Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-11-15

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Nov 15
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
213 vs last sale 476 32 vs year ago 231 · +13.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
44 vs last sale 68 2 vs year ago 22 · +9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 higher, market lightly tested. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $217.03/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +17.56 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$217.03
33 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.24
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478220.471,0559thin
Medium and Large 2474215.741,02324
One grade step is worth $4.73/cwt here — about $32 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 sale33 hd
217.03
AL average16 barns · 1,377 hd
216.79
+0.24
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
+17.56
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
BullsLow1,609108.641,7487thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34092.331,2373thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38787.671,2163thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94082.007711thin

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)$9601thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 2423219.63/cwt217.00–222.009294
BullsMedium and Large 2367245.00/cwt245.00–245.008996
BullsMedium and Large 2531204.20/cwt200.00–205.001,0846
BullsMedium and Large 2457209.01/cwt207.00–210.009553
BullsMedium and Large 1428231.12/cwt227.00–235.009892
BullsMedium and Large 2670185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 2560185.99/cwt185.00–187.001,0422
HeifersMedium and Large 1410212.53/cwt210.00–215.008712
HeifersMedium and Large 1528201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,0612
HeifersMedium and Large 2400203.50/cwt202.00–205.008144
BullsMedium and Large 2708165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1682
BullsMedium and Large 1315265.00/cwt265.00–265.008351
SteersMedium and Large 2430247.44/cwt245.00–250.001,0642
HeifersMedium and Large 2633180.99/cwt180.00–182.001,1462
HeifersMedium and Large 2463200.99/cwt200.00–202.009314
HeifersMedium and Large 2519195.05/cwt192.00–197.001,0125
BullsMedium and Large 1555205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1382
BullsMedium and Large 2285262.00/cwt262.00–262.007471
BullsMedium and Large 1523210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0983
BullsMedium and Large 1455217.00/cwt217.00–217.009871
BullsMedium and Large 2555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
HeifersMedium and Large 1480205.00/cwt205.00–205.009841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2960.00/head960.00–960.009601
Bulls1,584106.39/cwt104.00–109.001,6854
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12585.00/cwt85.00–85.009561
Bulls1,642111.65/cwt111.00–113.001,8333
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2912
CowsLean 85-90%94082.00/cwt82.00–82.007711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,2371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,56599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,5491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0711

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.