Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-02-05

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 5
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
517 head
▼ 461 vs last sale 978▲ 517 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 25▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 32▲ 28 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on 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 $127.10/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$127.10
68 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.46
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2484127.6861851
Medium and Large 1577126.0072714thin
Medium and Large 3492122.336013thin
One grade step is worth $5.35/cwt here — about $17 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 sale68 hd
127.10
—
AL average15 barns · 1,515 hd
127.55
−0.46
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43853.067632thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11550.185598thin

Every lot

42 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 2526140.00/cwt140.00–140.007365
Steers—Medium and Large 2555138.00/cwt138.00–138.007661
Steers—Medium and Large 2615135.00/cwt135.00–135.008301
Steers—Medium and Large 2688126.00/cwt126.00–126.008673
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360142.41/cwt140.00–145.005133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420145.00/cwt145.00–145.006091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423132.90/cwt130.00–135.0056216
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445128.00/cwt128.00–128.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490127.47/cwt125.00–130.006252
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490122.00/cwt122.00–122.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520123.21/cwt122.00–127.0064119
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560127.00/cwt127.00–127.007111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565121.19/cwt119.00–123.006856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603124.00/cwt124.00–124.007486
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683116.00/cwt116.00–116.007923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270175.00/cwt175.00–175.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395155.00/cwt155.00–155.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400155.00/cwt155.00–155.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433142.27/cwt140.00–147.0061612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440137.00/cwt137.00–137.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465143.48/cwt142.00–145.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479139.14/cwt137.00–140.006667
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515138.67/cwt137.00–142.007143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521129.99/cwt128.00–132.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565132.84/cwt130.00–135.007516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2586131.28/cwt125.00–140.007694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608130.01/cwt128.00–132.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660122.00/cwt122.00–122.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2688110.00/cwt110.00–110.007573
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11347.40/cwt46.00–48.005283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11651.85/cwt50.00–55.005795
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43853.06/cwt50.00–56.007632
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,163845.00/cwt820.00–870.009,8272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,8131

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.