Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.46/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$124.46

48 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$11.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.80

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	449	126.85	570	21
Medium and Large 1	582	124.53	724	21
Medium and Large 3	484	115.83	561	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.01/cwt here — about $9 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 sale48 hd

124.46

—

AL average15 barns · 1,838 hd

122.66

+1.80

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	1,565	57.01	892	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	56.33	723	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	51.00	530	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	126.99/cwt	126.00–128.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	152.99/cwt	152.00–154.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	148.48/cwt	147.00–150.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	129.73/cwt	125.00–132.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	153.48/cwt	152.00–154.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	117.55/cwt	115.00–120.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	121.04/cwt	120.00–122.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	147.72/cwt	140.00–149.00	770	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	124.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	130.30/cwt	125.00–131.00	533	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	148.27/cwt	145.00–150.00	617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	590	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	630	125.54/cwt	124.00–127.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	684	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	688	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	877	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	134.82/cwt	130.00–138.00	636	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	122.32/cwt	120.00–125.00	681	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	58.93/cwt	56.00–61.00	784	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	53.07/cwt	52.00–55.00	650	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	58.01/cwt	57.00–59.00	841	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,795	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	987	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	530	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 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 514Last week 313Year ago 288

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 22Year ago 49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	135.00	135.00
2	—	608	126.00–128.00	126.99
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
2	—	405	152.00–154.00	152.99
2	—	460	147.00–150.00	148.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	125.00–132.00	129.73
4	—	416	145.00–150.00	148.27
5	—	472	130.00–138.00	134.82
1	—	355	152.00	152.00
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
3	—	557	120.00–125.00	122.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	127.00	127.00
1	—	540	121.00	121.00
1	—	585	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	152.00–154.00	153.48
13	—	521	140.00–149.00	147.72
7	—	625	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	115.00–120.00	117.55
9	—	487	120.00–126.00	124.00
9	—	409	125.00–131.00	130.30
1	—	340	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	120.00–122.00	121.04
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
13	—	547	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	112.00	112.00
3	—	470	117.00	117.00
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	127.00	127.00
2	—	630	124.00–127.00	125.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	125.00–130.00	127.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,330	56.00–61.00	58.93
4	—	1,224	52.00–55.00	53.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	57.00–59.00	58.01
1	—	1,795	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	51.00	51.00

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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