Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-10-12

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 12
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
199 head
68 vs last sale 267 315 vs year ago 514 · 61.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
11 vs last sale 46 4 vs year ago 31 · +12.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
19 vs last sale 0 19 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 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade moderate with light demand. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.03/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 66.44 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$133.03
21 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$162
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.82
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2516133.4268818thin
Medium and Large 1650130.678493thin
One grade step is worth $2.76/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale21 hd
133.03
AL average15 barns · 1,071 hd
133.85
−0.82
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−66.44
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
BullsLow1,63885.001,3922thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21765.647997thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12364.667263thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52561.009301thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8602thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$8201thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1710122.00/cwt122.00–122.008661
BullsMedium and Large 1620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008372
BullsMedium and Large 2470140.04/cwt138.00–142.006583
BullsMedium and Large 2562128.71/cwt127.00–132.007233
BullsMedium and Large 2618123.60/cwt120.00–127.007642
BullsMedium and Large 2410144.00/cwt142.00–145.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 2472134.77/cwt130.00–137.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 2760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
HeifersMedium and Large 2528129.51/cwt127.00–132.006842
SteersMedium and Large 1600147.00/cwt147.00–147.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement595140.00/cwt140.00–140.008331
BullsMedium and Large 2531130.88/cwt130.00–132.006957
HeifersMedium and Large 1560133.53/cwt132.00–135.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 1840115.00/cwt115.00–115.009663
HeifersMedium and Large 2413136.03/cwt135.00–137.005622
HeifersMedium and Large 2615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3820.00/head820.00–820.008201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2860.00/head830.00–890.008602
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52561.00/cwt61.00–61.009301
Bulls1,63885.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34865.59/cwt63.00–68.008844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01072.00/cwt72.00–72.007271
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05862.55/cwt62.00–63.006622
CowsLean 85-90%1,12364.66/cwt64.00–66.007263

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.