Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. All feeder classes sold sharply lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $248.59/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −136.92 against this barn's trailing median of $385.50.

Average price

$248.59

16 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,369

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$27.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.33

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	267.48	1,464	4thin
Medium and Large 2	573	246.45	1,412	4thin
Medium and Large 3	541	240.21	1,300	8thin

One grade step is worth $27.26/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale16 hd

248.59

—

AL average13 barns · 268 hd

241.26

+7.33

This barn, trailing median26 sales

385.50

−136.92

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	1,479	163.83	2,423	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,072	137.86	1,478	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	875	107.00	936	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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,080	4thin

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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,079.75/head	957.00–1,262.00	1,080	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	218	293.70/cwt	290.00–297.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	1
Bulls	—	—	1,430	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,217	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	225.95/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,498	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	236.00/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	286.03/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,073	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	300.16/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	321.03/cwt	320.00–322.00	995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	274.95/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	293.53/cwt	290.00–297.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	260.99/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	247.40/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,153	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	254.57/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,219	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	246.45/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,412	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	230.23/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,319	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	306.12/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,010	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	248.46/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,056	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	246.20/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,285	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	273.21/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,270	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	617	208.36/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,286	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	169.66/cwt	168.00–171.00	2,842	2
Bulls	—	—	1,135	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,827	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	936	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	143.76/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,550	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	129.51/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,379	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	136.14/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,455	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 Aug 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 125Last week 339Year ago 217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 34Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	957.00–1,262.00	1,079.75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	322.00	322.00
2	300–350	330	302.00–310.00	306.12
5	450–500	479	252.00–257.00	254.57
5	500–550	522	242.00–250.00	246.20
3	550–600	573	227.00–237.00	230.23
3	600–650	617	205.00–210.00	208.36
1	650–700	680	202.00	202.00
1	750–800	750	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	540	270.00–280.00	274.95
2	550–600	555	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	663	222.00–230.00	225.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	332.00	332.00
2	300–350	310	320.00–322.00	321.03
3	350–400	375	295.00–305.00	300.16
5	450–500	465	270.00–277.00	273.21
4	550–600	573	242.00–252.00	246.45
1	600–650	600	222.00	222.00
1	700–750	720	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	290.00–297.00	293.70
1	350–400	375	267.00	267.00
2	400–450	425	247.00–250.00	248.46
1	450–500	460	232.00	232.00
1	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	570	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	312.00	312.00
1	300–350	305	297.00	297.00
2	350–400	375	285.00–287.00	286.03
2	400–450	423	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	580	230.00–240.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	290.00–297.00	293.53
1	300–350	335	287.00	287.00
2	400–450	405	260.00–262.00	260.99
6	450–500	466	242.00–252.00	247.40
1	500–550	510	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,675	168.00–171.00	169.66
1	—	1,135	161.00	161.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	107.00	107.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	142.00–146.00	143.76
2	—	1,065	127.00–132.00	129.51
4	—	1,069	134.00–139.00	136.14

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

Bulls · 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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