Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-03-03

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
63 vs last sale 341 400 vs year ago 678 · 59.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
24 vs last sale 41 8 vs year ago 9 · +88.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 14 11 vs year ago 23 · 47.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, market lightly tested. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.14/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$140.14
121 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.81
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465170.007911thin
Medium and Large 1-2608144.5087983
Medium and Large 2661129.5485637
One grade step is worth $40.46/cwt here — about −$65 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 sale121 hd
140.14
AL average15 barns · 1,284 hd
141.95
−1.81
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19361.417337thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10357.056292thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,7241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14864.57/cwt62.00–68.007414
CowsLean 85-90%1,10357.05/cwt56.00–58.006292
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25357.20/cwt55.00–58.007173
BullsMedium and Large 1320182.00/cwt182.00–182.005821
BullsMedium and Large 1455155.00/cwt155.00–155.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 1550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 1360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
BullsMedium and Large 2270182.00/cwt182.00–182.004911
BullsMedium and Large 2460147.99/cwt145.00–152.006813
BullsMedium and Large 1415167.32/cwt165.00–170.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 2416132.51/cwt130.00–135.005514
HeifersMedium and Large 3430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005381
BullsMedium and Large 1378174.24/cwt170.00–180.006596
HeifersMedium and Large 2465128.45/cwt127.00–130.005972
BullsMedium and Large 2358164.48/cwt162.00–167.005892
HeifersMedium and Large 1490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
SteersMedium and Large 1465170.00/cwt170.00–170.007911
HeifersMedium and Large 3475120.64/cwt120.00–122.005733
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy535134.00/cwt134.00–134.007177
HeifersMedium and Large 2529125.29/cwt120.00–127.006638
HeifersMedium and Large 2385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
BullsMedium and Large 2317176.35/cwt175.00–177.005593
BullsMedium and Large 2418154.08/cwt150.00–157.006443
BullsMedium and Large 3415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006021
HeifersMedium and Large 2285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
BullsMedium and Large 3485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006691
BullsMedium and Large 3540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006752
BullsMedium and Large 2528133.62/cwt130.00–137.007062
BullsMedium and Large 2630112.00/cwt112.00–112.007061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added608144.50/cwt144.50–144.5087983
SteersMedium and Large 2690128.50/cwt128.50–128.5088730

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.