Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2019-06-12

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 12
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 107 vs last sale 400▲ 293 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 53▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower, Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.10/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −67.37 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$132.10
78 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.88
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509136.3869426
Medium and Large 2497130.9665047
Medium and Large 3514120.606205thin
One grade step is worth $15.78/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale78 hd
132.10
—
AL average16 barns · 1,474 hd
126.22
+5.88
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−67.37
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
Bulls—Average1,55979.611,2418thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49559.008821thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15254.3762619
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06748.835215thin

Every lot

47 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2523141.04/cwt140.00–142.007382
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325145.99/cwt145.00–147.004744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425135.36/cwt132.00–140.0057511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430130.41/cwt130.00–132.005615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440122.00/cwt122.00–122.005371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460131.99/cwt130.00–135.006076
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465118.00/cwt118.00–118.005491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482125.66/cwt125.00–127.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525123.63/cwt122.00–127.006493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531118.49/cwt117.00–120.006294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568116.02/cwt115.00–117.006594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577121.59/cwt120.00–122.007025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628110.00/cwt110.00–110.006912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680105.00/cwt105.00–105.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273164.74/cwt162.00–167.004503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323155.00/cwt155.00–155.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325162.33/cwt160.00–167.005283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365155.50/cwt155.00–157.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2366149.26/cwt147.00–150.005464
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413148.23/cwt145.00–150.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433137.94/cwt135.00–142.005973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455138.52/cwt137.00–140.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475131.13/cwt127.00–135.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521122.22/cwt120.00–125.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007092
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525118.00/cwt118.00–118.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2553124.13/cwt120.00–125.0068627
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563128.49/cwt127.00–130.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621121.89/cwt120.00–127.007577
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007922
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24075.65/cwt75.00–76.009383
Bulls——1,68881.23/cwt78.00–83.001,3714
Bulls——2,00085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,7001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06748.83/cwt48.00–51.005215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13649.70/cwt48.00–51.005654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14854.66/cwt52.00–58.0062712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18859.46/cwt59.00–61.007063
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49559.00/cwt59.00–59.008821

This sale against other markets

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.