Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-06-16

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 16
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
352 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 272▲ 352 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 37▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 10▲ 25 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 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand. 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 $130.35/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$130.35
45 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.74
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530132.0470022
Medium and Large 2489129.0463120
Medium and Large 3470126.675953thin
One grade step is worth $5.37/cwt here — about $105 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 sale45 hd
130.35
—
AL average16 barns · 1,783 hd
128.61
+1.74
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—Average1,66994.181,5725thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53072.001,1022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19271.4085127
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14566.077577thin

Every lot

46 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 1445170.00/cwt170.00–170.007571
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed533140.00/cwt140.00–140.0074612
Steers—Medium and Large 1600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358140.99/cwt140.00–142.005052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360145.00/cwt145.00–145.005221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414134.20/cwt132.00–137.005565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415142.50/cwt140.00–145.005914
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475131.02/cwt130.00–133.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514126.50/cwt125.00–127.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528132.12/cwt130.00–137.006989
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574124.21/cwt120.00–127.007134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608115.99/cwt115.00–117.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618125.95/cwt122.00–130.007784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358160.01/cwt158.00–162.005732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413152.42/cwt150.00–155.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416144.35/cwt140.00–147.006006
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455150.00/cwt150.00–150.006831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475141.46/cwt140.00–144.006724
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480131.49/cwt131.00–132.006312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520141.01/cwt140.00–142.007332
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523128.45/cwt127.00–130.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531134.77/cwt132.00–137.007164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585128.50/cwt127.00–130.007522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603128.51/cwt127.00–130.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615123.48/cwt122.00–125.007592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2653114.01/cwt112.00–115.007443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1677120.68/cwt120.00–122.008173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1795107.00/cwt107.00–107.008511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,0721
Bulls——1,73893.97/cwt91.00–96.001,6333
Bulls——1,925100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,9251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14566.07/cwt62.00–73.007577
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15966.99/cwt63.00–69.0077610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20773.11/cwt70.00–76.0088215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24580.67/cwt78.00–84.001,0042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51063.00/cwt63.00–63.009511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2561
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—940.00/cwt940.00–940.00—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.