Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady, lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.01/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −119.05 against this barn's trailing median of $379.07.

Average price

$260.01

20 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,395

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$21.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.94

vs AL average

−7.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	261.07	1,403	19thin
Medium and Large 3	515	240.00	1,236	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.07/cwt here — about $167 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.62, low $312.36, median $379.07 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 sale20 hd

260.01

—

AL average9 barns · 276 hd

254.07

+5.94

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−7.61

This barn, trailing median26 sales

379.07

−119.05

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	1,388	147.50	2,047	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,220	128.12	1,562	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,442	120.33	1,735	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	969	110.75	1,073	4thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$950	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,164	3thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	—	1,260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,701	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	134.35/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,734	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,051	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	120.74/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,507	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,188	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	298.48/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	331.71/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,357	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,252	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	342.64/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	286.29/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,182	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	266.68/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,400	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	316.39/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,338	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,434	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,164.00/head	1,117.00–1,250.00	1,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	210.04/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,407	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,029	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,741	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,719	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	127.84/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,459	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	498	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	753	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	335.74/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,403	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,616	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	368.58/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	318.48/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	360.99/cwt	360.00–362.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	320.99/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,059	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	251.44/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,406	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	347.12/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,121	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 May 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 417Year ago 327

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 24Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 9Year ago 23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,515	160.00	160.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	132.00–138.00	134.35
4	—	1,248	118.00–123.00	120.74
6	—	1,141	125.00–129.00	127.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,015	117.00	117.00
2	—	953	108.00	108.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,375	125.00	125.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	340.00–345.00	342.64
1	400–450	440	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	483	297.00–300.00	298.48
1	600–650	645	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	660	247.00	247.00
1	750–800	765	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	365.00	365.00
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	423	312.00–322.00	316.39
1	450–500	470	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	600	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	360.00–375.00	368.58
6	400–450	418	330.00–340.00	335.74
2	450–500	453	315.00–322.00	318.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	347.00	347.00
1	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
3	400–450	413	282.00–292.00	286.29
2	450–500	470	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	365	292.00	292.00
5	400–450	447	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	498	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	515	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	670	205.00–215.00	210.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	360.00–362.00	360.99
2	300–350	323	342.00–352.00	347.12
2	350–400	370	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	400	307.00	307.00
12	500–550	525	260.00–270.00	266.68
7	550–600	559	250.00–260.00	251.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	409	330.00–335.00	331.71
2	450–500	453	320.00–322.00	320.99
2	500–550	510	305.00	305.00
4	550–600	593	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	462	335.00	335.00
15	500–550	501	322.50	322.50
5	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	267.00	267.00
2	750–800	753	225.00	225.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,117.00–1,250.00	1,164.00

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

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