Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.06/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −152.01 against this barn's trailing median of $379.07.

Average price

$227.06

17 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$26.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.47

vs AL average

−17.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	246.47	1,279	4thin
Medium and Large 2	545	230.00	1,254	1thin
Medium and Large 3	550	220.35	1,211	12thin

One grade step is worth $26.13/cwt here — about $68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale17 hd

227.06

—

AL average16 barns · 669 hd

223.59

+3.47

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−17.35

This barn, trailing median26 sales

379.07

−152.01

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	—	High	1,594	163.71	2,609	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	137.38	1,657	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,321	136.47	1,803	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	120.78	1,345	14

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,025	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,268	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
Bulls	—	—	1,905	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,315	1
Bulls	—	—	1,330	157.42/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,094	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	3,005	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	138.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,572	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,085	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	116.78/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,255	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	254.59/cwt	252.00–257.00	942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	283.45/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	516	232.99/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,202	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	223.98/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	576	216.71/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,248	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	250.79/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,415	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	255.67/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	242.07/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,150	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	314.52/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,110	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	246.47/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,279	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	289.59/cwt	287.00–292.00	964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	264.64/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	331.85/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	245.65/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	210.09/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	718	183.54/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,318	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	124.90/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,390	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,390	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,724	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	143.95/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,966	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	131.14/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,507	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,271	132.83/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,688	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	137.64/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,776	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,267.75/head	1,203.00–1,310.00	1,268	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1

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 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 328Last week 340Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 29Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 15Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	174.00	174.00
2	—	1,330	155.00–160.00	157.42
1	—	1,810	166.00	166.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,136	135.00–140.00	138.35
4	—	1,366	143.00–145.00	143.95
5	—	1,149	128.00–134.00	131.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	142.00	142.00
4	—	1,271	131.00–134.00	132.83
3	—	1,290	136.00–140.00	137.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,075	115.00–120.00	116.78
6	—	1,113	123.00–126.00	124.90
1	—	1,390	124.00	124.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	252.00–257.00	254.59
3	400–450	413	245.00–247.00	245.65
1	450–500	460	237.00	237.00
6	500–550	523	220.00–227.00	223.98
6	550–600	576	212.00–220.00	216.71
4	600–650	615	200.00–215.00	210.09
1	650–700	665	197.00	197.00
2	700–750	718	180.00–187.00	183.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	287.00–292.00	289.59
3	350–400	387	262.00–267.00	264.64
5	400–450	431	250.00–252.00	250.79
8	450–500	475	240.00–242.50	242.07
1	500–550	545	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	605	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	760	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	307.00	307.00
3	450–500	485	252.00–260.00	255.67
4	500–550	519	242.00–252.00	246.47
7	650–700	674	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	327.00–337.00	331.85
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	255.00	255.00
5	550–600	550	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	400	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	280.00–287.00	283.45
5	500–550	516	232.00–237.00	232.99
1	550–600	555	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	322.00	322.00
2	350–400	353	312.00–317.00	314.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	300.00	300.00

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	—	—	1,203.00–1,310.00	1,267.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00

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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