Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-09-27

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 27
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
349 head
96 vs last sale 445 58 vs year ago 407 · 14.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
31 vs last sale 47 28 vs year ago 44 · 63.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 16 vs year ago 19 · 84.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade moderate with good demand on weaned feeders, light demand on unweaned feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.85/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$255.85
65 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.66
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511279.851,43013thin
Medium and Large 2607249.851,51652
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale65 hd
255.85
AL average15 barns · 1,285 hd
246.19
+9.66
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
BullsAverage1,917124.992,3963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30994.081,2326thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46888.501,2992thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 2558189.64/cwt185.00–192.001,0583
BullsMedium and Large 2461196.37/cwt190.00–202.009055
BullsMedium and Large 1420215.65/cwt212.00–220.009063
BullsMedium and Large 1460207.47/cwt205.00–210.009542
BullsMedium and Large 2525198.22/cwt195.00–202.001,0415
BullsMedium and Large 2432208.28/cwt205.00–210.009003
SteersMedium and Large 1478285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3628
SteersMedium and Large 2564258.47/cwt255.00–260.001,45817
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,4351
SteersMedium and Large 2535260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,39118
SteersMedium and Large 2720230.93/cwt230.00–231.001,66315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added517216.38/cwt212.00–217.001,1198
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added768207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,59013
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added575212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2191
SteersMedium and Large 1648257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6653
SteersMedium and Large 1375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1251
SteersMedium and Large 2768227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7432
HeifersMedium and Large 1520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 1404205.40/cwt205.00–207.008305
HeifersMedium and Large 2455195.00/cwt195.00–195.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 2575186.02/cwt185.00–187.001,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 2442200.66/cwt200.00–202.008873
HeifersMedium and Large 2525190.97/cwt190.00–192.001,0032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bulls2,028123.99/cwt123.00–125.002,5152
Bulls1,695127.00/cwt127.00–127.002,1531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30093.49/cwt90.00–95.001,2155
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1661
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,4271

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.