Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2019-06-26

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 26
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 293▲ 274 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 42▲ 27 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 sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.32/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −64.15 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$135.32
48 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.78
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448142.2563723
Medium and Large 2472129.7161221
Medium and Large 3453125.005664thin
One grade step is worth $17.25/cwt here — about $71 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 sale48 hd
135.32
—
AL average16 barns · 1,186 hd
126.54
+8.78
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−64.15
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—Average1,84578.001,4391thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18156.7867114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26556.007081thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305175.00/cwt175.00–175.005341
Steers—Medium and Large 2370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 2455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 2770117.00/cwt117.00–117.009011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305142.00/cwt142.00–142.004331
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365127.00/cwt127.00–127.004641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373137.48/cwt137.00–138.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384133.71/cwt130.00–135.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416125.30/cwt122.00–128.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423131.77/cwt130.00–135.005576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459129.28/cwt125.00–130.005937
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473119.99/cwt118.00–122.005683
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490115.00/cwt115.00–115.005641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515121.35/cwt120.00–124.006253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525112.32/cwt110.00–115.005903
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568110.51/cwt108.00–112.006284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610112.98/cwt112.00–115.006893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620107.00/cwt107.00–107.006631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275170.00/cwt170.00–170.004681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328164.96/cwt160.00–170.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366158.65/cwt155.00–165.005814
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383146.33/cwt145.00–147.005603
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423132.30/cwt130.00–137.005606
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430143.37/cwt140.00–145.006163
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445127.00/cwt127.00–127.005651
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455118.00/cwt118.00–118.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465135.72/cwt135.00–140.006317
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490127.26/cwt122.00–130.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503133.34/cwt130.00–135.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528122.00/cwt122.00–122.006443
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2553118.49/cwt117.00–120.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%98851.52/cwt51.00–52.005092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20655.88/cwt54.00–58.006749
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23563.00/cwt60.00–65.007783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26556.00/cwt56.00–56.007081

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.