Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2019-08-21

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Aug 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
360 head
▲ 157 vs last sale 203▲ 360 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 25▲ 14 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 market lightly tested. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 $134.32/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −65.15 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$134.32
41 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.16
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452142.6364516thin
Medium and Large 2470129.6160920
Medium and Large 3432126.605475thin
One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about $98 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 sale41 hd
134.32
—
AL average15 barns · 1,143 hd
123.17
+11.16
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−65.15
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—Average1,37478.511,0784thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30651.106674thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305177.00/cwt177.00–177.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1418163.48/cwt160.00–167.006832
Steers—Medium and Large 1610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1403128.49/cwt127.00–130.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413122.24/cwt120.00–125.005054
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445118.00/cwt118.00–118.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465125.99/cwt125.00–127.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473119.20/cwt117.00–122.005645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513123.50/cwt120.00–127.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526114.74/cwt112.00–117.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565112.00/cwt112.00–112.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567118.38/cwt115.00–120.006713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308168.53/cwt165.00–172.005192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365138.00/cwt138.00–138.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375159.00/cwt157.00–160.005963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382148.36/cwt145.00–150.005673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410149.76/cwt145.00–152.006144
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423138.35/cwt135.00–140.005856
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458133.98/cwt133.00–135.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470122.41/cwt120.00–125.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510128.47/cwt127.00–130.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520117.96/cwt117.00–120.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585122.00/cwt122.00–122.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610107.00/cwt107.00–107.006533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665111.00/cwt110.00–112.007382
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17377.68/cwt77.00–78.009113
Bulls——1,97581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,6001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28349.65/cwt48.00–51.006372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32852.55/cwt52.00–53.006982

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.