Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-09-06

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 6
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
82 vs last sale 286 246 vs year ago 450 · 54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
1 vs last sale 49 8 vs year ago 56 · 14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 $221.96/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$221.96
34 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.82
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464235.741,09312thin
Medium and Large 2501215.131,07821
Medium and Large 3540200.001,0801thin
One grade step is worth $35.74/cwt here — about $13 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 sale34 hd
221.96
AL average8 barns · 1,343 hd
222.78
−0.82
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
BullsAverage1,795125.872,2604thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,419103.611,4717thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,137102.251,16316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04098.001,0191thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1505225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1361
BullsMedium and Large 1373260.00/cwt260.00–260.009702
BullsMedium and Large 2575215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2361
BullsMedium and Large 1420244.65/cwt240.00–252.001,0285
BullsMedium and Large 2475224.75/cwt220.00–227.001,0685
BullsMedium and Large 2665195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2971
SteersMedium and Large 2430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 1428238.51/cwt237.00–240.001,0212
HeifersMedium and Large 2468218.38/cwt215.00–220.001,0223
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement685220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5071
HeifersMedium and Large 2407231.36/cwt227.00–235.009425
HeifersMedium and Large 2566202.75/cwt200.00–207.001,1485
HeifersMedium and Large 2521210.99/cwt205.00–215.001,0995
SteersMedium and Large 2530230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2191
HeifersMedium and Large 1378250.00/cwt250.00–250.009453
HeifersMedium and Large 1468232.99/cwt230.00–237.001,0904
BullsMedium and Large 2508218.34/cwt215.00–220.001,1093
HeifersMedium and Large 2630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2602
HeifersMedium and Large 2385237.00/cwt237.00–237.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 3540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 3495215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 1695210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4601
BullsMedium and Large 2425234.05/cwt230.00–237.009953
BullsMedium and Large 1472231.08/cwt227.00–237.001,0915
BullsMedium and Large 2740192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4211
HeifersMedium and Large 1508224.93/cwt220.00–230.001,1432
Bulls1,682123.82/cwt121.00–127.002,0833
Bulls2,135132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,8181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27797.72/cwt96.00–99.001,2483
CowsBoner 80-85%1,100102.39/cwt100.00–104.001,12610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,122106.31/cwt106.00–107.001,1933
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,376103.07/cwt100.00–104.001,4184
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3411
CowsLean 85-90%1,04098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0191
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,538107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,6462

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.