Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-10-05

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 5
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
267 head
140 vs last sale 407 46 vs year ago 313 · 14.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
2 vs last sale 44 24 vs year ago 22 · +109.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade moderate with light demand with very light demand on unweaned and plain feeder cattle. Dry conditions continue across much of the South and Midwest causing a sharp decrease in demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.00/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$131.00
31 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.36
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518137.8771416thin
Medium and Large 2521124.3064814thin
Medium and Large 3540115.006211thin
One grade step is worth $22.87/cwt here — about $93 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
131.00
AL average16 barns · 1,577 hd
137.36
−6.36
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
BullsHigh1,82095.001,7292thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,67570.991,1894thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18470.788386thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07264.296893thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 2505134.26/cwt130.00–137.006784
BullsMedium and Large 2613121.02/cwt120.00–122.007422
BullsMedium and Large 1423164.76/cwt162.00–167.006973
BullsMedium and Large 2421155.81/cwt152.00–158.006564
BullsMedium and Large 2469144.99/cwt140.00–150.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 1675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007761
SteersMedium and Large 2550147.00/cwt147.00–147.008091
SteersMedium and Large 1518158.49/cwt157.00–160.008212
HeifersMedium and Large 2413141.03/cwt140.00–142.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 2506122.27/cwt120.00–125.006194
SteersMedium and Large 1425180.00/cwt180.00–180.007652
SteersMedium and Large 1575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008911
SteersMedium and Large 1650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
SteersMedium and Large 2450157.00/cwt157.00–157.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 2618114.02/cwt112.00–115.007053
HeifersMedium and Large 2473130.49/cwt128.00–132.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 3540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1524129.28/cwt127.00–132.006777
HeifersMedium and Large 1359160.00/cwt160.00–160.005745
BullsMedium and Large 2576128.76/cwt125.00–132.007424
BullsMedium and Large 3475136.00/cwt135.00–137.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added768132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0142
HeifersMedium and Large 2700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 1610122.00/cwt122.00–122.007441
Bulls1,925101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,9441
CowsLean 85-90%1,07264.29/cwt63.00–66.006893
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09868.34/cwt67.00–70.007502
Bulls1,71589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68272.32/cwt72.00–73.001,2163
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30575.00/cwt74.00–77.009793
CowsBoner 80-85%99563.00/cwt63.00–63.006271
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,1091

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.