Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-08-12

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Aug 12
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
254 head
▼ 309 vs last sale 563▲ 51 vs year ago 203 · +25.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 68▲ 19 vs year ago 25 · +76.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 14▲ 16 vs year ago 18 · +88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Lightweight feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher, heavyweight steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with good 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 $128.65/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$128.65
51 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.58
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2475129.3661420
Medium and Large 1607128.9378228
Medium and Large 3467121.335663thin
One grade step is worth $8.03/cwt here — about $48 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 sale51 hd
128.65
—
AL average12 barns · 1,460 hd
123.07
+5.58
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—High1,77790.331,6053thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55064.009921thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22555.0267423

Every lot

47 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2641135.00/cwt135.00–135.008654
Steers—Medium and Large 1780127.00/cwt127.00–127.009911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378143.92/cwt140.00–147.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415127.00/cwt127.00–127.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427133.37/cwt130.00–135.005695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432137.00/cwt137.00–137.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469135.00/cwt135.00–135.006334
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473128.14/cwt125.00–130.006066
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522123.27/cwt120.00–125.006433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530132.00/cwt132.00–132.007002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570127.48/cwt125.00–130.007272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added659128.00/cwt128.00–128.008449
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added780119.00/cwt119.00–119.009286
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2260177.00/cwt177.00–177.004601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1338175.00/cwt175.00–175.005922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373172.35/cwt170.00–175.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416157.96/cwt155.00–160.006574
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430145.00/cwt145.00–145.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434170.45/cwt165.00–175.007405
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455137.00/cwt137.00–137.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1456160.50/cwt155.00–165.007324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468143.27/cwt140.00–145.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500137.00/cwt137.00–137.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524128.38/cwt125.00–132.006735
Bulls—Medium and Large 3545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573124.72/cwt122.00–127.007154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1616122.99/cwt120.00–125.007585
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635117.00/cwt117.00–117.007431
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655112.00/cwt112.00–112.007342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668120.00/cwt120.00–120.008022
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6011
Bulls——1,74585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4831
Bulls——1,90091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,7291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18352.21/cwt50.00–54.006186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23255.70/cwt51.00–58.0068616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36061.00/cwt61.00–61.008301
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55064.00/cwt64.00–64.009921
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,6312

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.