Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $209.99/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +10.52 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.

Average price

$209.99

70 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,080

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$17.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.49

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	218.86	1,132	32
Medium and Large 2	515	202.61	1,044	35
Medium and Large 3	467	201.67	941	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.19/cwt here — about $191 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 sale70 hd

209.99

—

AL average16 barns · 1,184 hd

207.50

+2.49

This barn, trailing median2 sales

199.47

+10.52

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	1,770	117.00	2,071	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,605	89.67	1,439	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	87.18	1,052	22

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	420	227.47/cwt	225.00–230.00	955	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	223.48/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,028	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	217.67/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,151	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	195.15/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	220.56/cwt	218.00–222.00	924	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	204.79/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,067	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	228.52/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	218.64/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	196.74/cwt	195.00–200.00	915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	780	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	191.09/cwt	187.00–192.00	1,083	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	207.52/cwt	205.00–210.00	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,127	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	192.56/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,017	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	213.55/cwt	212.00–217.00	993	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	201.31/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	213.26/cwt	212.00–222.00	938	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,044	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	242.53/cwt	240.00–245.00	873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	606	182.01/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,103	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	203.33/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,291	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	933	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,770	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	2,071	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	89.58/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,070	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	93.68/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,204	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	83.66/cwt	81.00–85.00	998	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,531	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,520	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,271	1

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 Oct 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 417Last week 349Year ago 267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 16Year ago 46

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate 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
2	—	420	225.00–230.00	227.47
2	—	460	222.00–225.00	223.48
23	—	529	210.00–220.00	217.67
2	—	360	240.00–245.00	242.53
3	—	635	200.00–205.00	203.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	190.00–200.00	195.15
4	—	419	218.00–222.00	220.56
5	—	521	200.00–207.00	204.79
12	—	465	212.00–217.00	213.55
1	—	365	230.00	230.00
11	—	606	180.00–190.00	182.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	210.00	210.00
1	—	455	205.00	205.00
1	—	500	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	185.00	185.00
3	—	338	227.00	227.00
3	—	465	195.00–200.00	196.74
10	—	567	187.00–192.00	191.09
6	—	430	205.00–210.00	207.52
4	—	528	190.00–195.00	192.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	200.00	200.00
1	—	535	185.00	185.00
1	—	470	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	197.00	197.00
1	—	780	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	187.00	187.00
2	—	578	195.00	195.00
3	—	515	200.00–202.00	201.31
8	—	440	212.00–222.00	213.26
13	—	497	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	250.00	250.00
2	—	725	227.00–230.00	228.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	217.00–222.00	218.64
1	—	545	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	117.00	117.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,195	86.00–92.00	89.58
3	—	1,285	93.00–95.00	93.68
11	—	1,193	81.00–85.00	83.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,600	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,495	85.00	85.00

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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