Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle to few to trend. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with very good 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 $303.20/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −75.86 against this barn's trailing median of $379.07.

Average price

$303.20

97 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$55.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.60

vs AL average

−1.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	311.00	1,642	72
Medium and Large 1	534	299.54	1,600	12thin
Medium and Large 2	541	272.36	1,473	6thin
Medium and Large 3	546	255.71	1,395	7thin

One grade step is worth $55.29/cwt here — about $247 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

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 sale97 hd

303.20

—

AL average6 barns · 207 hd

281.61

+21.60

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−1.22

This barn, trailing median26 sales

379.07

−75.86

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	1,442	155.00	2,235	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	141.00	1,741	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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,925	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	299.73/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,592	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	339.32/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	320.62/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,892	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	312.45/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,959	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	290.91/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	315.97/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	286.52/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	277.49/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,642	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	274.01/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,929	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	294.91/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	369.88/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,358	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,741	1
Bulls	—	—	1,300	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,898	1
Bulls	—	—	1,530	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,463	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,362	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	292.43/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	252.43/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,694	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	367.46/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	235.96/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	310.96/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	268.78/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,623	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	321.12/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	260.99/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,409	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	235.97/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	278.04/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	297.77/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,414	5

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 Jan 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 273Last week 721Year ago 965

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 38Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 42Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	425	310.00–312.00	310.96
5	450–500	475	290.00–302.00	297.77
4	500–550	526	275.00–285.00	278.04
1	550–600	590	267.00	267.00
1	600–650	640	247.00	247.00
2	650–700	673	232.00–240.00	235.96
1	700–750	710	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	413	317.00–325.00	321.12
5	450–500	464	310.00–320.00	315.97
9	500–550	531	290.00–307.00	299.73
2	550–600	560	285.00–300.00	292.43
19	600–650	604	260.00–270.00	268.78
12	650–700	671	250.00–260.00	252.43
1	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	500–550	528	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
5	500–550	540	260.00–265.00	260.99
2	550–600	560	242.50	242.50
2	600–650	610	232.00–240.00	235.97
1	650–700	670	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	425	360.00–375.00	369.88
7	500–550	528	325.00–345.00	339.32
15	550–600	590	315.00–321.00	320.62
4	600–650	627	305.00–315.00	312.45
2	650–700	665	287.00–295.00	290.91
15	700–750	704	260.00–275.00	274.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	390.00	390.00
2	550–600	570	290.00–300.00	294.91
3	600–650	613	280.00–290.00	286.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	593	275.00–280.00	277.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	423	365.00–370.00	367.46
1	500–550	510	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	500	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	605	262.00	262.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	141.00	141.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,530	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,495	158.00	158.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,925.00	1,925.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle