Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.88/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$136.88

33 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$16.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.06

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	146.36	692	6thin
Medium and Large 2	503	135.20	681	25
Medium and Large 3	475	129.50	615	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.86/cwt here — about $77 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 sale33 hd

136.88

—

AL average16 barns · 1,960 hd

145.95

−9.06

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	—	Low	1,565	88.00	1,377	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	67.67	858	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,310	63.00	825	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	905	54.00	489	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	130.67/cwt	130.00–132.00	804	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	536	137.11/cwt	135.00–140.00	735	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	153.48/cwt	152.00–155.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	133.78/cwt	127.00–135.00	697	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	152.72/cwt	150.00–154.00	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	125.38/cwt	122.00–127.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	143.67/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,049	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	152.99/cwt	152.00–154.00	551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	162.55/cwt	160.00–165.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	143.08/cwt	140.00–145.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	139.70/cwt	135.00–142.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	156.48/cwt	155.00–158.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	171.01/cwt	170.00–172.00	723	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,377	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	825	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	489	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	822	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	934	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 Nov 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 231Last week 271Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 41Year ago 37

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	185.00	185.00
3	—	615	130.00–132.00	130.67
1	—	565	140.00	140.00
2	—	423	170.00–172.00	171.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	182.00	182.00
8	—	536	135.00–140.00	137.11
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
2	—	408	160.00–165.00	162.55
2	—	575	132.00	132.00
2	—	470	155.00–158.00	156.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	147.00	147.00
1	—	640	137.00	137.00
2	—	523	152.00–155.00	153.48
1	—	400	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	730	137.00–147.00	143.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	521	127.00–135.00	133.78
3	—	582	122.00–127.00	125.38
1	—	660	112.00	112.00
2	—	360	152.00–154.00	152.99
4	—	431	140.00–145.00	143.08
4	—	475	135.00–142.00	139.70
1	—	625	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	122.00	122.00
1	—	435	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	150.00–154.00	152.72
1	—	395	160.00	160.00
1	—	475	145.00	145.00
1	—	715	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	88.00	88.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	63.00	63.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,315	71.00	71.00

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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