Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.07/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −49.99 against this barn's trailing median of $379.07.

Average price

$329.07

68 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

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

$18.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.34

vs AL average

−34.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	345.02	1,867	9thin
Medium and Large 2	567	326.64	1,851	59

One grade step is worth $18.37/cwt here — about $16 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale68 hd

329.07

—

AL average14 barns · 482 hd

329.41

−0.34

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−34.89

This barn, trailing median26 sales

379.07

−49.99

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	1,505	166.81	2,510	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	154.19	1,802	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,397	153.00	2,137	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	119.56	1,390	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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,925	4thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1	450–500	465	362.10/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,684	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	329.95/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,907	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	249.91/cwt	245.00–255.00	2,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,243	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	349.95/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	338.03/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	324.98/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,706	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	321.60/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	298.35/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,020	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	329.68/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,685	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	338.32/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	355.87/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	325.20/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,928	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,857	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	119.56/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,390	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,986	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,555	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,255	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,870	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	154.32/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,785	7
Bulls	—	—	1,480	169.01/cwt	166.00–172.00	2,501	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,925.00/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,925	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	269.97/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	312.97/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,775	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,918	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	159.28/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,787	3
Bulls	—	—	1,615	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,923	1
Bulls	—	—	1,470	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	662	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,185	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	338.33/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,912	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	378.24/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,399	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,095	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	380.03/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	318.16/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,992	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	322.26/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,523	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	296.68/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,086	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	310.01/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,978	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	399.79/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	377.53/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	407.83/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,565	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	348.36/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,843	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,715	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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 409Last week 337Year ago 385

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 39Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 11Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	375.00–380.00	377.53
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	465	355.00–365.00	362.10
6	500–550	529	340.00–350.00	348.36
3	550–600	565	335.00–345.00	338.33
3	600–650	638	305.00–315.00	310.01
3	700–750	703	290.00–300.00	296.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	700–750	701	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	365.00	365.00
6	400–450	428	350.00–360.00	355.87
6	450–500	475	335.00–340.00	338.32
19	500–550	511	320.00–335.00	329.68
40	550–600	593	315.00–326.00	325.20
1	650–700	650	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	735	265.00–275.00	269.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	662	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	430.00	430.00
10	600–650	629	395.00–420.00	407.83
2	650–700	680	375.00	375.00
10	750–800	783	320.00–322.50	322.26
5	850–900	883	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	555	377.50	377.50
4	600–650	608	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	677	320.00–325.00	321.60
1	750–800	760	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	800	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	365	395.00–410.00	399.79
2	400–450	428	375.00–385.00	380.03
2	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
4	500–550	525	340.00–355.00	349.95
4	550–600	578	325.00–335.00	329.95
8	600–650	626	310.00–320.00	318.16
1	650–700	680	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	750	265.00	265.00
2	800–850	830	245.00–255.00	249.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	420.00	420.00
1	300–350	320	390.00	390.00
3	350–400	370	375.00–380.00	378.24
1	400–450	425	345.00	345.00
5	450–500	461	335.00–340.00	338.03
4	500–550	525	320.00–330.00	324.98
5	550–600	567	310.00–320.00	312.97
5	600–650	609	305.00	305.00
3	650–700	677	295.00–300.00	298.35
1	700–750	705	292.50	292.50
2	750–800	760	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	117.00–121.00	119.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	157.00	157.00
1	—	1,670	153.00	153.00
1	—	1,255	149.00	149.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,157	150.00–156.00	154.32
1	—	1,390	138.00	138.00
3	—	1,122	158.00–160.00	159.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,480	166.00–172.00	169.01
1	—	1,615	181.00	181.00
1	—	1,470	146.00	146.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00

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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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

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