Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-04-05

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Apr 5
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
359 head
4 vs last sale 355 80 vs year ago 279 · +28.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
57 vs last sale 17 36 vs year ago 38 · +94.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market not reported.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $199.76/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +0.29 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$199.76
53 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,109
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$154
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$2.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.02
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3450202.009092thin
Medium and Large 1585199.691,16826
Medium and Large 2532199.651,06325
One grade step is worth $2.35/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale53 hd
199.76
AL average15 barns · 817 hd
198.74
+1.02
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
+0.29
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
BullsLow1,755115.332,0248thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14995.661,09926
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53094.111,4409thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10586.009501thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 2675176.02/cwt175.00–177.001,1882
BullsMedium and Large 1465219.02/cwt217.00–220.001,0183
HeifersMedium and Large 1300230.00/cwt230.00–230.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1643172.51/cwt170.00–173.001,1096
HeifersMedium and Large 1415215.98/cwt215.00–217.008962
HeifersMedium and Large 2360212.00/cwt212.00–212.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 2633161.00/cwt160.00–162.001,0192
HeifersMedium and Large 3382203.30/cwt200.00–205.007773
HeifersMedium and Large 3418192.51/cwt190.00–195.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 3460187.00/cwt187.00–187.008601
HeifersMedium and Large 1564183.53/cwt180.00–187.001,0354
HeifersMedium and Large 1507203.04/cwt200.00–207.001,0293
HeifersMedium and Large 1735152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1171
HeifersMedium and Large 2421203.48/cwt200.00–207.008575
HeifersMedium and Large 2585175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 3528181.02/cwt180.00–182.009564
SteersMedium and Large 1285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008551
SteersMedium and Large 1370245.00/cwt245.00–245.009071
SteersMedium and Large 2365240.00/cwt240.00–240.008761
SteersMedium and Large 1415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009961
BullsMedium and Large 2375227.00/cwt227.00–227.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1245270.00/cwt270.00–270.006621
BullsMedium and Large 1617193.06/cwt187.00–197.001,1913
BullsMedium and Large 1559203.03/cwt197.00–207.001,1356
BullsMedium and Large 1670187.16/cwt185.00–192.001,2545
BullsMedium and Large 1728174.44/cwt172.00–177.001,2702
HeifersMedium and Large 1355220.00/cwt220.00–220.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 2521187.95/cwt185.00–190.009794
HeifersMedium and Large 2338220.64/cwt220.00–222.007463
HeifersMedium and Large 2462198.25/cwt195.00–200.009163
BullsMedium and Large 2300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007051
BullsMedium and Large 2720167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2022
BullsMedium and Large 2470208.53/cwt207.00–210.009804
BullsMedium and Large 2532201.17/cwt197.00–205.001,0705
BullsMedium and Large 2785157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 1468208.31/cwt205.00–215.009755
BullsMedium and Large 1505211.46/cwt207.00–217.001,0684
BullsMedium and Large 3450202.00/cwt202.00–202.009092
BullsMedium and Large 2582191.76/cwt185.00–195.001,1163
BullsMedium and Large 2426218.21/cwt212.00–222.009305
BullsMedium and Large 2640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1521
BullsMedium and Large 1768168.47/cwt167.00–170.001,2942
Bulls1,632109.13/cwt108.00–111.001,7813
Bulls1,883116.35/cwt115.00–118.002,1912
Bulls1,792120.84/cwt119.00–124.002,1653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07489.34/cwt88.00–92.009605
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16995.77/cwt93.00–98.001,12015
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67099.53/cwt99.00–100.001,6622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2861
CowsLean 85-90%1,10586.00/cwt86.00–86.009501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,161100.67/cwt100.00–102.001,1696
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49893.15/cwt91.00–97.001,3956

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.