Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.11/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$169.11

77 head · 703 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$289

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$2.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.33

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	172.00	903	1thin
Medium and Large 1	705	169.07	1,192	76

One grade step is worth $2.93/cwt here — about −$289 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 sale77 hd

169.11

—

AL average15 barns · 1,260 hd

166.78

+2.33

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	1,757	101.13	1,777	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,530	84.00	1,285	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	77.49	920	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	69.86	746	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$860	1thin

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	—	665	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	187.48/cwt	185.00–190.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	161.32/cwt	160.00–162.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	175.23/cwt	172.00–177.00	738	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	152.48/cwt	150.00–158.00	869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	157.65/cwt	157.00–158.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	140.48/cwt	137.00–144.00	729	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	135.16/cwt	130.00–137.00	764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,256	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	172.29/cwt	170.00–172.50	1,172	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	153.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	160.50/cwt	160.00–162.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	153.83/cwt	152.00–155.00	795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	155.79/cwt	154.00–157.00	643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	139.33/cwt	138.00–140.00	847	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	211.02/cwt	210.00–212.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	202.63/cwt	200.00–205.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	201.58/cwt	198.00–205.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	164.27/cwt	162.00–168.00	764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	140.99/cwt	140.00–142.00	790	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	1
Bulls	—	—	1,940	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,076	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	76.49/cwt	74.00–78.00	903	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	999	2
Bulls	—	—	1,665	98.20/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,635	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,285	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	69.86/cwt	67.00–73.00	746	6

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 Sep 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 723Last week 450Year ago 444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 56Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 15

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	142.00	142.00
3	—	505	160.00–162.00	161.32
1	—	570	160.00	160.00
2	—	313	210.00–212.00	211.02
2	—	375	200.00–205.00	202.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	185.00–190.00	187.48
4	—	421	172.00–177.00	175.23
4	—	570	150.00–158.00	152.48
5	—	517	152.00–155.00	153.83
3	—	608	138.00–140.00	139.33
2	—	318	198.00–205.00	201.58
4	—	465	162.00–168.00	164.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	158.00	158.00
2	—	445	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	157.00–158.00	157.65
1	—	665	135.00	135.00
4	—	423	160.00–162.00	160.50
2	—	560	140.00–142.00	140.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	519	137.00–144.00	140.48
4	—	565	130.00–137.00	135.16
6	—	467	150.00–155.00	153.44
2	—	613	130.00–132.00	130.99
4	—	413	154.00–157.00	155.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	800	157.00	157.00
60	—	680	170.00–172.50	172.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	172.00	172.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	860.00	860.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	107.00	107.00
2	—	1,665	96.00–100.00	98.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,181	74.00–78.00	76.49
2	—	1,218	82.00	82.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	84.00	84.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,068	67.00–73.00	69.86

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle