Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-01-27

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jan 27
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 361▼ 694 vs year ago 978 · −71.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 27▲ 39 vs year ago 25 · +156.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 26▼ 18 vs year ago 32 · −56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with very good 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 $130.49/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$130.49
57 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.11
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482134.2564839
Medium and Large 2491124.0760914thin
Medium and Large 3495116.255754thin
One grade step is worth $18.00/cwt here — about $72 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 sale57 hd
130.49
—
AL average16 barns · 1,314 hd
123.38
+7.11
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—Low1,50984.521,2765thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,94559.001,1481thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09855.5260921
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05852.005502thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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—473147.60/cwt142.00–152.006987
BullsMedium and Large 2—418153.09/cwt150.00–157.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 1—640123.00/cwt123.00–123.007874
HeifersMedium and Large 1—459132.98/cwt130.00–135.006104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523121.00/cwt120.00–122.006332
BullsMedium and Large 1—757108.67/cwt107.00–112.008233
BullsMedium and Large 1—472156.56/cwt155.00–160.007397
BullsMedium and Large 1—513144.36/cwt140.00–147.007416
SteersMedium and Large 1—794121.00/cwt121.00–121.009617
SteersMedium and Large 1—508157.51/cwt155.00–160.008002
BullsMedium and Large 2—528135.01/cwt130.00–137.007138
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521130.00/cwt130.00–130.0067712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364143.00/cwt143.00–143.005219
BullsMedium and Large 1—622122.31/cwt120.00–127.007613
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11255.41/cwt52.00–58.0061617
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435136.51/cwt136.00–137.005942
SteersMedium and Large 1—550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007981
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05852.00/cwt51.00–53.005502
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,94559.00/cwt59.00–59.001,1481
Bulls——1,35079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0671
Bulls——1,58594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4901
Bulls——1,53783.20/cwt80.00–87.001,2793
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,000790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,9001
BullsMedium and Large 2—590125.99/cwt125.00–127.007432
BullsMedium and Large 3—475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006411
BullsMedium and Large 2—295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
BullsMedium and Large 2—345172.00/cwt172.00–172.005931
SteersMedium and Large 2—729119.63/cwt119.00–120.008728
SteersMedium and Large 2—585133.00/cwt133.00–133.0077816
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416131.72/cwt130.00–135.005484
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715100.00/cwt100.00–100.007151
SteersMedium and Large 2—483152.43/cwt152.00–155.007367
BullsMedium and Large 2—390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465127.21/cwt125.00–130.005925
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560116.00/cwt115.00–117.006502
BullsMedium and Large 1—680122.00/cwt122.00–122.008301
BullsMedium and Large 3—530127.00/cwt127.00–127.006731
BullsMedium and Large 1—420163.46/cwt160.00–167.006872
BullsMedium and Large 3—415142.00/cwt142.00–142.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005191
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
BullsMedium and Large 1—740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 3—560105.00/cwt105.00–105.005881
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03362.12/cwt60.00–64.006422
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04049.81/cwt48.00–51.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—473141.00/cwt141.00–141.006677
BullsMedium and Large 1—335177.00/cwt177.00–177.005931

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.