Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good 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 $133.58/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$133.58

70 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$18.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.79

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	140.12	752	33
Medium and Large 2	471	130.61	615	25
Medium and Large 3	522	121.75	635	12thin

One grade step is worth $18.38/cwt here — about $117 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 sale70 hd

133.58

—

AL average15 barns · 1,261 hd

123.79

+9.79

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,379	61.25	844	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	60.62	752	8thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1	—	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	152.56/cwt	150.00–155.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	136.00/cwt	135.00–137.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	162.54/cwt	160.00–165.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.51/cwt	122.00–125.00	692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,075	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	125.21/cwt	122.00–127.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	142.98/cwt	142.00–145.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.49/cwt	120.00–122.00	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,071	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	762	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	138.04/cwt	135.00–140.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	130.98/cwt	130.00–132.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	139.74/cwt	137.00–142.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	136.49/cwt	135.00–137.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	134.50/cwt	132.00–137.00	733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	126.72/cwt	125.00–130.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	130.99/cwt	128.00–132.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	805	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	172.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	113.98/cwt	113.00–115.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	144.88/cwt	142.00–147.00	613	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	158.24/cwt	155.00–160.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	136.63/cwt	135.00–140.00	645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	127.70/cwt	124.00–130.00	677	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	830.00/cwt	800.00–860.00	—	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	61.82/cwt	60.00–64.00	763	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	717	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	62.66/cwt	61.00–64.00	874	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	758	1

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 Oct 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 313Last week 387Year ago 431

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 36Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 0Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	145.00	145.00
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
2	—	410	150.00–155.00	152.56
2	—	515	135.00–137.00	136.00
1	—	665	117.00	117.00
2	—	313	170.00–175.00	172.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	160.00–165.00	162.54
2	—	560	122.00–125.00	123.51
2	—	670	113.00–115.00	113.98
6	—	423	142.00–147.00	144.88
3	—	365	155.00–160.00	158.24
3	—	472	135.00–140.00	136.63
2	—	615	115.00–117.00	115.99
6	—	530	124.00–130.00	127.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
1	—	340	155.00	155.00
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	802	134.00	134.00
7	—	776	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	145.00	145.00
6	—	495	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	117.00	117.00
7	—	538	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
2	—	425	130.00–132.00	130.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	122.00–127.00	125.21
4	—	570	120.00–122.00	120.49
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
4	—	431	135.00–140.00	138.04
3	—	368	137.00–142.00	139.74
2	—	320	145.00	145.00
6	—	468	128.00–132.00	130.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
3	—	420	142.00–145.00	142.98
4	—	465	135.00–137.00	136.49
2	—	545	132.00–137.00	134.50
3	—	567	125.00–130.00	126.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	559	144.00	144.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	800.00–860.00	830.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,235	60.00–64.00	61.82
2	—	1,258	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,395	61.00–64.00	62.66
1	—	1,330	57.00	57.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle