Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to weaker. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good 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 $221.97/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$221.97

43 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$16.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	479	228.92	1,097	12thin
Medium and Large 2	478	219.78	1,049	29
Medium and Large 3	475	212.00	1,007	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.92/cwt here — about $90 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 sale43 hd

221.97

—

AL average13 barns · 1,370 hd

221.98

−0.01

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	—	Average	1,970	125.35	2,469	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	99.88	1,170	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,370	94.00	1,288	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	—	465	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,093	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	240.98/cwt	240.00–242.00	983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	203.56/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,282	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	232.42/cwt	230.00–235.00	992	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	229.70/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,167	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	253.29/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	211.98/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,107	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	242.52/cwt	240.00–245.00	941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	237.30/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	273.49/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	223.58/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	226.70/cwt	222.00–230.00	970	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	219.01/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,062	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	234.67/cwt	232.00–237.00	852	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	217.99/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,245	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	227.29/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,102	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	219.01/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,143	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	206.64/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,186	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	216.30/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,218	3
Bulls	—	—	1,780	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,154	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	100.92/cwt	99.00–102.00	1,216	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,384	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	95.81/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,059	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,370	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,288	1
Bulls	—	—	2,065	127.52/cwt	127.00–128.00	2,633	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 Jul 19, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 284Last week 415Year ago 264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 67Year ago 63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	235.00	235.00
1	—	340	262.00	262.00
2	—	408	240.00–242.00	240.98
3	—	508	227.00–235.00	229.70
5	—	571	215.00–225.00	217.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	200.00–207.00	203.56
3	—	427	230.00–235.00	232.42
3	—	485	225.00–230.00	227.29
1	—	385	242.00	242.00
6	—	522	215.00–222.00	219.01
6	—	574	205.00–210.00	206.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	250.00–255.00	253.29
4	—	718	225.00	225.00
2	—	373	272.00–275.00	273.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	217.00	217.00
1	—	545	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	522	210.00–215.00	211.98
1	—	635	200.00	200.00
2	—	583	210.00	210.00
8	—	428	222.00–230.00	226.70
8	—	485	215.00–225.00	219.01
3	—	363	232.00–237.00	234.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	240.00–245.00	242.52
3	—	422	235.00–240.00	237.30
2	—	478	227.00	227.00
2	—	533	220.00–227.00	223.58
3	—	563	215.00–217.00	216.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	121.00	121.00
2	—	2,065	127.00–128.00	127.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,205	99.00–102.00	100.92
1	—	1,270	109.00	109.00
3	—	1,105	93.00–97.00	95.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	94.00	94.00

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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