Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-01-15

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jan 15
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
342 head
▲ 342 vs last sale 0▲ 342 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 0▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.27/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$134.27
56 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455139.7063517thin
Medium and Large 2454132.7260336
Medium and Large 3483122.005903thin
One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $45 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 sale56 hd
134.27
—
AL average15 barns · 1,917 hd
134.26
+0.00
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—Average1,97073.001,4381thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28048.886259thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335180.00/cwt180.00–180.006031
Steers—Medium and Large 1373178.57/cwt177.00–180.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 1405172.00/cwt172.00–172.006971
Steers—Medium and Large 1463165.00/cwt165.00–165.007643
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008252
Steers—Medium and Large 1513158.51/cwt157.00–160.008132
Steers—Medium and Large 2530144.57/cwt142.00–147.007662
Steers—Medium and Large 2585137.00/cwt137.00–137.008011
Steers—Medium and Large 2636131.00/cwt131.00–131.008335
Steers—Medium and Large 2713128.00/cwt128.00–128.009136
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290165.00/cwt165.00–165.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327149.08/cwt147.00–150.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358152.00/cwt152.00–152.005442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379144.41/cwt142.00–145.005475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408140.99/cwt140.00–142.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424136.01/cwt135.00–140.005777
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445127.00/cwt127.00–127.005651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460133.25/cwt127.00–135.0061311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470137.60/cwt135.00–142.006475
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485122.00/cwt122.00–122.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519121.79/cwt120.00–125.006325
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520117.00/cwt117.00–117.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522132.31/cwt130.00–135.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553118.31/cwt115.00–120.006543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600113.50/cwt112.00–115.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240185.00/cwt185.00–185.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325175.00/cwt175.00–175.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358173.49/cwt172.00–175.006212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419151.57/cwt142.00–157.006354
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425145.18/cwt142.00–147.006175
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425138.00/cwt138.00–138.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463146.01/cwt145.00–147.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463139.76/cwt137.00–142.006474
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510137.00/cwt137.00–137.006991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528132.43/cwt130.00–135.006995
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,97073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,4381
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26749.61/cwt47.00–53.006298
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38043.00/cwt43.00–43.005931
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,025730.00/cwt730.00–730.007,4831

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.