Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $248.10/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$248.10

95 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

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

$23.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.32

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	254.04	1,366	71
Medium and Large 2	586	230.50	1,351	24

One grade step is worth $23.54/cwt here — about $16 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 sale95 hd

248.10

—

AL average16 barns · 1,176 hd

234.78

+13.32

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	1,727	104.41	1,803	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	88.50	1,031	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	86.00	1,329	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	82.00	947	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$890	1thin

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 2	—	468	222.43/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,041	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	215.20/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,091	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	232.34/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,004	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	215.32/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	192.52/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,078	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	696	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,476	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,344	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,440	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	202.75/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,170	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	205.53/cwt	202.00–207.00	966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	213.21/cwt	210.00–215.00	887	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	232.56/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	241.74/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,216	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	199.78/cwt	195.00–202.00	1,057	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	224.03/cwt	220.00–227.00	833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	223.36/cwt	220.00–225.00	943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	213.97/cwt	212.00–215.00	978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	205.52/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,083	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	461	234.75/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,082	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	202.48/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,276	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	241.41/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	183.30/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,140	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	890.00/head	890.00–890.00	890	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,937	1
Bulls	—	—	1,685	103.11/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,737	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	995	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	947	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,066	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,329	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 Dec 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 531Last week 263Year ago 664

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 24Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 10Year ago 7

No Trends available. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	220.00–225.00	222.43
5	—	507	210.00–217.00	215.20
6	—	432	225.00–235.00	232.34
1	—	375	242.00	242.00
1	—	585	210.00	210.00
2	—	630	200.00–205.00	202.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	212.00–217.00	215.32
4	—	461	230.00–237.00	234.75
2	—	378	247.00	247.00
3	—	417	237.00–247.00	241.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	190.00–195.00	192.52
5	—	470	202.00–207.00	205.53
6	—	416	210.00–215.00	213.21
5	—	529	195.00–202.00	199.78
3	—	372	220.00–227.00	224.03
3	—	622	180.00–185.00	183.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	577	200.00–206.00	202.75
3	—	422	220.00–225.00	223.36
3	—	457	212.00–215.00	213.97
11	—	527	205.00–208.00	205.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	696	212.00	212.00
1	—	450	247.00	247.00
1	—	430	267.00	267.00
1	—	380	287.00	287.00
2	—	563	230.00–235.00	232.56
8	—	503	240.00–242.00	241.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	517	260.00	260.00
13	—	626	230.00	230.00
1	—	425	287.00	287.00
3	—	570	240.00	240.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	890.00	890.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	107.00	107.00
2	—	1,685	101.00–105.00	103.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,225	87.00	87.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	82.00	82.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	86.00	86.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle