Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2020-10-21

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 21
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
435 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 288▲ 23 vs year ago 412 · +5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 49▼ 17 vs year ago 52 · −32.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady but a lower undertone was noted. Trade moderate 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 $112.21/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$112.21
44 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.32
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444119.005288thin
Medium and Large 2469111.2552232
Medium and Large 3453106.254814thin
One grade step is worth $12.75/cwt here — about $47 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 sale44 hd
112.21
—
AL average14 barns · 1,419 hd
108.89
+3.32
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—Average1,62880.501,3102thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14948.665599thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,83547.068643thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07641.974525thin

Every lot

45 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 1265180.00/cwt180.00–180.004771
Steers—Medium and Large 2529125.00/cwt125.00–125.0066114
Steers—Medium and Large 2564123.00/cwt123.00–123.006945
Steers—Medium and Large 2658113.00/cwt113.00–113.007443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285142.00/cwt142.00–142.004051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315128.00/cwt128.00–128.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355128.00/cwt128.00–128.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358118.48/cwt115.00–122.004242
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375112.00/cwt112.00–112.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424113.58/cwt112.00–118.0048210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435108.00/cwt108.00–108.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455105.00/cwt105.00–105.004781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478113.03/cwt110.00–118.0054012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520105.99/cwt105.00–107.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545100.00/cwt100.00–100.005451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555107.00/cwt107.00–107.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560101.01/cwt100.00–102.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
Heifers—Medium and Large 261596.34/cwt95.00–97.005923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275162.32/cwt160.00–165.004462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330147.46/cwt145.00–150.004872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360137.53/cwt135.00–140.004952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363147.55/cwt145.00–150.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2409125.04/cwt122.00–126.0051110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455120.99/cwt120.00–122.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470126.52/cwt126.00–127.005952
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470116.00/cwt116.00–116.005451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515123.53/cwt122.00–125.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520116.47/cwt115.00–118.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580102.00/cwt102.00–102.005921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620102.50/cwt100.00–105.006362
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2051
Bulls——1,71083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4191
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07641.97/cwt40.00–45.004525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10548.21/cwt45.00–50.005335
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18551.63/cwt51.00–53.006123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26042.00/cwt42.00–42.005291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,83547.06/cwt46.00–48.008643

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.