Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with moderate to good 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 $238.70/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −146.80 against this barn's trailing median of $385.50.

Average price

$238.70

14 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$28.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	257.65	1,357	4thin
Medium and Large 2	539	234.99	1,266	3thin
Medium and Large 3	541	229.47	1,241	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.18/cwt here — about $116 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 sale14 hd

238.70

—

AL average14 barns · 342 hd

237.19

+1.51

This barn, trailing median26 sales

385.50

−146.80

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	1,609	132.97	2,139	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,341	113.27	1,519	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,288	107.54	1,385	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,126	89.81	1,011	5thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,300	3thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	650–700	657	211.68/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	278.92/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,183	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	225.68/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,180	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	193.52/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,399	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	232.54/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,219	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	225.37/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,269	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	266.32/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,111	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	268.19/cwt	267.00–272.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	253.57/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,199	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,387	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	214.73/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,327	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	604	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,256	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	1
Bulls	—	—	1,453	129.96/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,888	3
Bulls	—	—	2,075	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,947	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,069	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,385	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	93.02/cwt	92.00–95.00	966	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	114.91/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,609	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	291.05/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,265	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	828	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	232.49/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,286	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	224.37/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,375	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	225.04/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,640	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	262.86/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,343	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	107.52/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	228.45/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	234.04/cwt	232.00–240.00	990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	217.80/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,148	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,274	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 311Last week 380Year ago 476

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 30Year ago 68

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	287.00–295.00	291.05
8	400–450	424	275.00–285.00	278.92
4	450–500	474	267.00–272.00	268.19
1	500–550	510	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	553	230.00–235.00	232.49
8	600–650	613	220.00–225.00	224.37
3	650–700	657	210.00–215.00	211.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
3	400–450	417	262.00–270.00	266.32
9	450–500	473	250.00–260.00	253.57
4	500–550	524	230.00–235.00	232.54
3	550–600	563	222.00–227.00	225.37
4	600–650	618	210.00–217.00	214.73
4	700–750	723	192.00–195.00	193.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	287.00	287.00
3	500–550	512	257.00–275.00	262.86
1	550–600	570	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
3	500–550	523	222.00–230.00	225.68
3	550–600	575	220.00	220.00
9	600–650	604	208.00	208.00
1	650–700	695	207.00	207.00
1	700–750	705	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	450	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	555	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	610	220.00–230.00	225.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	232.00–240.00	234.04
2	450–500	475	227.00–230.00	228.45
6	500–550	527	215.00–220.00	217.80
1	600–650	610	202.00	202.00
1	700–750	700	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	490	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	590	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	710	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	292.00	292.00
1	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	828	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	656	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,453	129.00–132.00	129.96
1	—	2,075	142.00	142.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	85.00	85.00
3	—	1,038	92.00–95.00	93.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	105.00–110.00	107.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,400	113.00–116.00	114.91
2	—	1,133	107.00–108.00	107.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00

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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Kilpatrick Stockyards

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle