Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-05-12

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, May 12

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← May 5May 12May 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

272 head

▲ 89 vs last sale 183▲ 272 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 18▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.16/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$125.16

30 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$20.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.56

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	133.87	653	10thin
Medium and Large 2	470	122.19	574	17thin
Medium and Large 3	503	113.00	569	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.87/cwt here — about $84 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 sale30 hd

125.16

—

AL average16 barns · 1,179 hd

120.60

+4.56

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	1,750	95.19	1,666	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	64.31	836	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,544	63.77	985	5thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	534	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	532	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	122.31/cwt	120.00–125.00	564	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	116.65/cwt	115.00–120.00	589	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	566	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	128.97/cwt	127.00–130.00	677	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	123.94/cwt	120.00–127.00	694	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	674	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	379	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	587	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	413	148.63/cwt	147.00–152.00	614	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	592	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	435	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	674	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	136.71/cwt	135.00–142.00	636	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	483	129.74/cwt	127.00–132.00	627	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	513	129.71/cwt	127.00–132.00	665	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	561	121.79/cwt	120.00–125.00	683	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	126.32/cwt	125.00–127.00	790	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,745	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,728	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	93.29/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,635	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	59.77/cwt	57.00–61.00	746	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	889	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	64.78/cwt	62.00–68.00	849	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	805	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	64.46/cwt	62.00–66.00	1,031	4

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 May 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 272Last week 183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 18Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	92.00–95.00	93.29
1	—	1,745	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,311	62.00–68.00	64.78
1	—	1,270	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,248	57.00–61.00	59.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	62.00–66.00	64.46
1	—	1,320	61.00	61.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	115.00–120.00	116.65
4	—	424	125.00–127.00	126.01
7	—	461	120.00–125.00	122.31
1	—	345	145.00	145.00
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
1	—	630	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	127.00–130.00	128.97
2	—	305	160.00	160.00
3	—	560	120.00–127.00	123.94
1	—	450	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	112.00	112.00
1	—	455	117.00	117.00
1	—	550	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	155.00	155.00
3	—	413	147.00–152.00	148.63
4	—	465	135.00–142.00	136.71
4	—	561	120.00–125.00	121.79
3	—	513	127.00–132.00	129.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	140.00	140.00
4	—	483	127.00–132.00	129.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	155.00	155.00
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
3	—	625	125.00–127.00	126.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
2	—	625	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	135.00	135.00

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.