Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-02-26

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 26
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
389 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 275▲ 389 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 25▲ 15 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 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.22/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$122.22
57 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.23
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622122.5076212thin
Medium and Large 2557122.2768143
Medium and Large 3505119.506032thin
One grade step is worth $3.00/cwt here — about $159 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 sale57 hd
122.22
—
AL average15 barns · 1,340 hd
135.44
−13.23
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—Low1,40581.001,1382thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56067.001,0451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18059.006964thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17052.006081thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330192.00/cwt192.00–192.006341
Steers—Medium and Large 1366185.47/cwt182.00–190.006794
Steers—Medium and Large 2473160.00/cwt160.00–160.007572
Steers—Medium and Large 1505160.00/cwt160.00–160.008081
Steers—Medium and Large 2570143.47/cwt142.00–145.008182
Steers—Medium and Large 1615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
Steers—Medium and Large 2759121.00/cwt118.00–123.009185
Steers—Medium and Large 2846117.00/cwt117.00–117.009904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413137.58/cwt135.00–140.005682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463141.02/cwt140.00–142.006532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463130.74/cwt127.00–135.006058
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465122.00/cwt122.00–122.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521124.78/cwt122.00–127.006505
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545117.00/cwt117.00–117.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583129.00/cwt129.00–129.007523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2584120.45/cwt120.00–122.0070317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625114.98/cwt114.00–116.0071911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628117.00/cwt117.00–117.007352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678115.49/cwt115.00–116.007832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727112.00/cwt112.00–112.008143
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325177.00/cwt177.00–177.005751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006191
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410137.00/cwt137.00–137.005621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418152.12/cwt147.00–155.006368
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463153.49/cwt152.00–155.007112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463142.98/cwt140.00–147.006624
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485132.00/cwt132.00–132.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518136.84/cwt135.00–140.007096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528148.55/cwt145.00–152.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560142.00/cwt142.00–142.007951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,40581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99054.51/cwt54.00–55.005402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17052.00/cwt52.00–52.006081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37063.49/cwt63.00–64.008702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0451

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.