Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.47/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$151.47

78 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$4.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.54

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	154.11	904	29
Medium and Large 2	525	149.97	788	44
Medium and Large 3	444	149.34	663	5thin

One grade step is worth $4.77/cwt here — about $241 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 sale78 hd

151.47

—

AL average15 barns · 1,451 hd

154.01

−2.54

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	1,838	87.00	1,599	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	70.02	853	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	67.02	704	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,365	65.07	888	2thin

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$945	2thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	468	187.24/cwt	182.00–192.00	876	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	165.66/cwt	160.00–170.00	850	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	147.34/cwt	145.00–150.00	999	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	138.50/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,004	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	195.08/cwt	190.00–200.00	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,157	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	206.00/cwt	205.00–207.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	208.42/cwt	207.00–210.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	163.34/cwt	162.00–164.00	755	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	145.31/cwt	144.00–146.00	889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	159.24/cwt	157.00–160.00	844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	142.44/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,060	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	143.23/cwt	140.00–145.00	808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	186.34/cwt	185.00–187.00	1,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	153.24/cwt	150.00–155.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	139.42/cwt	138.00–142.00	877	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	161.33/cwt	158.00–165.00	697	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	170.23/cwt	165.00–175.00	797	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	150.58/cwt	145.00–155.00	774	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	156.16/cwt	150.00–158.00	907	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	156.95/cwt	154.00–159.00	753	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	913	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	182.37/cwt	177.00–185.00	742	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	154.52/cwt	150.00–157.00	817	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	151.70/cwt	150.00–155.00	959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	169.46/cwt	167.00–172.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	149.02/cwt	147.00–150.00	842	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	937	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	187.55/cwt	185.00–190.00	709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	492	158.64/cwt	157.00–162.00	781	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	945.00/head	940.00–950.00	945	2
Bulls	—	—	1,755	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,492	2
Bulls	—	—	2,005	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,825	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	70.13/cwt	67.00–73.00	839	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	65.07/cwt	64.00–66.00	888	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	67.02/cwt	66.00–68.00	704	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,013	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	64.08/cwt	62.00–66.00	813	2

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 Jan 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 352Last week 273Year ago 223

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 36Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	182.00–192.00	187.24
6	—	513	160.00–170.00	165.66
3	—	678	145.00–150.00	147.34
1	—	550	155.00	155.00
2	—	725	137.00–140.00	138.50
3	—	437	190.00–200.00	195.08
3	—	632	150.00–155.00	151.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	468	165.00–175.00	170.23
1	—	320	197.00	197.00
2	—	625	145.00–147.00	146.01
5	—	407	177.00–185.00	182.37
10	—	529	150.00–157.00	154.52
2	—	720	135.00	135.00
3	—	565	147.00–150.00	149.02
1	—	660	142.00	142.00
2	—	378	185.00–190.00	187.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	167.00–172.00	169.46
2	—	500	145.00	145.00
3	—	492	157.00–162.00	158.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	639	181.00	181.00
1	—	500	197.00	197.00
2	—	455	205.00–207.00	206.00
3	—	564	185.00–187.00	186.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	205.00	205.00
1	—	645	172.00	172.00
2	—	375	207.00–210.00	208.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	162.00–164.00	163.34
3	—	612	144.00–146.00	145.31
4	—	530	157.00–160.00	159.24
5	—	744	136.00–144.00	142.44
13	—	581	150.00–158.00	156.16
1	—	400	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	564	140.00–145.00	143.23
2	—	705	125.00	125.00
7	—	629	138.00–142.00	139.42
9	—	432	158.00–165.00	161.33
10	—	514	145.00–155.00	150.58
9	—	480	154.00–159.00	156.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	140.00	140.00
3	—	412	150.00–155.00	153.24
1	—	455	147.00	147.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	940.00–950.00	945.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,755	85.00	85.00
1	—	2,005	91.00	91.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,197	67.00–73.00	70.13
2	—	1,350	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,268	62.00–66.00	64.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	64.00–66.00	65.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,050	66.00–68.00	67.02

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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Kilpatrick Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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