Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-10-14

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 14

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

288 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 431▼ 184 vs year ago 472 · −39.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 45▲ 1 vs year ago 48 · +2.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 lower. Quality was mostly plain. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.07/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −69.41 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.

Average price

$130.07

34 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$18.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.38

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	450	137.96	621	12thin
Medium and Large 2	470	127.61	599	17thin
Medium and Large 3	474	119.44	566	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.52/cwt here — about $54 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 sale34 hd

130.07

—

AL average9 barns · 715 hd

117.69

+12.38

This barn, trailing median2 sales

199.47

−69.41

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,819	74.44	1,354	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,745	48.58	848	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	46.45	543	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	973	44.44	432	2thin

Every lot

34 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	542	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	678	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	500	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	132.96/cwt	132.00–134.00	492	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	117.01/cwt	115.00–120.00	494	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	519	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	531	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	111.31/cwt	110.00–112.00	525	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	106.53/cwt	105.00–108.00	506	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	559	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	103.66/cwt	102.00–107.00	547	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	604	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	594	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	353	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	512	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	142.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	591	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	422	133.74/cwt	130.00–137.00	564	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	125.05/cwt	124.00–126.00	529	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	460	126.48/cwt	124.00–128.00	582	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	467	133.59/cwt	130.00–137.00	624	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	511	126.23/cwt	125.00–130.00	645	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	520	113.56/cwt	112.00–115.00	591	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	527	119.97/cwt	118.00–122.00	632	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	116.46/cwt	115.00–118.00	664	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	678	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,819	74.44/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,354	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	44.44/cwt	43.00–46.00	432	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	51.47/cwt	51.00–52.00	592	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	46.78/cwt	45.00–50.00	545	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	41.37/cwt	41.00–42.00	499	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,745	48.58/cwt	48.00–49.00	848	2

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Wed Oct 14, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 431Year ago 472

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 45Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	122.00	122.00
5	—	462	115.00	115.00
2	—	508	110.00	110.00
1	—	365	137.00	137.00
1	—	575	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	100.00	100.00
1	—	625	95.00	95.00
3	—	472	110.00–112.00	111.31
6	—	422	115.00–120.00	117.01
3	—	528	102.00–107.00	103.66
2	—	370	132.00–134.00	132.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
2	—	475	105.00–108.00	106.53
1	—	540	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	155.00	155.00
2	—	415	140.00–145.00	142.44
4	—	511	125.00–130.00	126.23
3	—	467	130.00–137.00	133.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	112.00	112.00
5	—	422	130.00–137.00	133.74
2	—	353	145.00	145.00
2	—	570	115.00–118.00	116.46
3	—	527	118.00–122.00	119.97
4	—	460	124.00–128.00	126.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	124.00–126.00	125.05
2	—	520	112.00–115.00	113.56
1	—	485	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	43.00–46.00	44.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,165	45.00–50.00	46.78
2	—	1,150	51.00–52.00	51.47
3	—	1,205	41.00–42.00	41.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,745	48.00–49.00	48.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,819	72.00–76.00	74.44

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.