Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.32/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$143.32

37 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$10.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.08

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	145.59	773	13thin
Medium and Large 2	498	143.09	713	21
Medium and Large 3	495	135.00	668	3thin

One grade step is worth $10.59/cwt here — about $105 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 sale37 hd

143.32

—

AL average16 barns · 1,749 hd

138.24

+5.08

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	—	High	1,691	94.09	1,591	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,592	74.08	1,179	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	72.47	887	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	66.00	736	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 2	—	590	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	147.30/cwt	145.00–150.00	772	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	154.95/cwt	152.00–158.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	153.69/cwt	152.00–157.00	956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	148.27/cwt	145.00–150.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	135.24/cwt	132.00–137.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	153.64/cwt	152.00–155.00	641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	148.28/cwt	145.00–150.00	691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	128.53/cwt	125.00–132.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	136.00/cwt	135.00–137.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	140.66/cwt	140.00–142.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	137.27/cwt	135.00–140.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	162.04/cwt	160.00–165.00	674	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	130.69/cwt	130.00–132.00	817	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	572	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	158.49/cwt	157.00–160.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	153.48/cwt	152.00–155.00	706	2
Bulls	—	—	1,660	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,677	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	93.17/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,691	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	72.18/cwt	70.00–74.00	873	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	956	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	918	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	74.08/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,179	3
Bulls	—	—	1,475	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,313	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	736	1

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 Jul 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 264Last week 609Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 116Year ago 18

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	145.00	145.00
4	—	524	145.00–150.00	147.30
4	—	468	152.00–158.00	154.95
5	—	416	160.00–165.00	162.04
3	—	625	130.00–132.00	130.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	200.00	200.00
2	—	625	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	157.00	157.00
1	—	460	145.00	145.00
1	—	505	142.00	142.00
3	—	572	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	152.00–157.00	153.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	145.00–150.00	148.27
2	—	640	135.00–137.00	136.00
3	—	563	140.00–142.00	140.66
1	—	665	130.00	130.00
2	—	403	157.00–160.00	158.49
2	—	460	152.00–155.00	153.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	559	132.00–137.00	135.24
5	—	417	152.00–155.00	153.64
6	—	466	145.00–150.00	148.28
2	—	615	125.00–132.00	128.53
4	—	529	135.00–140.00	137.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	130.00	130.00
1	—	410	148.00	148.00
1	—	555	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	101.00	101.00
2	—	1,815	90.00–97.00	93.17
1	—	1,475	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,209	70.00–74.00	72.18
1	—	1,225	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,330	69.00	69.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	73.00–76.00	74.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	66.00	66.00

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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