Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $131.73/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$131.73

41 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$9.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.27

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	133.64	728	21
Medium and Large 2	460	131.03	602	16thin
Medium and Large 3	449	124.51	559	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.13/cwt here — about $168 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 sale41 hd

131.73

—

AL average15 barns · 1,563 hd

123.45

+8.27

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	2,005	90.00	1,805	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,088	67.70	736	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	820	61.00	500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	2,005	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,805	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	68.38/cwt	67.00–71.00	753	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	673	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	835	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	952	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	160.21/cwt	155.00–165.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	123.51/cwt	122.00–125.00	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	139.62/cwt	137.00–142.00	660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	120.57/cwt	119.00–125.00	755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	146.00/cwt	142.00–150.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	129.22/cwt	127.00–131.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	146.04/cwt	144.00–147.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	134.85/cwt	132.00–140.00	570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	129.74/cwt	127.00–132.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	143.57/cwt	140.00–147.00	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	794	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	969	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	134.03/cwt	132.00–135.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	116.02/cwt	115.00–117.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	123.96/cwt	120.00–127.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	921	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	128.02/cwt	127.00–129.00	522	2

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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 208Last week 230Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 38Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,101	67.00–71.00	68.38
1	—	1,035	65.00	65.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	61.00	61.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	132.00	132.00
3	—	532	137.00	137.00
3	—	318	155.00–165.00	160.21
1	—	704	109.00	109.00
3	—	473	137.00–142.00	139.62
5	—	626	119.00–125.00	120.57
2	—	405	142.00–150.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	132.00–140.00	134.85
4	—	479	127.00–132.00	129.74
2	—	358	140.00–147.00	143.57
2	—	573	115.00–117.00	116.02
3	—	518	120.00–127.00	123.96
1	—	330	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	124.00	124.00
1	—	510	118.00	118.00
2	—	408	127.00–129.00	128.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	175.00	175.00
2	—	658	122.00–125.00	123.51
1	—	320	170.00	170.00
1	—	515	135.00	135.00
2	—	355	165.00	165.00
2	—	463	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	125.00	125.00
4	—	519	127.00–131.00	129.22
5	—	423	144.00–147.00	146.04
1	—	295	170.00	170.00
3	—	467	132.00–135.00	134.03
2	—	313	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	794	122.00	122.00
1	—	605	137.00	137.00
2	—	725	127.00	127.00

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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