Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-09-16

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 16
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
▼ 168 vs last sale 349▼ 205 vs year ago 386 · −53.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 34▲ 3 vs year ago 39 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. 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 $113.89/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$113.89
22 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.24
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613138.508482thin
Medium and Large 2533111.4359420
One grade step is worth $27.07/cwt here — about $254 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 sale22 hd
113.89
—
AL average13 barns · 1,212 hd
116.13
−2.24
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—Average1,38386.951,2032thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20558.6570710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58053.008372thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14852.916073thin

Every lot

29 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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360125.99/cwt125.00–127.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420120.66/cwt120.00–122.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462115.99/cwt115.00–118.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523112.21/cwt110.00–115.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement535142.00/cwt142.00–142.007601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608102.99/cwt102.00–105.006263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2683100.98/cwt100.00–102.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement690135.00/cwt135.00–135.009321
Heifers—Medium and Large 272898.49/cwt97.00–100.007172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370141.05/cwt140.00–142.005222
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413125.55/cwt124.00–127.005192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433137.03/cwt132.00–142.005932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458131.01/cwt130.00–132.006002
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518116.00/cwt115.00–117.006012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560118.50/cwt117.00–120.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,38386.95/cwt86.00–88.001,2032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14852.91/cwt51.00–54.006073
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15860.08/cwt57.00–63.006966
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24054.02/cwt53.00–55.006703
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38564.00/cwt64.00–64.008861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58053.00/cwt53.00–53.008372

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.