Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $168.82/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −30.65 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.

Average price

$168.82

48 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$908

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$10.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.02

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	175.00	965	19thin
Medium and Large 3	449	171.31	769	3thin
Medium and Large 2	539	164.02	883	26

One grade step is worth $10.99/cwt here — about $81 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 sale48 hd

168.82

—

AL average16 barns · 1,177 hd

160.80

+8.02

This barn, trailing median2 sales

199.47

−30.65

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	1,805	92.50	1,670	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	69.06	848	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,205	65.00	783	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 3	—	470	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	178.47/cwt	177.00–180.00	782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	184.65/cwt	180.00–192.00	868	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	155.19/cwt	154.00–157.00	877	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	669	143.61/cwt	137.00–147.00	961	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	173.84/cwt	170.00–180.00	989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	162.51/cwt	160.00–165.00	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	168.05/cwt	167.00–170.00	610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	140.69/cwt	140.00–142.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	148.02/cwt	147.00–150.00	697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	129.49/cwt	127.00–132.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	162.58/cwt	157.00–172.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	166.02/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	172.30/cwt	170.00–175.00	734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	131.01/cwt	127.00–135.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	147.82/cwt	145.00–152.00	766	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	163.96/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,020	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	167.96/cwt	165.00–170.00	863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	139.80/cwt	137.00–142.00	731	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	193.71/cwt	190.00–195.00	814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	173.76/cwt	170.00–177.00	825	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	603	143.49/cwt	140.00–147.00	865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	712	143.33/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,021	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	204.81/cwt	200.00–210.00	852	4
Bulls	—	—	1,890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,890	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	73.08/cwt	72.00–74.00	868	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	747	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,462	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	68.86/cwt	65.00–71.00	855	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	783	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 Dec 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 273Last week 664Year ago 527

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 38Year ago 58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	157.00	157.00
2	—	438	177.00–180.00	178.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	180.00–192.00	184.65
4	—	569	170.00–180.00	173.84
3	—	622	160.00–167.00	163.96
1	—	650	150.00	150.00
3	—	712	140.00–145.00	143.33
4	—	416	200.00–210.00	204.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	154.00–157.00	155.19
5	—	669	137.00–147.00	143.61
5	—	514	165.00–170.00	167.96
4	—	420	190.00–195.00	193.71
5	—	475	170.00–177.00	173.76
2	—	603	140.00–147.00	143.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	160.00–165.00	162.51
3	—	363	167.00–170.00	168.05
5	—	471	147.00–150.00	148.02
5	—	575	127.00–135.00	131.01
5	—	523	137.00–142.00	139.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	135.00–137.00	135.99
3	—	567	140.00–142.00	140.69
4	—	469	157.00–172.00	162.58
4	—	426	170.00–175.00	172.30
6	—	518	145.00–152.00	147.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	155.00	155.00
2	—	508	127.00–132.00	129.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	152.00	152.00
2	—	625	165.00–167.00	166.02
1	—	585	180.00	180.00
1	—	680	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	182.00	182.00
1	—	510	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,720	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	72.00–74.00	73.08
1	—	1,185	63.00	63.00
10	—	1,241	65.00–71.00	68.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	65.00	65.00

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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