Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-02-24

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 24
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▼ 154 vs last sale 495▼ 48 vs year ago 389 · −12.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 54▲ 26 vs year ago 15 · +173.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 18▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, 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 $120.06/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$120.06
61 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.27
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581122.6771315thin
Medium and Large 2503121.3461028
Medium and Large 3500115.8857918thin
One grade step is worth $6.79/cwt here — about $134 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 sale61 hd
120.06
—
AL average16 barns · 1,382 hd
123.33
−3.27
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—Average1,62787.001,4155thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20765.6279219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48362.719304thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15561.507102thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373175.98/cwt175.00–177.006562
Steers—Medium and Large 2607130.00/cwt130.00–130.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1610145.00/cwt145.00–145.008851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255165.00/cwt165.00–165.004211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280155.00/cwt155.00–155.004341
Heifers—Medium and Large 3295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335137.00/cwt137.00–137.004591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424129.70/cwt127.00–132.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428122.96/cwt120.00–125.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464122.77/cwt120.00–127.005705
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485116.00/cwt116.00–116.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516119.38/cwt115.00–122.0061610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519127.30/cwt125.00–130.006614
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519112.00/cwt112.00–112.005817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570115.69/cwt115.00–117.006593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621118.17/cwt114.00–120.007345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633109.51/cwt107.00–112.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3634103.00/cwt103.00–103.006534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668105.00/cwt105.00–105.007012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690112.00/cwt112.00–112.007732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723110.52/cwt109.00–112.007992
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1263196.86/cwt192.00–202.005182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370172.00/cwt172.00–172.006361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372163.82/cwt157.00–167.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 3414144.28/cwt140.00–147.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423154.00/cwt150.00–157.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468137.21/cwt135.00–140.006424
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473126.72/cwt125.00–130.005994
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512128.88/cwt125.00–132.006607
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520137.55/cwt135.00–140.007152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569122.66/cwt120.00–125.006986
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605118.00/cwt117.00–120.007143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3434
Bulls——1,81595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,7241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15561.50/cwt60.00–63.007102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16265.75/cwt63.00–68.0076413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28373.01/cwt72.00–74.009372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30559.00/cwt59.00–59.007701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31661.49/cwt61.00–62.008094
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54263.95/cwt63.00–65.009863
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125820.00/cwt820.00–820.009,2251

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.