Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-05-25

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, May 25
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
262 head
59 vs last sale 321 54 vs year ago 208 · +26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
21 vs last sale 29 0 vs year ago 8 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
1 vs last sale 8 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $182.46/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 17.01 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$182.46
47 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$53.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+36.94
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1354202.5671728
Medium and Large 2484154.8475012thin
Medium and Large 3472149.417057thin
One grade step is worth $53.15/cwt here — about $12 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 sale47 hd
182.46
AL average16 barns · 986 hd
145.52
+36.94
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−17.01
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53590.001,3821thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15280.659294thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1289222.50/cwt222.50–222.506438
BullsMedium and Large 1323207.50/cwt207.50–207.5067015
BullsMedium and Large 1705122.00/cwt122.00–122.008601
BullsMedium and Large 2456161.73/cwt157.00–165.007374
BullsMedium and Large 1468173.38/cwt170.00–175.008113
BullsMedium and Large 2570137.57/cwt135.00–140.007842
HeifersMedium and Large 3550127.00/cwt127.00–127.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 2415157.99/cwt157.00–160.006563
HeifersMedium and Large 2528135.68/cwt135.00–137.007163
HeifersMedium and Large 2464147.29/cwt145.00–150.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 2605123.47/cwt120.00–127.007472
HeifersMedium and Large 1468157.57/cwt155.00–160.007372
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added356190.00/cwt190.00–190.006769
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added301202.00/cwt202.00–202.006088
HeifersMedium and Large 1620133.35/cwt130.00–135.008273
HeifersMedium and Large 2395165.00/cwt165.00–165.006521
BullsMedium and Large 3485149.47/cwt147.00–152.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 3520131.00/cwt130.00–132.006812
HeifersMedium and Large 2563132.49/cwt130.00–135.007464
BullsMedium and Large 2505149.52/cwt147.00–152.007552
BullsMedium and Large 3420158.98/cwt157.00–160.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 3423148.42/cwt147.00–150.006282
BullsMedium and Large 2404168.33/cwt165.00–170.006803
BullsMedium and Large 1645137.00/cwt137.00–137.008841
HeifersMedium and Large 1500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007601
BullsMedium and Large 3515140.00/cwt140.00–140.007211
BullsMedium and Large 3560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
BullsMedium and Large 2625132.00/cwt132.00–132.008251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3880.00/cwt880.00–880.001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21281.86/cwt79.00–85.009923
CowsBoner 80-85%97077.00/cwt77.00–77.007471

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.