Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-08-09

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Aug 9
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
217 head
▲ 217 vs last sale 0▲ 19 vs year ago 198 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▼ 20 vs year ago 45 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $226.79/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$226.79
44 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,191
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.65
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553229.001,26720
Medium and Large 2502224.941,12924
One grade step is worth $4.06/cwt here — about $137 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 sale44 hd
226.79
—
AL average14 barns · 1,624 hd
223.14
+3.65
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,527133.932,0453thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,488114.001,6962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,204111.671,3459thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1—375280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 2—460237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0901
BullsMedium and Large 2—345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009661
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—555240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—695227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580219.19/cwt213.00–225.001,2715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515232.43/cwt225.00–235.001,1975
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405229.47/cwt227.00–232.009294
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4841
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573227.47/cwt225.00–230.001,3032
SteersMedium and Large 1—415295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2241
SteersMedium and Large 2—630245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5441
SteersMedium and Large 2—675235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5861
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412238.28/cwt235.00–240.009823
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469227.22/cwt222.00–232.001,0666
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483233.48/cwt232.00–235.001,1282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625221.79/cwt218.00–225.001,3864
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524224.61/cwt218.00–230.001,1779
SteersMedium and Large 2—515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4841
Bulls——1,920140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,6881
Bulls——1,330130.89/cwt128.00–134.001,7412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,010115.50/cwt115.00–116.001,1672
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,320112.01/cwt110.00–114.001,4795
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,110107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1882
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,395111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5481
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,580117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,8491

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.