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Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 7

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

435 head

▲ 54 vs last sale 381▲ 106 vs year ago 329 · +32.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 31▼ 1 vs year ago 27 · −3.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Not enough replacement cattle to trend this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $343.71/cwt on 31 head, up $0.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −38.43 against this barn's trailing median of $382.14.

Average price

$343.71

▲ 0.73 vs prior sale

31 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$45.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.91

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	361.28	1,949	19thin
Medium and Large 2	546	315.90	1,724	12thin

One grade step is worth $45.38/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

343.71

—

AL average16 barns · 487 hd

341.80

+1.91

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.14

−38.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.26, low $314.46, median $382.14 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,719	161.19	2,771	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	141.35	1,815	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,418	140.20	1,988	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,130	118.85	1,343	7thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,787	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,920	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	407	424.96/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,730	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,924	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,876	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	503	351.47/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,768	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	382.43/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,008	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	372.97/cwt	355.00–381.00	2,133	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	328.70/cwt	317.50–347.50	1,910	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	318.70/cwt	312.50–335.00	2,024	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	317.47/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,073	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	759	304.64/cwt	300.00–307.50	2,312	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	340.29/cwt	330.00–350.00	878	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	310.27/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,018	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	336.27/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,127	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	336.54/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,275	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	307.95/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,275	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	328.65/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,364	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	297.67/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,408	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	327.60/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,605	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	512	291.71/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,494	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	319.11/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,663	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	318.09/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,807	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	315.77/cwt	295.00–327.50	1,942	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	268.33/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,664	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	308.79/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,053	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	277.53/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,048	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,440	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	293	455.04/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,333	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,460	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,425	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	402.07/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,476	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	446.62/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,719	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	425.06/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,755	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	375.60/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,585	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	384.89/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,763	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	357.62/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,681	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	376.46/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,965	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	322.05/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,694	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	344.41/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,925	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	303.59/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,776	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	319.68/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,982	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	297.80/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,855	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	303.20/cwt	285.00–315.50	2,038	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	684	278.01/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,902	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	293.20/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,082	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,478	154.18/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,279	2
Bulls	—	—	1,960	168.20/cwt	165.00–171.00	3,297	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	113.01/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,254	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	126.64/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,465	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	150.04/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,910	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	137.01/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,766	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,362	140.33/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,911	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,370	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,781	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,453	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 Oct 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 435Last week 381Year ago 329

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 31Year ago 27

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Not enough replacement cattle to trend this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	330.00–350.00	340.29
3	300–350	335	330.00–350.00	336.27
7	350–400	379	325.00–350.00	336.54
10	400–450	415	320.00–340.00	328.65
26	450–500	490	315.00–335.00	327.60
6	500–550	521	315.00–330.00	319.11
4	550–600	568	315.00–322.50	318.09
12	600–650	615	295.00–327.50	315.77
4	650–700	665	300.00–320.00	308.79
2	700–750	738	275.00–280.00	277.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	305.00–325.00	310.27
7	400–450	414	300.00–315.00	307.95
8	450–500	473	285.00–305.00	297.67
3	500–550	512	285.00–300.00	291.71
1	550–600	580	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	620	260.00–275.00	268.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	600.00	600.00
2	250–300	295	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	300	475.00	475.00
3	350–400	385	440.00–450.00	446.62
8	400–450	413	415.00–435.00	425.06
6	450–500	458	370.00–405.00	384.89
10	500–550	522	350.00–400.00	376.46
9	550–600	559	330.00–350.00	344.41
2	600–650	620	310.00–330.00	319.68
5	650–700	672	285.00–315.50	303.20
3	700–750	710	280.00–300.00	293.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	450.00–460.00	455.04
5	350–400	367	385.00–415.00	402.07
6	400–450	422	360.00–395.00	375.60
13	450–500	470	335.00–365.00	357.62
8	500–550	526	315.00–340.00	322.05
4	550–600	585	280.00–320.00	303.59
15	600–650	623	285.00–305.00	297.80
5	650–700	684	275.00–280.00	278.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	555.00	555.00
1	400–450	400	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	458	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	525	380.00–385.00	382.43
9	550–600	572	355.00–381.00	372.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	407	415.00–430.00	424.96
13	450–500	484	387.50	387.50
7	500–550	503	342.50–365.00	351.47
8	550–600	581	317.50–347.50	328.70
8	600–650	635	312.50–335.00	318.70
2	650–700	653	310.00–325.00	317.47
1	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
8	750–800	759	300.00–307.50	304.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,289	135.00–142.00	137.01
2	—	1,273	145.00–156.00	150.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,362	140.00–141.00	140.33
1	—	1,635	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,370	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	111.00–115.00	113.01
3	—	1,157	120.00–135.00	126.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,960	165.00–171.00	168.20
2	—	1,478	153.00–156.00	154.18

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.