Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 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 $134.02/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$134.02

27 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$8.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.50

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	135.19	695	18thin
Medium and Large 1	577	132.25	763	8thin
Medium and Large 3	505	127.00	641	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about $53 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 sale27 hd

134.02

—

AL average11 barns · 1,139 hd

142.52

−8.50

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	1,585	114.55	1,816	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,585	88.00	1,395	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,316	85.37	1,124	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,168	73.57	859	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	518	148.52/cwt	145.00–152.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	131.46/cwt	128.00–135.00	865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	132.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	807	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	129.25/cwt	127.00–130.00	747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	135.08/cwt	130.00–136.00	685	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	125.50/cwt	125.00–127.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	144.59/cwt	140.00–147.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	161.03/cwt	160.00–162.00	665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	157.51/cwt	155.00–160.00	721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	136.27/cwt	132.00–142.00	835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	140.04/cwt	138.00–142.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	662	2
Bulls	—	—	1,295	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,437	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	116.32/cwt	114.00–119.00	2,012	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	85.36/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,136	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,197	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	73.57/cwt	71.00–76.00	859	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,506	91.46/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,377	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	80.52/cwt	77.00–82.00	914	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,713	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,490	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 Jun 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 193Last week 294Year ago 352

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 49Year ago 65

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	145.00–152.00	148.52
2	—	658	128.00–135.00	131.46
1	—	565	142.00	142.00
3	—	613	132.00–142.00	136.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	130.00–135.00	132.49
2	—	508	137.00	137.00
1	—	380	170.00	170.00
2	—	413	160.00–162.00	161.03
2	—	458	155.00–160.00	157.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	117.00	117.00
4	—	578	127.00–130.00	129.25
7	—	507	130.00–136.00	135.08
3	—	432	140.00–147.00	144.59
3	—	467	138.00–142.00	140.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	142.00	142.00
4	—	631	125.00–127.00	125.50
1	—	660	125.00	125.00
2	—	458	144.00–145.00	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	140.00	140.00
2	—	558	156.00	156.00
2	—	648	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	190.00	190.00
1	—	665	157.00	157.00
1	—	730	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	111.00	111.00
2	—	1,730	114.00–119.00	116.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,331	83.00–88.00	85.36
4	—	1,506	91.00–92.00	91.46
5	—	1,135	77.00–82.00	80.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,713	87.00	87.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	71.00–76.00	73.57

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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