Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to 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 $223.31/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$223.31

37 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.70

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	414	234.58	972	10thin
Medium and Large 2	485	219.13	1,062	27

One grade step is worth $15.45/cwt here — about −$91 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 sale37 hd

223.31

—

AL average16 barns · 1,956 hd

222.61

+0.70

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	—	High	1,624	127.94	2,078	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	103.38	1,456	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	103.33	1,244	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	96.49	1,059	2thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2	—	468	228.30/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,068	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	232.16/cwt	230.00–235.00	963	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	245.97/cwt	245.00–247.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	218.63/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	247.54/cwt	245.00–250.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	225.86/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	225.45/cwt	222.00–227.00	918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	233.97/cwt	232.00–235.00	952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	214.26/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	208.56/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,193	7
Bulls	—	—	1,485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,931	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	97.05/cwt	96.00–98.00	975	2
Bulls	—	—	1,200	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,416	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	129.25/cwt	123.00–132.00	2,221	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	103.38/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,456	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	96.49/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,059	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	102.31/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,246	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	108.51/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,384	4

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 Aug 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 192Last week 217Year ago 236

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 25Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	227.00–232.00	228.30
1	—	560	217.00	217.00
6	—	415	230.00–235.00	232.16
7	—	515	225.00–227.00	225.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	235.00	235.00
1	—	550	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	252.00	252.00
2	—	375	245.00–247.00	245.97
3	—	407	232.00–235.00	233.97
4	—	464	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	215.00–224.00	218.63
1	—	610	200.00	200.00
2	—	340	245.00–250.00	247.54
1	—	370	240.00	240.00
6	—	407	222.00–227.00	225.45
4	—	529	212.00–215.00	214.26
7	—	572	205.00–210.00	208.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,200	118.00	118.00
6	—	1,718	123.00–132.00	129.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	96.00–98.00	97.05
8	—	1,218	101.00–106.00	102.31
4	—	1,275	108.00–109.00	108.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,408	102.00–106.00	103.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	96.00–97.00	96.49

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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