Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-05-26

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, May 26
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
208 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 230▲ 208 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 38▲ 8 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 market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $131.73/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$131.73
41 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.27
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544133.6472821
Medium and Large 2460131.0360216thin
Medium and Large 3449124.515594thin
One grade step is worth $9.13/cwt here — about $168 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 sale41 hd
131.73
—
AL average15 barns · 1,563 hd
123.45
+8.27
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—Average2,00590.001,8051thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08867.707365thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average82061.005001thin

Every lot

36 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 2605137.00/cwt137.00–137.008291
Steers—Medium and Large 2725127.00/cwt127.00–127.009212
Steers—Medium and Large 2794122.00/cwt122.00–122.009699
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318160.21/cwt155.00–165.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330147.00/cwt147.00–147.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358143.57/cwt140.00–147.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405146.00/cwt142.00–150.005912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408128.02/cwt127.00–129.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423134.85/cwt132.00–140.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470124.00/cwt124.00–124.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473139.62/cwt137.00–142.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479129.74/cwt127.00–132.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510118.00/cwt118.00–118.006021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518123.96/cwt120.00–127.006423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532137.00/cwt137.00–137.007293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573116.02/cwt115.00–117.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626120.57/cwt119.00–125.007555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1704109.00/cwt109.00–109.007671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy835114.00/cwt114.00–114.009522
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275175.00/cwt175.00–175.004811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313165.00/cwt165.00–165.005162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423146.04/cwt144.00–147.006185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463140.00/cwt140.00–140.006482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467134.03/cwt132.00–135.006263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519129.22/cwt127.00–131.006714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1658123.51/cwt122.00–125.008132
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,00590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82061.00/cwt61.00–61.005001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03565.00/cwt65.00–65.006731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10168.38/cwt67.00–71.007534

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.