Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: To few replacement cattle to trend. Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $358.02/cwt on 13 head, down $9.43 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 26 comparable sales and sits −27.48 against this barn's trailing median of $385.50.

Average price

$358.02

▼ 9.43 vs prior sale

13 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$32.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.54

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	375.77	2,042	6thin
Medium and Large 2	531	342.81	1,822	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.96/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale13 hd

358.02

—

AL average16 barns · 371 hd

349.48

+8.54

This barn, trailing median26 sales

385.50

−27.48

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	1,674	189.83	3,178	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	165.50	2,069	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	164.28	2,382	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	926	156.58	1,450	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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,000	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	—	—	1,725	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,364	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	889	158.22/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,407	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,613	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,149	1
Bulls	—	—	1,598	182.07/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,909	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	313.53/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	332.58/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	392.18/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	370.00/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	449.96/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	395.51/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,902	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	434.98/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	409.94/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	302.56/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	350.07/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,271	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	317.65/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,201	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	315.10/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	271.53/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	372.50/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	315.26/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	328.19/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,713	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	164.28/cwt	161.00–166.00	2,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	387.51/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	369.90/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	313.05/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,104	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	353.83/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	337.57/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,445	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	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 Aug 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 122Last week 371Year ago 354

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 24Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 5Year ago 2

Compared to one week ago: To few replacement cattle to trend. Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,725	195.00	195.00
2	—	1,598	180.00–185.00	182.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	889	155.00–160.00	158.22
1	—	1,075	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,165	170.00	170.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,450	161.00–166.00	164.28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	375.00–410.00	392.18
2	300–350	335	355.00–385.00	370.00
3	350–400	363	345.00–355.00	350.07
6	400–450	428	330.00–350.00	337.57
2	450–500	455	325.00–340.00	332.58
3	500–550	522	325.00–335.00	328.19
3	550–600	567	305.00–330.00	313.53
2	600–650	615	300.00–305.00	302.56
1	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	378	310.00–325.00	317.65
3	450–500	480	310.00–320.00	315.10
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	370	460.00	460.00
5	400–450	411	445.00–455.00	449.96
8	450–500	481	385.00–420.00	395.51
2	500–550	508	385.00–390.00	387.51
4	550–600	561	365.00–385.00	369.90
4	650–700	672	310.00–322.50	313.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	430.00–440.00	434.98
2	400–450	410	405.00–415.00	409.94
2	450–500	465	370.00–375.00	372.50
5	500–550	516	335.00–365.00	353.83
2	550–600	570	300.00–330.00	315.26
3	600–650	612	260.00–290.00	271.53

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00

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

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle