Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-09-22

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 22
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 444▼ 114 vs year ago 380 · −30.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 41▲ 5 vs year ago 33 · +15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 15▼ 2 vs year ago 19 · −10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady with a lower undertone noted. Trade moderate with moderate 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 $126.76/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$126.76
49 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.03
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552128.8271226
Medium and Large 2480124.8660022
Medium and Large 3525115.006041thin
One grade step is worth $13.82/cwt here — about $108 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 sale49 hd
126.76
—
AL average16 barns · 1,941 hd
125.73
+1.03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,77394.621,6788thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38063.008691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18361.7273016
CowsLean 85-90%Average98856.665603thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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—555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
BullsMedium and Large 1—610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1—425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006382
BullsMedium and Large 1—533136.36/cwt135.00–137.007273
BullsMedium and Large 1—465148.00/cwt148.00–148.006881
BullsMedium and Large 2—520128.01/cwt125.00–130.006669
SteersMedium and Large 1—801133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0656
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467132.35/cwt130.00–135.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004622
SteersMedium and Large 2—535150.00/cwt150.00–150.008031
SteersMedium and Large 1—515155.00/cwt155.00–155.007982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630114.03/cwt112.00–115.007183
SteersMedium and Large 1—720138.00/cwt138.00–138.009947
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576125.24/cwt122.00–127.007215
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
SteersMedium and Large 2—610137.00/cwt137.00–137.008361
SteersMedium and Large 2—560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
SteersMedium and Large 1—650145.00/cwt145.00–145.009431
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525115.00/cwt115.00–115.006041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478126.49/cwt125.00–128.006056
BullsMedium and Large 1—318175.28/cwt170.00–180.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526119.80/cwt117.00–122.006305
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424129.79/cwt127.00–132.005505
HeifersMedium and Large 1—358142.48/cwt140.00–145.005102
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511128.78/cwt125.00–130.006584
BullsMedium and Large 2—605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—689129.00/cwt129.00–129.008896
BullsMedium and Large 2—428144.61/cwt142.00–147.006195
BullsMedium and Large 1—355160.00/cwt160.00–160.005681
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573115.00/cwt114.00–116.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005672
BullsMedium and Large 2—565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
BullsMedium and Large 3—410140.00/cwt140.00–140.005741
BullsMedium and Large 2—465141.17/cwt138.00–144.006565
BullsMedium and Large 3—540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
BullsMedium and Large 3—470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2—338163.51/cwt162.00–165.005532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——860.00/cwt860.00–860.00—1
Bulls——1,82893.96/cwt93.00–95.001,7183
Bulls——1,44585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2282
CowsLean 85-90%—98856.66/cwt55.00–58.005603
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23362.64/cwt60.00–65.0077213
Bulls——1,937101.69/cwt99.00–103.001,9703
CowsBoner 80-85%—96757.71/cwt57.00–59.005583
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38063.00/cwt63.00–63.008691

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.