Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady, market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.69/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$218.69

22 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$11.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.81

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	222.69	1,129	10thin
Medium and Large 2	487	216.22	1,053	10thin
Medium and Large 3	445	211.00	939	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.69/cwt here — about $190 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 sale22 hd

218.69

—

AL average15 barns · 1,908 hd

220.49

−1.81

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	1,815	123.31	2,238	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	104.33	1,459	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,156	99.13	1,146	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	96.99	978	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)	—	$1,250	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,400	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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,346	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	95.67/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	230.99/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,058	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	222.41/cwt	220.00–225.00	934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	233.28/cwt	230.00–235.00	973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	218.36/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	202.52/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	223.31/cwt	220.00–225.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	220.03/cwt	218.00–222.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	224.03/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,048	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	213.41/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,127	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	236.01/cwt	235.00–237.00	975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	213.55/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,106	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,250.00/head	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,250	2
Bulls	—	—	1,815	123.31/cwt	121.00–125.00	2,238	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,093	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,299	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	103.49/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,537	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	96.99/cwt	96.00–98.00	978	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 26, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 242Last week 284Year ago 264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 22Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	106.00	106.00
3	—	1,202	95.00–96.00	95.67
4	—	1,093	100.00	100.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	106.00	106.00
2	—	1,485	103.00–104.00	103.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	96.00–98.00	96.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,815	121.00–125.00	123.31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	210.00	210.00
2	—	458	230.00–232.00	230.99
2	—	665	200.00	200.00
2	—	413	235.00–237.00	236.01
2	—	510	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	210.00	210.00
2	—	420	220.00–225.00	222.41
1	—	645	205.00	205.00
3	—	468	222.00–225.00	224.03
3	—	528	210.00–215.00	213.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	212.00	212.00
1	—	670	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	230.00–235.00	233.28
3	—	564	215.00–220.00	218.36
1	—	640	205.00	205.00
1	—	470	227.00	227.00
2	—	508	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	200.00–205.00	202.52
3	—	418	220.00–225.00	223.31
3	—	473	218.00–222.00	220.03
2	—	518	212.00–215.00	213.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	212.00	212.00
1	—	485	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,250.00

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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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

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