Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with high yielding bulls up to 180.00 cwt. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady. Market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −113.40 against this barn's trailing median of $379.07.

Average price

$265.67

3 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$44.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.82

vs AL average

−32.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	295.00	1,549	1thin
Medium and Large 3	540	251.00	1,355	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $193 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 sale3 hd

265.67

—

AL average15 barns · 150 hd

261.85

+3.82

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−32.16

This barn, trailing median26 sales

379.07

−113.40

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	—	Average	1,787	162.80	2,908	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	132.00	1,571	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,087	118.33	1,286	3thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,750	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,680	7

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	286.10/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	361.51/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	332.50/cwt	330.00–335.00	914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	322.46/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,412	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	354.73/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	297.46/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	325.21/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,359	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,531	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	115.00/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,171	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,571	1
Bulls	—	—	1,688	161.60/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,728	2
Bulls	—	—	1,630	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,478	1
Bulls	—	—	2,140	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	371.60/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,182	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	290.16/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	294.77/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,262	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	495	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	261.31/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,352	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,679.57/head	1,583.00–1,780.00	1,680	7

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 Feb 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 91Last week 199Year ago 543

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 13Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	330.00–335.00	332.50
1	350–400	360	307.00	307.00
2	400–450	410	282.00–290.00	286.10
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	755	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	345.00	345.00
1	300–350	300	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
3	400–450	428	292.00–300.00	294.77
2	450–500	475	285.00–295.00	290.16
1	600–650	610	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	440	275.00	275.00
3	450–500	473	260.00–262.00	261.31
1	500–550	530	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	550	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	495	302.00	302.00
1	500–550	525	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	365.00	365.00
2	400–450	438	320.00–325.00	322.46
1	600–650	610	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	365	320.00–330.00	325.21
1	450–500	495	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	530	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	370.00–375.00	371.60
2	350–400	375	350.00–360.00	354.73
1	400–450	440	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	725	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	355.00–370.00	361.51
1	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	295.00–300.00	297.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,018	113.00–117.00	115.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	132.00	132.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	160.00–163.00	161.60
1	—	1,630	152.00	152.00
1	—	2,140	176.00	176.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,750.00	1,750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,583.00–1,780.00	1,679.57

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

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