Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-06-29

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 29
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 250 vs last sale 509▼ 14 vs year ago 273 · −5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 67▲ 67 vs year ago 54 · +124.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 33▲ 3 vs year ago 12 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $155.86/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −43.61 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$155.86
31 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.07
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560161.1490212thin
Medium and Large 2512153.0678316thin
Medium and Large 3480149.677183thin
One grade step is worth $11.47/cwt here — about $183 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 sale31 hd
155.86
—
AL average16 barns · 1,442 hd
147.78
+8.07
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−43.61
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—Low1,608111.571,7948thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42091.171,2949thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21687.211,06041
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10279.978815thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9352thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$8101thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1—600153.50/cwt150.00–157.009212
BullsMedium and Large 1—570161.10/cwt157.00–165.009187
BullsMedium and Large 2—610140.66/cwt140.00–142.008583
BullsMedium and Large 2—422161.60/cwt160.00–165.006823
BullsMedium and Large 2—522154.09/cwt150.00–157.008043
BullsMedium and Large 1—528165.98/cwt165.00–167.008762
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470155.00/cwt155.00–155.007292
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625132.00/cwt132.00–132.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588135.99/cwt135.00–137.008002
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525138.47/cwt137.00–140.007272
BullsMedium and Large 3—425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006591
BullsMedium and Large 3—455152.00/cwt152.00–152.006921
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485142.00/cwt142.00–142.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 3—510130.98/cwt130.00–132.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480146.63/cwt145.00–150.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416152.40/cwt150.00–155.006345
BullsMedium and Large 2—560149.48/cwt147.00–152.008372
BullsMedium and Large 2—380166.00/cwt165.00–167.006312
BullsMedium and Large 3—560142.00/cwt142.00–142.007951
BullsMedium and Large 1—470167.00/cwt167.00–167.007851
BullsMedium and Large 2—685132.00/cwt132.00–132.009041
BullsMedium and Large 2—480158.48/cwt157.00–160.007612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——810.00/head810.00–810.008101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——935.00/head910.00–960.009352
Bulls——1,788107.49/cwt107.00–108.001,9222
Bulls——1,444112.12/cwt111.00–115.001,6195
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23494.23/cwt92.00–98.001,1638
Bulls——2,070117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,4221
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41089.33/cwt86.00–92.001,2605
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43296.64/cwt95.00–99.001,3843
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2011
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10279.97/cwt77.00–83.008815
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19883.46/cwt80.00–85.001,00018
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22887.96/cwt86.00–92.001,08015

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.