Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-09-01

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 343 vs last sale 493▼ 292 vs year ago 442 · −66.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 35▼ 37 vs year ago 45 · −82.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 16▲ 4 vs year ago 16 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All classes market lightly tested, however a lower undertone was noted. Trade active with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.26/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$131.26
19 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.31
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475145.676923thin
Medium and Large 2471130.3261412thin
Medium and Large 3484123.255964thin
One grade step is worth $22.42/cwt here — about $96 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 sale19 hd
131.26
—
AL average14 barns · 1,155 hd
133.57
−2.31
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
Bulls—Average1,75294.401,6543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31070.669262thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49069.001,0281thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—418173.47/cwt172.00–175.007252
BullsMedium and Large 1—640132.52/cwt130.00–135.008482
BullsMedium and Large 2—585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
BullsMedium and Large 2—473140.85/cwt137.00–145.006662
BullsMedium and Large 2—520133.53/cwt132.00–135.006942
BullsMedium and Large 2—280177.00/cwt177.00–177.004961
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583119.53/cwt117.00–122.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525118.00/cwt118.00–118.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565113.00/cwt113.00–113.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417136.36/cwt135.00–137.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385156.00/cwt152.00–160.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—363144.83/cwt140.00–150.005262
BullsMedium and Large 3—480135.00/cwt135.00–135.006481
BullsMedium and Large 2—425162.00/cwt162.00–162.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513123.52/cwt122.00–125.006344
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370137.00/cwt137.00–137.005071
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
BullsMedium and Large 3—440147.00/cwt147.00–147.006471
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——955.00/cwt950.00–960.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——845.00/cwt830.00–860.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——945.00/cwt900.00–990.00—2
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31070.66/cwt69.00–72.009262
Bulls——2,130101.00/cwt101.00–101.002,1511
Bulls——1,56391.10/cwt90.00–92.001,4242
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49069.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0281

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.