Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. 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 $135.46/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$135.46

38 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$6.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.08

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	136.16	801	18thin
Medium and Large 2	467	135.38	632	18thin
Medium and Large 3	485	130.00	631	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.16/cwt here — about $170 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 sale38 hd

135.46

—

AL average15 barns · 1,750 hd

131.39

+4.08

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	1,645	97.14	1,598	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,335	72.94	974	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	68.89	859	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	64.00	723	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,446	91.46/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,323	4
Bulls	—	—	1,673	99.90/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,671	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	65.78/cwt	64.00–67.00	810	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	69.63/cwt	68.00–72.00	900	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	882	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	70.91/cwt	70.00–72.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	137.32/cwt	135.00–140.00	584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	144.06/cwt	140.00–150.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	155.03/cwt	153.00–157.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	130.82/cwt	127.00–132.00	861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	140.02/cwt	138.00–142.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	134.99/cwt	132.00–137.00	632	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	143.29/cwt	142.00–147.00	673	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	137.49/cwt	135.00–140.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	149.69/cwt	147.00–152.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	149.00/cwt	147.00–150.00	927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	163.83/cwt	162.00–165.00	686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	139.85/cwt	136.00–142.00	727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	145.99/cwt	145.00–147.00	518	2
Bulls	—	—	1,985	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	2,045	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	858	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	179.97/cwt	175.00–185.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	152.46/cwt	150.00–155.00	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	132.25/cwt	130.00–137.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	129.48/cwt	127.00–132.00	764	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 Aug 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 239Last week 241Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 34Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. 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
4	—	1,446	90.00–93.00	91.46
4	—	1,673	98.00–102.00	99.90
2	—	1,985	103.00	103.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,232	64.00–67.00	65.78
3	—	1,292	68.00–72.00	69.63
1	—	1,160	76.00	76.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	70.00–72.00	70.91
1	—	1,415	77.00	77.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	64.00	64.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	185.00	185.00
3	—	622	147.00–150.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	142.00	142.00
2	—	608	138.00–142.00	140.02
3	—	510	147.00–152.00	149.69
5	—	419	162.00–165.00	163.83
2	—	383	175.00–185.00	179.97
2	—	463	150.00–155.00	152.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	153.00–157.00	155.03
4	—	470	142.00–147.00	143.29
1	—	635	130.00	130.00
1	—	380	167.00	167.00
5	—	520	136.00–142.00	139.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	137.00	137.00
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	425	135.00–140.00	137.32
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
6	—	468	132.00–137.00	134.99
2	—	355	145.00–147.00	145.99
2	—	590	127.00–132.00	129.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	122.00	122.00
3	—	472	140.00–150.00	144.06
6	—	658	127.00–132.00	130.82
2	—	365	155.00	155.00
2	—	553	135.00–140.00	137.49
3	—	623	130.00–137.00	132.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	130.00	130.00

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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