Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.95/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$127.95

35 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$6.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.03

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	128.65	654	6thin
Medium and Large 2	455	128.20	584	27
Medium and Large 3	443	122.50	542	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.15/cwt here — about $112 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 sale35 hd

127.95

—

AL average15 barns · 1,777 hd

121.92

+6.03

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	—	Average	1,396	98.07	1,369	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	69.76	840	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,355	69.00	935	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	—	—	1,236	94.87/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,173	4
Bulls	—	—	1,610	102.34/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,648	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	67.84/cwt	65.00–71.00	811	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	74.24/cwt	72.00–77.00	908	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	120.03/cwt	118.00–122.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	127.76/cwt	125.00–130.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	113.49/cwt	112.00–115.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	117.44/cwt	115.00–120.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	148.49/cwt	147.00–150.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	143.04/cwt	140.00–145.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	240	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	117.61/cwt	117.00–120.00	626	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	129.95/cwt	127.00–132.00	554	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	129.72/cwt	127.00–132.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	136.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	594	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,225.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	—	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	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 May 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 230Last week 272Year ago 462

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 41Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 0Year ago 71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,236	91.00–97.00	94.87
3	—	1,610	100.00–106.00	102.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,196	65.00–71.00	67.84
6	—	1,223	72.00–77.00	74.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	69.00	69.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
2	—	615	115.00–120.00	117.44
1	—	415	135.00	135.00
1	—	455	132.00	132.00
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	125.00–130.00	127.76
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
1	—	685	105.00	105.00
2	—	313	147.00–150.00	148.49
4	—	361	142.00	142.00
5	—	532	117.00–120.00	117.61
8	—	426	127.00–132.00	129.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	120.00–125.00	122.46
2	—	625	118.00–122.00	120.03
1	—	350	157.00	157.00
2	—	320	162.00	162.00
2	—	690	112.00–115.00	113.49
4	—	424	140.00–145.00	143.04
1	—	240	175.00	175.00
3	—	518	127.00–132.00	129.72
5	—	479	135.00–140.00	136.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
3	—	510	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	132.00	132.00
1	—	515	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	147.00	147.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	870.00	870.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,225.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle