Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-02-10

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 10
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
495 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 345▲ 254 vs year ago 241 · +105.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 13▲ 38 vs year ago 16 · +237.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 16 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.11/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$130.11
77 head · 734 lb average
Value per head Derived
$954
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.19
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455167.507622thin
Medium and Large 2533138.337383thin
Medium and Large 3536134.007186thin
Medium and Large 1-2769128.2598666
One grade step is worth $39.25/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale77 hd
130.11
—
AL average15 barns · 1,027 hd
142.30
−12.19
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—Low1,31384.671,1123thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51065.649913thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17063.5474320
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12857.866534thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1250200.00/cwt200.00–200.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 2450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 3536134.00/cwt134.00–134.007186
Steers—Medium and Large 2550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007431
Steers—Medium and Large 2600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1660135.00/cwt135.00–135.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769128.25/cwt128.25–128.2598666
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330142.00/cwt142.00–142.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360135.48/cwt134.00–137.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410137.00/cwt137.00–137.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3416121.72/cwt120.00–122.005067
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428127.31/cwt125.00–130.005456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465132.00/cwt132.00–132.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475117.00/cwt117.00–117.005561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2484122.22/cwt120.00–125.005925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505125.50/cwt125.00–126.006342
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510112.00/cwt112.00–112.005711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527117.57/cwt117.00–120.006205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568113.47/cwt112.00–115.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573117.00/cwt117.00–117.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660102.46/cwt100.00–105.006762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240187.00/cwt187.00–187.004491
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278172.43/cwt170.00–175.004792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360155.00/cwt155.00–155.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424139.16/cwt135.00–142.005904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429148.76/cwt145.00–152.006384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470141.13/cwt135.00–145.006634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500137.00/cwt137.00–137.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522131.27/cwt127.00–134.006857
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525124.00/cwt124.00–124.006511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560127.00/cwt125.00–130.007113
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 3633115.32/cwt112.00–117.007303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663125.00/cwt125.00–125.008292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720107.00/cwt107.00–107.007701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,09084.00/cwt84.00–84.009161
Bulls——1,42585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07757.46/cwt56.00–59.006195
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12857.86/cwt55.00–62.006534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19164.56/cwt61.00–67.0076912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23869.56/cwt68.00–72.008613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51065.64/cwt64.00–67.009913
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,6901

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.