Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. 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 $131.92/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$131.92

73 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

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

$6.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	134.33	828	36
Medium and Large 2	501	129.92	651	31
Medium and Large 3	388	127.83	496	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.50/cwt here — about $333 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 sale73 hd

131.92

—

AL average16 barns · 1,779 hd

129.31

+2.61

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	—	Low	1,784	86.39	1,541	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,036	63.39	657	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,597	62.51	998	3thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,036	63.39/cwt	63.00–64.00	657	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	62.51/cwt	60.00–66.00	998	3
Bulls	—	—	1,745	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,379	1
Bulls	—	—	1,803	90.08/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	758	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	917	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	585	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	825	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Replacement	—	613	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	131.49/cwt	130.00–132.00	675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	173.53/cwt	172.00–175.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	172.55/cwt	170.00–175.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	167.38/cwt	165.00–170.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	144.67/cwt	142.00–147.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	494	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	452	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	169.29/cwt	165.00–170.00	618	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	130.57/cwt	128.00–132.00	635	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	127.95/cwt	125.00–130.00	805	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	795	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	126.44/cwt	125.00–127.00	669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	135.18/cwt	130.00–142.00	566	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	128.46/cwt	127.00–130.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	150.61/cwt	147.00–155.00	708	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	288	181.01/cwt	180.00–182.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	139.00/cwt	137.00–141.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	132.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	132.56/cwt	130.00–135.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	160.61/cwt	157.00–165.00	739	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	155.14/cwt	152.00–157.00	641	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	913	1

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 Mar 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 323Last week 302Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 20Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,036	63.00–64.00	63.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,597	60.00–66.00	62.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	79.00	79.00
2	—	1,803	89.00–91.00	90.08

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	758	121.00	121.00
21	—	585	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	130.00–132.00	131.49
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
1	—	470	135.00	135.00
1	—	720	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	122.00	122.00
9	—	486	128.00–132.00	130.57
7	—	529	125.00–127.00	126.44
7	—	419	130.00–142.00	135.18
1	—	740	112.00	112.00
1	—	300	150.00	150.00
1	—	375	140.00	140.00
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	348	130.00	130.00
1	—	425	127.00	127.00
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	172.00–175.00	173.53
2	—	675	125.00	125.00
7	—	365	165.00–170.00	169.29
4	—	629	125.00–130.00	127.95
1	—	795	115.00	115.00
6	—	470	147.00–155.00	150.61
2	—	288	180.00–182.00	181.01
3	—	518	130.00–135.00	132.33
2	—	580	130.00–135.00	132.56
6	—	413	152.00–157.00	155.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	170.00–175.00	172.55
3	—	420	165.00–170.00	167.38
3	—	513	142.00–147.00	144.67
3	—	460	157.00–165.00	160.61
1	—	305	180.00	180.00
1	—	730	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	494	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	127.00–130.00	128.46
1	—	445	148.00	148.00
2	—	490	137.00–141.00	139.00

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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