Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-05-05

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, May 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
126 vs last sale 309 176 vs year ago 359 · 49.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
62 vs last sale 80 9 vs year ago 27 · 33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
6 vs last sale 22 7 vs year ago 23 · 30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a lower undertone was noted. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.38/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$127.38
40 head · 666 lb average
Value per head Derived
$849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$184
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.92
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2505139.4070410thin
Medium and Large 1720123.3788830
One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about −$184 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 sale40 hd
127.38
AL average13 barns · 562 hd
132.30
−4.92
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
BullsAverage1,84389.461,6492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23965.548128thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91061.505602thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls1,84389.46/cwt89.00–90.001,6492
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29965.88/cwt64.00–68.008566
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20069.00/cwt69.00–69.008281
CowsBoner 80-85%92060.00/cwt60.00–60.005521
CowsLean 85-90%91061.50/cwt61.00–62.005602
BullsMedium and Large 1640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007811
BullsMedium and Large 2515127.52/cwt125.00–130.006572
BullsMedium and Large 2426138.23/cwt137.00–140.005894
BullsMedium and Large 2550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
SteersMedium and Large 2520138.00/cwt138.00–138.007188
SteersMedium and Large 2435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 2370137.00/cwt137.00–137.005071
HeifersMedium and Large 1530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
HeifersMedium and Large 1620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
SteersMedium and Large 1706124.00/cwt124.00–124.008758
HeifersMedium and Large 2640112.00/cwt112.00–112.007171
HeifersMedium and Large 2443126.39/cwt126.00–127.005605
SteersMedium and Large 2455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
BullsMedium and Large 2453134.51/cwt132.00–137.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 2325141.06/cwt140.00–142.004582
HeifersMedium and Large 2460120.99/cwt120.00–122.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 3455117.00/cwt117.00–117.005321
HeifersMedium and Large 3528115.00/cwt115.00–115.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 3405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 2285147.00/cwt147.00–147.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 2585118.00/cwt118.00–118.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3880.00/cwt880.00–880.001
Bred CowsSmall 3860.00/cwt860.00–860.001
HeifersMedium and Large 1315147.00/cwt147.00–147.004631
SteersMedium and Large 1622132.00/cwt132.00–132.008217
SteersMedium and Large 1773119.00/cwt119.00–119.0092015

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.