Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-06-09

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 9
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
272 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 305▲ 272 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 45▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 19▲ 10 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 active with moderate 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 $127.88/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$127.88
34 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.99
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522131.7368811thin
Medium and Large 2498126.6463017thin
Medium and Large 3472124.335876thin
One grade step is worth $7.40/cwt here — about $101 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 sale34 hd
127.88
—
AL average16 barns · 1,699 hd
125.89
+1.99
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—Average1,51692.971,4105thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20969.0683515
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34568.449213thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01062.056272thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2570147.00/cwt147.00–147.008382
Steers—Medium and Large 1575152.00/cwt152.00–152.008741
Steers—Medium and Large 2650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1660132.00/cwt132.00–132.008711
Steers—Medium and Large 1717126.67/cwt125.00–130.009083
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375142.50/cwt140.00–145.005342
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395137.00/cwt137.00–137.005411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408125.98/cwt125.00–127.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427132.29/cwt130.00–135.005653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480129.65/cwt127.00–132.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505132.50/cwt130.00–135.006692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517122.94/cwt120.00–125.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560127.00/cwt127.00–127.007111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566119.64/cwt117.00–122.006775
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672118.33/cwt115.00–120.007953
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320167.00/cwt167.00–167.005341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355163.33/cwt160.00–165.005803
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370155.00/cwt155.00–155.005741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410153.48/cwt152.00–155.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427145.04/cwt142.00–148.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458133.99/cwt132.00–137.006144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505122.00/cwt122.00–122.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2508132.38/cwt130.00–135.006723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550122.00/cwt122.00–122.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615127.00/cwt127.00–127.007811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725112.00/cwt112.00–112.008122
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0881
Bulls——1,57994.71/cwt93.00–97.001,4954
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01062.05/cwt61.00–63.006272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09563.43/cwt63.00–64.006952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21169.59/cwt66.00–72.0084312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34568.44/cwt66.00–70.009213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0511
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—970.00/cwt970.00–970.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—810.00/cwt810.00–810.00—1

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.