Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2025-06-25

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
256 vs last sale 373 117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
13 vs last sale 19 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade active with light to moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $272.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 69.60 against this barn's trailing median of $341.93.
Average price
$272.33
3 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
25.55
vs AL average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2632272.331,7203thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

15 sales
393359325292median 341.9301/0702/0404/0806/2408/05
Bulls 600–700 lb: high $378.56, low $305.61, median $341.93 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
272.33
AL average12 barns · 99 hd
297.89
−25.55
This barn, trailing median15 sales
341.93
−69.60
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,610185.502,9872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,373163.672,2483thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$3,5002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$2,9001thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400380405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5391
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750705250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7631
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500468337.30/cwt330.00–345.001,5792
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450405340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3771
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450403347.52/cwt345.00–350.001,4012
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568362.42/cwt360.00–365.002,0592
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323369.96/cwt365.00–375.001,1952
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1221
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600588317.49/cwt315.00–320.001,8672
Bulls1,410190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,6791
CowsBoner 80-85%1,480163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,4121
Bulls1,810181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,2761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,515176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,125152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7101
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350335420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4071
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400378394.90/cwt385.00–400.001,4934
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750706277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,9566
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8761
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650615275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6912
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650628280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7582
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400390360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4041
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,7761
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450422377.95/cwt370.00–390.001,59510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 32,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-23,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002

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.