Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-05-12

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, May 12
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
272 head
89 vs last sale 183 272 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
23 vs last sale 18 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.16/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$125.16
30 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.56
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488133.8765310thin
Medium and Large 2470122.1957417thin
Medium and Large 3503113.005693thin
One grade step is worth $20.87/cwt here — about $84 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 sale30 hd
125.16
AL average16 barns · 1,179 hd
120.60
+4.56
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
BullsAverage1,75095.191,6663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30064.3183621
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54463.779855thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,75393.29/cwt92.00–95.001,6352
Bulls1,74599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31164.78/cwt62.00–68.0084917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27070.00/cwt70.00–70.008891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24859.77/cwt57.00–61.007463
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60064.46/cwt62.00–66.001,0314
HeifersMedium and Large 2505116.65/cwt115.00–120.005893
BullsMedium and Large 2379155.00/cwt155.00–155.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 1525128.97/cwt127.00–130.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 2424126.01/cwt125.00–127.005344
HeifersMedium and Large 1305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004882
BullsMedium and Large 2413148.63/cwt147.00–152.006143
BullsMedium and Large 2465136.71/cwt135.00–142.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 3505112.00/cwt112.00–112.005661
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
BullsMedium and Large 2561121.79/cwt120.00–125.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 2461122.31/cwt120.00–125.005647
SteersMedium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
SteersMedium and Large 1625135.00/cwt135.00–135.008442
BullsMedium and Large 3423140.00/cwt140.00–140.005922
HeifersMedium and Large 2345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
SteersMedium and Large 2595135.00/cwt135.00–135.008031
BullsMedium and Large 3483129.74/cwt127.00–132.006274
BullsMedium and Large 2513129.71/cwt127.00–132.006653
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32061.00/cwt61.00–61.008051
BullsMedium and Large 1435155.00/cwt155.00–155.006741
HeifersMedium and Large 3455117.00/cwt117.00–117.005321
HeifersMedium and Large 3550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
BullsMedium and Large 1450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1625126.32/cwt125.00–127.007903
HeifersMedium and Large 1560123.94/cwt120.00–127.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 1450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 2630107.00/cwt107.00–107.006741

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.