Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2019-12-04

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Dec 4

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

989 head

▲ 433 vs last sale 556▲ 989 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

69 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 41▲ 69 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 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. No replacement cattle was recorded.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.16/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$117.16

90 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$13.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.70

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	120.30	680	61
Medium and Large 2	522	110.82	578	27
Medium and Large 3	483	107.00	516	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.30/cwt here — about $164 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 sale90 hd

117.16

—

AL average16 barns · 2,080 hd

115.46

+1.70

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	—	Low	1,340	66.96	897	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,340	48.00	643	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	46.69	603	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,215	38.00	462	1thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	439	151.23/cwt	150.00–152.00	664	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	449	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	709	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Full	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	667	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	740	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	787	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	611	130.55/cwt	127.00–133.00	798	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	620	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.00	766	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	129.50/cwt	128.00–130.00	892	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	711	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	924	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	908	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	770	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	905	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	357	129.33/cwt	128.00–130.00	462	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	463	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	119.70/cwt	117.00–122.00	506	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	426	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	596	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	502	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	567	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	118.68/cwt	115.00–120.00	557	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	121.68/cwt	120.00–122.00	639	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	525	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	542	109.34/cwt	108.00–110.00	593	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	555	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	677	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	108.24/cwt	107.00–110.00	615	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	104.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	594	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	118.50/cwt	116.00–120.00	675	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	113.50/cwt	112.00–115.00	692	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	627	99.36/cwt	98.00–102.00	623	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	105.67/cwt	105.00–107.00	676	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	632	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	102.29/cwt	100.00–105.00	684	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	714	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	850	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	250	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	413	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	260	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	486	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	417	150.62/cwt	148.00–152.00	628	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	421	137.53/cwt	135.00–142.00	579	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	455	137.33/cwt	135.00–142.00	625	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	461	129.73/cwt	127.00–132.00	598	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	495	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	604	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	515	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	603	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	516	132.22/cwt	130.00–135.00	682	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	121.85/cwt	120.00–125.00	637	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	569	119.78/cwt	117.00–122.00	682	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	585	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	655	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	613	108.53/cwt	107.00–110.00	665	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	663	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	752	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	770	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	785	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,340	66.96/cwt	66.00–69.00	897	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,215	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	462	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	44.95/cwt	43.00–48.00	560	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,340	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	643	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	549	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,369	50.74/cwt	49.00–52.00	695	7

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Wed Dec 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 989Last week 556Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 41Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	38.00	38.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,245	43.00–48.00	44.95
7	—	1,369	49.00–52.00	50.74
1	—	1,340	41.00	41.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	66.00–69.00	66.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	100.00	100.00
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	650	112.00	112.00
10	—	426	140.00	140.00
6	—	525	120.00–122.00	121.68
4	—	570	116.00–120.00	118.50
2	—	610	112.00–115.00	113.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	669	100.00–105.00	102.29
4	—	568	107.00–110.00	108.24
3	—	640	105.00–107.00	105.67
3	—	357	128.00–130.00	129.33
2	—	435	125.00	125.00
1	—	525	115.00	115.00
1	—	465	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	555	122.00	122.00
3	—	655	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	714	119.00	119.00
1	—	775	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	100.00	100.00
1	—	440	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	102.00–105.00	104.51
6	—	542	108.00–110.00	109.34
6	—	469	115.00–120.00	118.68
4	—	423	117.00–122.00	119.70
3	—	627	98.00–102.00	99.36
1	—	665	95.00	95.00
1	—	370	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	127.00–132.00	129.73
2	—	613	107.00–110.00	108.53
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
1	—	665	105.00	105.00
1	—	350	150.00	150.00
1	—	250	165.00	165.00
6	—	421	135.00–142.00	137.53
5	—	523	120.00–125.00	121.85
4	—	569	117.00–122.00	119.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	130.00–135.00	132.22
3	—	455	135.00–142.00	137.33
3	—	417	148.00–152.00	150.62
2	—	770	102.00	102.00
2	—	663	112.00–115.00	113.48
2	—	560	130.00	130.00
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
1	—	260	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	112.00	112.00
1	—	515	117.00	117.00
1	—	495	122.00	122.00
1	—	405	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	140.00–142.00	140.98
2	—	770	117.00–118.00	117.50
21	—	611	127.00–133.00	130.55
5	—	439	150.00–152.00	151.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	122.00–125.00	123.50
1	—	505	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	711	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	689	128.00–130.00	129.50
8	—	449	158.00	158.00
3	—	562	140.00	140.00
2	—	750	121.00	121.00

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.