Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade moderate with light to 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 $118.23/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$118.23

30 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$4.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.54

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	120.66	741	9thin
Medium and Large 2	503	118.22	594	12thin
Medium and Large 3	480	115.80	556	9thin

One grade step is worth $4.86/cwt here — about $185 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 sale30 hd

118.23

—

AL average16 barns · 1,636 hd

120.76

−2.54

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	1,588	88.30	1,402	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	62.89	798	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	59.00	625	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,160	57.00	661	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	Medium and Large 2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	136.23/cwt	134.00–138.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	123.56/cwt	122.00–125.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	131.75/cwt	130.00–133.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	126.63/cwt	125.00–130.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	116.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	114.41/cwt	112.00–117.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	113.46/cwt	110.00–117.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	111.36/cwt	110.00–112.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	116.52/cwt	115.00–117.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	113.54/cwt	112.00–115.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	124.52/cwt	122.00–127.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	678	123.53/cwt	122.00–125.00	838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	122.37/cwt	120.00–125.00	628	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	63.13/cwt	60.00–65.00	805	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	661	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	625	1
Bulls	—	—	1,588	88.30/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,402	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	880	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	58.56/cwt	58.00–59.00	685	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 Sep 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 387Last week 266Year ago 484

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 38Year ago 74

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade moderate with light to moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
4	—	428	134.00–138.00	136.23
4	—	460	130.00–133.00	131.75
1	—	785	105.00	105.00
2	—	560	118.00–120.00	118.99
2	—	618	112.00–115.00	113.54
3	—	513	120.00–125.00	122.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	117.00	117.00
2	—	473	122.00–125.00	123.56
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	122.00–127.00	124.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	125.00–130.00	126.63
4	—	510	115.00–120.00	116.24
2	—	570	112.00–117.00	114.41
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
2	—	453	120.00–125.00	122.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	117.00	117.00
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
1	—	750	105.00	105.00
2	—	668	110.00–117.00	113.46
1	—	505	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	135.00	135.00
2	—	678	122.00–125.00	123.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	120.00–122.00	121.02
3	—	523	110.00–112.00	111.36
4	—	476	115.00–117.00	116.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,275	60.00–65.00	63.13
2	—	1,333	66.00	66.00
2	—	1,170	58.00–59.00	58.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	59.00	59.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,588	88.00–89.00	88.30

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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