Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.76/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 6 of 26 comparable sales and sits −31.30 against this barn's trailing median of $379.07.

Average price

$347.76

98 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$379

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

$48.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.96

vs AL average

+7.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	576	357.00	2,056	76
Medium and Large 1	535	321.06	1,716	13thin
Medium and Large 2	544	308.31	1,677	9thin

One grade step is worth $48.69/cwt here — about $379 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 sale98 hd

347.76

—

AL average10 barns · 310 hd

329.80

+17.96

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+7.88

This barn, trailing median26 sales

379.07

−31.30

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	1,780	189.00	3,364	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	156.14	2,014	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,882	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	154.40/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,061	2
Bulls	—	—	1,780	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,364	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	162.45/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	424.97/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	323.38/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,704	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	298.35/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	302.42/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	359.91/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,501	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	327.52/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	333.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,736	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	442.01/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	374.39/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,778	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	424.06/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,056	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	337.94/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	287.47/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	320.06/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	302.43/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	405.31/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,297	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	350.15/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	402.41/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,690	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	324.91/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	313.01/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	431.59/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	373.93/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,410	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	313.33/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,755	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	337.14/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,429	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	354.76/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,345	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	312.46/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,797	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	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 May 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 322Last week 321Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 22Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	147.00	147.00
2	—	1,335	153.00–156.00	154.40
2	—	1,250	160.00–165.00	162.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	189.00	189.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	300	455.00	455.00
5	350–400	379	435.00–450.00	442.01
6	400–450	419	420.00–440.00	424.97
7	450–500	475	360.00–390.00	374.39
4	500–550	520	330.00–340.00	333.88
2	550–600	560	325.00–330.00	327.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	410.00–430.00	424.06
8	400–450	420	395.00–410.00	402.41
5	450–500	472	345.00–355.00	350.15
5	500–550	518	315.00–325.00	320.06
2	550–600	575	310.00–315.00	312.46
2	600–650	625	300.00–305.00	302.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	540.00	540.00
1	250–300	255	500.00	500.00
3	300–350	308	425.00–445.00	431.59
5	350–400	377	370.00–380.00	373.93
7	400–450	417	350.00–370.00	359.91
5	450–500	470	335.00–340.00	337.94
10	500–550	527	320.00–330.00	323.38
3	550–600	560	310.00–315.00	313.33
3	600–650	622	295.00–300.00	298.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	550–600	576	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	400.00–410.00	405.31
6	350–400	379	350.00–360.00	354.76
7	400–450	424	330.00–340.00	337.14
6	450–500	467	320.00–330.00	324.91
5	500–550	523	310.00–315.00	313.01
4	550–600	570	300.00–305.00	302.43
4	600–650	613	285.00–290.00	287.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	350	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	490	390.00	390.00

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	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle