Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-05-19

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, May 19
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
230 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 272▼ 232 vs year ago 462 · −50.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 41▲ 8 vs year ago 30 · +26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 0▼ 33 vs year ago 71 · −46.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.95/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$127.95
35 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.03
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508128.656546thin
Medium and Large 2455128.2058427
Medium and Large 3443122.505422thin
One grade step is worth $6.15/cwt here — about $112 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 sale35 hd
127.95
—
AL average15 barns · 1,777 hd
121.92
+6.03
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—Average1,39698.071,3697thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20469.7684020
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35569.009351thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007771
Steers—Medium and Large 1565147.00/cwt147.00–147.008311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313148.49/cwt147.00–150.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361142.00/cwt142.00–142.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426129.95/cwt127.00–132.005548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460127.76/cwt125.00–130.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532117.61/cwt117.00–120.006265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615117.44/cwt115.00–120.007222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685105.00/cwt105.00–105.007191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240175.00/cwt175.00–175.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320162.00/cwt162.00–162.005182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350157.00/cwt157.00–157.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424143.04/cwt140.00–145.006064
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450132.00/cwt132.00–132.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479136.43/cwt135.00–140.006535
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006893
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515124.00/cwt124.00–124.006391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518129.72/cwt127.00–132.006723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565122.46/cwt120.00–125.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625120.03/cwt118.00–122.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690113.49/cwt112.00–115.007832
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23694.87/cwt91.00–97.001,1734
Bulls——1,610102.34/cwt100.00–106.001,6483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19667.84/cwt65.00–71.0081114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22374.24/cwt72.00–77.009086
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35569.00/cwt69.00–69.009351
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—870.00/cwt870.00–870.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—850.00/cwt850.00–850.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,225.00/cwt1,200.00–1,250.00—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.