Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade active with very 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 $331.91/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −53.60 against this barn's trailing median of $385.50.

Average price

$331.91

26 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$24.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.81

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	338.72	1,900	12thin
Medium and Large 2	531	337.81	1,794	7thin
Medium and Large 3	544	314.33	1,709	7thin

One grade step is worth $24.38/cwt here — about $191 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

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 sale26 hd

331.91

—

AL average15 barns · 315 hd

318.10

+13.81

This barn, trailing median26 sales

385.50

−53.60

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	1,723	171.60	2,956	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	139.72	1,663	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,603	133.19	2,135	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	961	117.65	1,131	12

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)	—	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,480	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,463	7

Every lot, as filed

66 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	250–300	263	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	337.81/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,794	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	410.24/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	383.04/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,467	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	305.38/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	283.06/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	337.48/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,394	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	303.36/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	375.00/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	388.33/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	262.52/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	307.52/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	317.06/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	111.36/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,065	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	123.76/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,174	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	117.82/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,153	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	133.19/cwt	131.00–135.00	2,135	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	130.52/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,573	4
Bulls	—	—	1,858	171.33/cwt	170.00–173.00	3,183	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,480.00/head	1,480.00–1,480.00	1,480	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,462.86/head	1,369.00–1,594.00	1,463	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	334.76/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,583	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	144.36/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,686	8
Bulls	—	—	1,195	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,936	1
Bulls	—	—	1,845	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,358	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	139.67/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,694	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	304	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	260	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	367.50/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	305.05/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	393.84/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,237	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	331.37/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,939	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	370	397.53/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	330.68/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	337.90/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	302.53/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	349.00/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	388.27/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	439.88/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	361.30/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,041	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 Apr 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 184Last week 343Year ago 216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 36Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 12Year ago 49

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	263	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	413	330.00–340.00	337.48
1	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
4	500–550	514	300.00–312.00	305.38
5	550–600	570	275.00–290.00	283.06
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	410.00	410.00
4	300–350	314	390.00–400.00	393.84
5	350–400	383	375.00–390.00	383.04
7	400–450	411	350.00–370.00	361.30
7	450–500	472	330.00–350.00	337.90
7	500–550	523	330.00–335.00	330.68
2	550–600	578	300.00–305.00	302.53
1	750–800	785	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
3	500–550	517	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	595	275.00	275.00
2	600–650	625	260.00–265.00	262.52
2	650–700	673	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	395.00–400.00	397.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	340	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	377	405.00–420.00	410.24
3	400–450	433	385.00–390.00	388.33
3	450–500	458	370.00–380.00	375.00
7	500–550	531	330.00–340.00	337.81
3	600–650	633	300.00–305.00	303.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	440	360.00–375.00	367.50
2	450–500	473	330.00–340.00	334.76
5	500–550	529	310.00–335.00	317.06
2	550–600	580	305.00–310.00	307.52
2	600–650	625	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	685	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	740	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	500.00	500.00
5	300–350	304	510.00	510.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	425.00–455.00	439.88
2	400–450	408	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	458	385.00–395.00	388.27
5	500–550	527	345.00–355.00	349.00
7	550–600	585	330.00–340.00	331.37
3	600–650	638	300.00–315.00	305.05
3	750–800	762	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	455.00	455.00
1	450–500	475	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	510	380.00	380.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	956	109.00–113.00	111.36
4	—	949	122.00–125.00	123.76
4	—	979	116.00–120.00	117.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,603	131.00–135.00	133.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,205	128.00–133.00	130.52
8	—	1,168	142.00–149.00	144.36
5	—	1,213	136.00–141.00	139.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,858	170.00–173.00	171.33
1	—	1,195	162.00	162.00
1	—	1,845	182.00	182.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,480.00	1,480.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,369.00–1,594.00	1,462.86

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

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