt	50.00–55.00	629	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	840	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,005	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	7,337	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,100	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	964	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	112.19/cwt	110.00–115.00	591	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	153.26/cwt	150.00–155.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	126.78/cwt	125.00–128.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	125.04/cwt	122.00–127.00	526	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	110.01/cwt	108.00–112.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	104.98/cwt	104.00–106.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	136.39/cwt	132.00–140.00	581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	120.65/cwt	117.00–122.00	572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	118.53/cwt	117.00–120.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	611	113.27/cwt	112.00–117.00	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	112.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	131.93/cwt	128.00–138.00	621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 373Last week 690Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 97Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 42Year ago 0

No trends available due to market being closed for Holidays. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,463	76.00–80.00	77.78
2	—	1,423	74.00–75.00	74.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	48.00–49.00	48.36
1	—	1,320	61.00	61.00
6	—	1,212	50.00–55.00	51.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	48.00	48.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	110.00	110.00
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
3	—	363	150.00–155.00	153.26
5	—	530	125.00–128.00	126.78
7	—	426	132.00–140.00	136.39
4	—	611	112.00–117.00	113.27
5	—	471	128.00–138.00	131.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	145.00	145.00
1	—	455	140.00	140.00
2	—	513	130.00–135.00	132.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	117.00–120.00	118.53
2	—	575	110.00–115.00	112.43
2	—	410	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	134.00–135.00	134.65
5	—	527	110.00–115.00	112.19
1	—	685	100.00	100.00
7	—	421	122.00–127.00	125.04
3	—	575	108.00–112.00	110.01
2	—	613	104.00–106.00	104.98
5	—	474	117.00–122.00	120.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	706	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	105.00	105.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
2	—	470	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	122.00	122.00
2	—	415	130.00	130.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
2	—	475	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	759	127.00	127.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	730.00	730.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,075.00	1,075.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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