Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-01-29

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jan 29
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
978 head
▲ 695 vs last sale 283▲ 978 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 35▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 0▲ 32 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 mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Value added feeders ( weaned calves with two rounds of vaccinations )sold sharply higher. Trade active with best demand on value added feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.45/cwt on 216 head.
Average price
$130.45
216 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.03
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570130.99746163
Medium and Large 2533129.0868850
Medium and Large 3463123.675733thin
One grade step is worth $7.32/cwt here — about $173 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 sale216 hd
130.45
—
AL average14 barns · 1,869 hd
127.42
+3.03
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—Low1,39573.001,0181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18252.656226thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04550.095232thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added310185.00/cwt185.00–185.005741
Steers—Medium and Large 2340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005785
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added427184.01/cwt180.00–185.007865
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added475176.27/cwt174.00–180.0083730
Steers—Medium and Large 1484167.00/cwt167.00–167.008089
Steers—Medium and Large 1516157.00/cwt157.00–157.008107
Steers—Medium and Large 2540150.00/cwt150.00–150.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added550162.00/cwt162.00–162.0089112
Steers—Medium and Large 1573154.55/cwt150.00–155.0088618
Steers—Medium and Large 2588143.67/cwt142.00–144.008456
Steers—Medium and Large 1612145.00/cwt145.00–145.008877
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added617153.00/cwt153.00–153.0094414
Steers—Medium and Large 2626132.00/cwt132.00–132.008268
Steers—Medium and Large 2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
Steers—Medium and Large 1725130.00/cwt130.00–130.009436
Steers—Medium and Large 1752125.00/cwt125.00–125.0094023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318155.00/cwt155.00–155.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368155.00/cwt155.00–155.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421147.25/cwt144.00–150.0062014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432137.15/cwt135.00–140.005927
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465126.00/cwt126.00–126.005861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466143.98/cwt140.00–145.006715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added469145.00/cwt145.00–145.0068014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475132.40/cwt130.00–135.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1502131.77/cwt130.00–132.0066118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added511141.00/cwt141.00–141.0072119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515122.28/cwt120.00–125.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added574127.00/cwt127.00–127.0072924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open579130.00/cwt130.00–130.007537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590125.00/cwt125.00–125.0073815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2603114.51/cwt112.00–117.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608120.00/cwt120.00–120.007306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open616124.00/cwt124.00–124.0076428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added619131.00/cwt131.00–131.008117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2719112.00/cwt112.00–112.008054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added755115.00/cwt115.00–115.0086821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779112.00/cwt112.00–112.008725
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345170.00/cwt170.00–170.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424159.58/cwt150.00–165.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425152.95/cwt152.00–155.006503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457156.33/cwt155.00–157.007143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469146.25/cwt142.00–150.006865
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480137.00/cwt137.00–137.006581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512150.03/cwt148.00–152.007683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518140.99/cwt140.00–142.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555145.00/cwt145.00–145.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610135.00/cwt135.00–135.008241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,39573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04550.09/cwt49.00–51.005232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15554.52/cwt54.00–55.006302
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19551.72/cwt50.00–53.006184
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900890.00/cwt890.00–890.008,0101
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,000800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,050705.00/cwt700.00–710.007,4032

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.