Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to firm, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $264.73/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −120.78 against this barn's trailing median of $385.50.

Average price

$264.73

11 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$15.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	271.96	1,401	6thin
Medium and Large 2	527	256.05	1,349	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.91/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.26, low $346.43, median $385.50 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

264.73

—

AL average13 barns · 166 hd

268.30

−3.57

This barn, trailing median26 sales

385.50

−120.78

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	1,580	127.00	2,007	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,320	124.00	1,637	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	116.08	1,439	6thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,885	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	113.25/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,348	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	121.73/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,631	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,637	1
Bulls	—	—	1,615	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	415	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,699	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	305.24/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,145	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	271.96/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,401	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	330.15/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	316.81/cwt	310.00–320.00	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	286.51/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	267.43/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	314.47/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	257.96/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,212	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	245.68/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	327.47/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	248.50/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	256.05/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,349	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	286.61/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,324	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	293.48/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	273.77/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	238.47/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	233.54/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,537	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	297.02/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,357	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	315.10/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,292	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	295.90/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,228	4

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 Mar 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 229Last week 500Year ago 604

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 38Year ago 34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,615	132.00	132.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,190	109.00–115.00	113.25
2	—	1,340	119.00–124.00	121.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	124.00	124.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	310.00–320.00	316.81
3	350–400	375	302.00–307.00	305.24
6	400–450	420	280.00–295.00	286.51
2	450–500	478	265.00–270.00	267.43
1	500–550	500	257.00	257.00
2	550–600	560	247.00–250.00	248.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	292.00–295.00	293.48
4	400–450	423	270.00–275.00	273.77
5	450–500	470	255.00–260.00	257.96
3	500–550	528	245.00–247.00	245.68
1	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	405	325.00–330.00	327.47
4	450–500	478	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	505	295.00	295.00
9	550–600	581	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	312.00–317.00	314.47
1	500–550	530	290.00	290.00
4	650–700	681	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	320.00–340.00	330.15
6	400–450	410	310.00–320.00	315.10
3	450–500	457	292.00–302.00	297.02
6	500–550	515	265.00–277.00	271.96
2	600–650	635	235.00–242.00	238.47
2	650–700	658	230.00–237.00	233.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	292.00–300.00	295.90
6	450–500	462	280.00–290.00	286.61
5	500–550	527	250.00–260.00	256.05
1	600–650	635	230.00	230.00

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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