Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-03-10

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
714 head
▲ 436 vs last sale 278▲ 516 vs year ago 198 · +260.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 17▲ 14 vs year ago 30 · +46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 12▼ 20 vs year ago 30 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 8.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with 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 $129.62/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$129.62
146 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.79
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548132.5972773
Medium and Large 2505127.9764761
Medium and Large 3520119.9962412thin
One grade step is worth $12.60/cwt here — about $103 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 sale146 hd
129.62
—
AL average16 barns · 2,355 hd
127.84
+1.79
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—Low1,67281.241,3584thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20154.9566020
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11253.685973thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51052.477922thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1-2—1,1051,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,8791
Bulls——1,60579.48/cwt79.00–80.001,2762
Bulls——1,73883.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4432
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20054.77/cwt52.00–57.0065717
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17359.48/cwt59.00–60.006982
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28049.00/cwt49.00–49.006271
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51052.47/cwt52.00–53.007922
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530134.19/cwt134.00–135.007115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—611123.73/cwt122.00–125.0075621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479141.55/cwt138.00–143.0067825
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380147.00/cwt147.00–147.005597
SteersMedium and Large 1—476165.00/cwt165.00–165.0078519
BullsMedium and Large 2—625123.61/cwt120.00–127.007732
BullsMedium and Large 2—422158.54/cwt155.00–162.006696
BullsMedium and Large 2—377166.36/cwt162.00–170.006273
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685115.00/cwt115.00–115.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365138.62/cwt137.00–140.005068
SteersMedium and Large 1—623147.00/cwt147.00–147.0091613
SteersMedium and Large 2—737123.00/cwt123.00–123.0090710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—340147.00/cwt147.00–147.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432138.42/cwt135.00–140.005988
HeifersMedium and Large 1—741113.00/cwt113.00–113.008379
SteersMedium and Large 2—540147.00/cwt147.00–147.007941
BullsMedium and Large 2—320173.43/cwt172.00–175.005552
BullsMedium and Large 2—468149.86/cwt145.00–155.007016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685107.00/cwt107.00–107.007331
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531130.01/cwt122.00–132.0069011
BullsMedium and Large 2—583130.49/cwt130.00–132.007614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—612115.82/cwt110.00–118.007095
SteersMedium and Large 2—785114.00/cwt114.00–114.008951
BullsMedium and Large 3—395157.00/cwt157.00–157.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468126.31/cwt125.00–127.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466130.61/cwt128.00–137.006099
BullsMedium and Large 3—530130.00/cwt130.00–130.006892
BullsMedium and Large 2—533137.28/cwt135.00–140.007323
BullsMedium and Large 3—408148.04/cwt146.00–150.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 3—690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430130.24/cwt127.00–132.005604
SteersMedium and Large 3—540143.00/cwt143.00–143.007728
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574119.51/cwt117.00–120.0068618
BullsMedium and Large 3—471136.84/cwt135.00–140.006456
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11253.68/cwt53.00–54.005973
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—559140.00/cwt140.00–140.007834
BullsMedium and Large 1—655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1—418168.46/cwt167.00–170.007042
BullsMedium and Large 1—468162.57/cwt160.00–165.007612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004801

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.