Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-12-08

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Dec 8
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
662 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 709▼ 28 vs year ago 690 · −4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 58▼ 79 vs year ago 97 · −81.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 21▼ 32 vs year ago 42 · −76.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.61/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$158.61
106 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.99
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1600161.3596881
Medium and Large 2548149.7282125
One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $148 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 sale106 hd
158.61
—
AL average16 barns · 1,527 hd
156.61
+1.99
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—Low1,30071.729322thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49058.938782thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26657.297254thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13054.006101thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—410143.54/cwt142.00–145.005892
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—564121.40/cwt120.00–125.006855
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510129.19/cwt123.00–132.0065916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007723
SteersMedium and Large 1—550151.00/cwt151.00–151.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470132.95/cwt130.00–135.006255
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—705136.00/cwt136.00–136.0095915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—710112.00/cwt112.00–112.007951
HeifersMedium and Large 1—452142.49/cwt140.00–143.0064410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—893107.50/cwt107.50–107.509602
SteersMedium and Large 2—456165.00/cwt165.00–165.007526
SteersMedium and Large 2—523152.32/cwt150.00–155.007973
SteersMedium and Large 2—565145.00/cwt145.00–145.0081912
SteersMedium and Large 2—700137.00/cwt137.00–137.009591
SteersMedium and Large 1—695145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 1—377192.00/cwt192.00–192.007243
SteersMedium and Large 1—535160.00/cwt160.00–160.008561
SteersMedium and Large 1—908135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2263
SteersMedium and Large 2—600142.00/cwt142.00–142.008521
SteersMedium and Large 1—633148.48/cwt147.00–150.009402
SteersMedium and Large 2—658138.52/cwt137.00–140.009112
SteersMedium and Large 1—495172.00/cwt172.00–172.008514
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—510172.00/cwt172.00–172.0087710
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—729151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,10115
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—578162.50/cwt162.50–162.5093941
BullsMedium and Large 1—457155.99/cwt155.00–158.007133
BullsMedium and Large 1—376175.99/cwt172.00–180.006624
BullsMedium and Large 1—333183.68/cwt182.00–187.006123
BullsMedium and Large 1—425162.38/cwt160.00–165.006902
BullsMedium and Large 1—558135.50/cwt135.00–136.007562
BullsMedium and Large 1—700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49058.93/cwt56.00–62.008782
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20854.00/cwt54.00–54.006522
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32360.58/cwt60.00–61.008012
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13054.00/cwt54.00–54.006101
Bulls——1,30071.72/cwt70.00–74.009322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——790.00/cwt790.00–790.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——850.00/cwt850.00–850.00—1
BullsMedium and Large 3—470137.00/cwt137.00–137.006441
BullsMedium and Large 3—355160.00/cwt160.00–160.005681
BullsMedium and Large 2—433153.71/cwt150.00–157.006669
BullsMedium and Large 2—469147.15/cwt145.00–150.006908
BullsMedium and Large 3—570124.00/cwt124.00–124.007071
BullsMedium and Large 2—617127.37/cwt125.00–130.007863
BullsMedium and Large 3—410147.00/cwt147.00–147.006031
BullsMedium and Large 2—523134.61/cwt130.00–137.007047
BullsMedium and Large 3—533126.02/cwt125.00–127.006722
BullsMedium and Large 2—320175.98/cwt175.00–177.005632
BullsMedium and Large 2—740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008511
BullsMedium and Large 2—373166.47/cwt165.00–168.006212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560132.48/cwt130.00–135.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660122.48/cwt120.00–125.008082
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—631135.22/cwt135.00–137.008539
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—685130.00/cwt130.00–130.008911
BullsMedium and Large 2—578130.65/cwt130.00–132.007553
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623119.73/cwt117.00–122.007463
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565117.00/cwt117.00–117.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473127.50/cwt127.00–128.006032
BullsMedium and Large 1—635133.51/cwt132.00–135.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 2—350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431136.69/cwt132.00–140.005895

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.