Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.18/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$254.18

47 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,177

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

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

$14.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.67

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	449	264.47	1,189	14thin
Medium and Large 2	469	249.82	1,171	33

One grade step is worth $14.66/cwt here — about $17 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 sale47 hd

254.18

—

AL average16 barns · 1,950 hd

240.51

+13.67

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,539	109.28	1,681	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,339	107.37	1,437	5thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	407	287.98/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,172	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	263.34/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	276.52/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,172	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	327.56/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,074	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	297.57/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,086	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	273.97/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,290	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	274.09/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,406	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	248.77/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,450	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	357	318.36/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,137	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	365.21/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	502	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,581	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	483	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	259.95/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,066	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	228.27/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,290	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	289.64/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	803	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	272.45/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,174	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	251.35/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,179	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	236.51/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	263.98/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	233.00/cwt	232.00–234.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	237.64/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,274	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	269.25/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	285.24/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,346	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	257.87/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,374	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,346	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,758	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,616	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	106.61/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,410	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	107.92/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,644	2

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 Jan 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 492Last week 965Year ago 366

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 32Year ago 21

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on 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
3	—	407	285.00–292.00	287.98
3	—	567	260.00–265.00	263.34
2	—	328	320.00–335.00	327.56
4	—	513	265.00–282.00	274.09
3	—	357	315.00–320.00	318.36
5	—	472	282.00–290.00	285.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	270.00–280.00	276.52
4	—	365	295.00–300.00	297.57
4	—	471	270.00–277.00	273.97
4	—	583	245.00–250.00	248.77
2	—	620	235.00–238.00	236.51
6	—	533	255.00–262.00	257.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	360.00–375.00	365.21
1	—	480	307.00	307.00
3	—	525	287.00–295.00	289.64
6	—	614	265.00	265.00
1	—	360	360.00	360.00
1	—	400	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	270.00	270.00
7	—	714	232.00	232.00
1	—	510	275.00	275.00
1	—	420	295.00	295.00
7	—	803	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	502	315.00	315.00
2	—	425	340.00	340.00
2	—	483	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	257.00–262.00	259.95
3	—	565	225.00–230.00	228.27
1	—	340	270.00	270.00
9	—	469	245.00–255.00	251.35
8	—	536	232.00–242.00	237.64
5	—	374	262.00–275.00	269.25
1	—	600	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	240.00	240.00
6	—	431	267.00–275.00	272.45
1	—	365	285.00	285.00
3	—	460	262.00–265.00	263.98
2	—	558	232.00–234.00	233.00
1	—	330	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	102.00	102.00
1	—	1,405	115.00	115.00
3	—	1,323	104.00–109.00	106.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	112.00	112.00
2	—	1,523	107.00–109.00	107.92

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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