Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, lightweight feeder heifers sold sharply higher, heavyweight feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Trade active with 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 $257.51/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$257.51

98 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,307

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$28.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.12

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	261.43	1,386	49
Medium and Large 2	481	255.46	1,230	45
Medium and Large 3	525	232.50	1,221	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.93/cwt here — about $166 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 sale98 hd

257.51

—

AL average14 barns · 1,931 hd

252.39

+5.12

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	—	Low	1,565	119.00	1,862	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	107.81	1,421	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,363	105.91	1,444	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,103	102.40	1,129	2thin

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 2	—	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	295.87/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,266	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	263.62/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,389	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	280.46/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,338	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	244.85/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	257.50/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	671	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	252.06/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,162	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	273.83/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,679	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	313.69/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	299.95/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,242	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	252.32/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,299	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	367.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	308.14/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,636	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	275.66/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,276	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	296.34/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,105	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	222.48/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	231.55/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	248.73/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,375	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	266.03/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,503	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	298.11/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,377	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	281.65/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,448	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	233.51/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	243.69/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,411	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	327.53/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,179	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	253.30/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	310.96/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,294	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	278.69/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,182	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	239.86/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,245	10
Bulls	—	—	1,405	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,630	1
Bulls	—	—	1,725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	2,105	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	105.91/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,444	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	102.40/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,129	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	106.26/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,431	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	112.45/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,387	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 Feb 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 543Last week 1,060Year ago 400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 34Year ago 82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	225.00	225.00
10	—	428	290.00–300.00	295.87
7	—	527	260.00–270.00	263.62
1	—	640	235.00	235.00
1	—	350	320.00	320.00
12	—	477	275.00–285.00	280.46
4	—	553	245.00–250.00	248.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	260.00–275.00	266.03
8	—	462	290.00–305.00	298.11
8	—	514	275.00–290.00	281.65
2	—	360	325.00–330.00	327.53
3	—	607	250.00–260.00	253.30
10	—	416	305.00–315.00	310.96
1	—	335	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	240.00–250.00	244.85
13	—	613	270.00–277.00	273.83
2	—	555	285.00	285.00
2	—	380	365.00–370.00	367.50
13	—	531	306.00–310.00	308.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	250.00–265.00	257.50
1	—	675	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	671	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	461	245.00–260.00	252.06
4	—	373	290.00–300.00	296.34
4	—	640	220.00–225.00	222.48
2	—	335	305.00	305.00
5	—	565	228.00–235.00	231.55
8	—	424	275.00–285.00	278.69
10	—	519	235.00–245.00	239.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	310.00–320.00	313.69
6	—	414	290.00–310.00	299.95
6	—	515	250.00–255.00	252.32
7	—	463	270.00–285.00	275.66
1	—	375	307.00	307.00
2	—	630	232.00–235.00	233.51
13	—	579	240.00–244.00	243.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	240.00	240.00
3	—	535	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	116.00	116.00
1	—	1,725	122.00	122.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	103.00–109.00	105.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	101.00–104.00	102.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,347	104.00–108.00	106.26
2	—	1,233	112.00–113.00	112.45

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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