Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-06-22

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
509 head
316 vs last sale 193 509 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
29 vs last sale 96 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
33 vs last sale 0 33 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 sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with high dressing boning cows up to 107.00 cwt. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.33/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$147.33
153 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.65
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554151.4783915thin
Medium and Large 1-2724149.191,080119
Medium and Large 2532132.3770419thin
One grade step is worth $19.09/cwt here — about $134 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 sale153 hd
147.33
AL average13 barns · 1,337 hd
142.68
+4.65
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
BullsAverage1,865112.072,0903thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40187.251,2229thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19986.671,03918
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04978.178204thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$9401thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$1,2254thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1610142.54/cwt140.00–145.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1300175.00/cwt175.00–175.005251
BullsMedium and Large 1355170.00/cwt170.00–170.006041
BullsMedium and Large 1455165.00/cwt165.00–165.007511
BullsMedium and Large 1413167.58/cwt165.00–170.006922
BullsMedium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2759144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,09723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635154.50/cwt154.50–154.5098119
HeifersMedium and Large 2735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
HeifersMedium and Large 1510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 2459139.99/cwt138.00–142.006434
SteersMedium and Large 1739153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,13110
SteersMedium and Large 1864142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,22712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added555157.00/cwt157.00–157.0087111
HeifersMedium and Large 2690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 2627121.70/cwt120.00–125.007633
HeifersMedium and Large 2560128.51/cwt127.00–130.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 2408146.31/cwt145.00–147.005973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2848127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,07711
BullsMedium and Large 2313167.60/cwt165.00–170.005252
BullsMedium and Large 2295185.00/cwt185.00–185.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1563135.00/cwt135.00–135.007603
BullsMedium and Large 2555142.00/cwt142.00–142.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,09766
HeifersMedium and Large 2525132.82/cwt130.00–135.006975
BullsMedium and Large 2479155.17/cwt153.00–158.007434
BullsMedium and Large 2625135.00/cwt135.00–135.008441
BullsMedium and Large 2355160.00/cwt160.00–160.005681
BullsMedium and Large 2429158.47/cwt157.00–162.006804
BullsMedium and Large 1568155.11/cwt150.00–160.008812
BullsMedium and Large 2530147.19/cwt139.00–152.007804
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,225.00/head1,200.00–1,250.001,2254
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3940.00/head940.00–940.009401
Bulls1,848115.10/cwt114.00–116.002,1272
Bulls1,900106.00/cwt106.00–106.002,0141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18887.50/cwt85.00–91.001,0408
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19380.22/cwt78.00–83.009576
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38188.78/cwt87.00–91.001,2267
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47081.88/cwt81.00–83.001,2042
CowsLean 85-90%1,04978.17/cwt75.00–81.008204
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22994.70/cwt93.00–97.001,1644

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.