Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade active with good demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.75/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$214.75

79 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

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

$20.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.52

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	220.10	1,376	58
Medium and Large 2	494	199.97	988	21

One grade step is worth $20.13/cwt here — about $388 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 sale79 hd

214.75

—

AL average14 barns · 1,514 hd

217.27

−2.52

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	1,371	120.65	1,654	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,670	106.00	1,770	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	101.96	1,258	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	91.03	955	5thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	475	212.28/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,008	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	217.45/cwt	215.00–220.00	915	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	203.31/cwt	200.00–205.00	931	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	197.17/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,047	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	206.65/cwt	205.00–210.00	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	594	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,396	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	235.69/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	206.97/cwt	204.00–210.00	859	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	202.59/cwt	202.00–205.00	944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	218.23/cwt	192.00–223.00	1,447	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	773	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	623	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	191.71/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	190.03/cwt	188.00–192.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	197.89/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,017	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	243.38/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,519	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	207.48/cwt	204.00–210.00	1,077	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	193.29/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,086	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	198.99/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	209.28/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,107	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	787	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,629	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,780	1
Bulls	—	—	1,361	122.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,668	4
Bulls	—	—	1,410	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,593	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	96.31/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,106	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,760	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	91.03/cwt	90.00–93.00	955	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	101.92/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,279	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	108.89/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,369	5

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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 381Last week 204Year ago 723

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 48Year ago 38

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade active with good demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	210.00–215.00	212.28
6	—	421	215.00–220.00	217.45
4	—	519	204.00–210.00	207.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	200.00–205.00	203.31
6	—	531	195.00–200.00	197.17
2	—	600	190.00	190.00
6	—	423	205.00–210.00	206.65
3	—	562	190.00–195.00	193.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	594	235.00	235.00
4	—	623	230.00	230.00
7	—	730	210.00	210.00
2	—	787	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	204.00–210.00	206.97
5	—	466	202.00–205.00	202.59
3	—	578	190.00–195.00	191.71
2	—	625	188.00–192.00	190.03
5	—	514	190.00–202.00	197.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	663	192.00–223.00	218.23
1	—	415	215.00	215.00
2	—	460	210.00	210.00
3	—	557	197.00–200.00	198.99
7	—	529	205.00–210.00	209.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	770	235.00–237.00	235.69
1	—	485	250.00	250.00
1	—	345	300.00	300.00
15	—	624	241.00–247.00	243.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	245.00	245.00
1	—	620	237.00	237.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,645	107.00	107.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,148	95.00–98.00	96.31
19	—	1,255	99.00–105.00	101.92
5	—	1,257	107.00–110.00	108.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,049	90.00–93.00	91.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,361	120.00–125.00	122.56
1	—	1,410	113.00	113.00

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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