Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-09-29

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 29
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▲ 121 vs last sale 266▼ 97 vs year ago 484 · −20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 38▼ 38 vs year ago 74 · −51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade moderate with light to moderate 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 $118.23/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$118.23
30 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.54
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1614120.667419thin
Medium and Large 2503118.2259412thin
Medium and Large 3480115.805569thin
One grade step is worth $4.86/cwt here — about $185 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
118.23
—
AL average16 barns · 1,636 hd
120.76
−2.54
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—Average1,58888.301,4023thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26862.8979814
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06059.006251thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,16057.006611thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2515140.00/cwt140.00–140.007211
Steers—Medium and Large 1628137.00/cwt137.00–137.008602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425126.63/cwt125.00–130.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425121.02/cwt120.00–122.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453122.49/cwt120.00–125.005552
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476116.52/cwt115.00–117.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510116.24/cwt115.00–120.005934
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523111.36/cwt110.00–112.005823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570114.41/cwt112.00–117.006522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668113.46/cwt110.00–117.007582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy678123.53/cwt122.00–125.008382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428136.23/cwt134.00–138.005834
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460131.75/cwt130.00–133.006064
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473123.56/cwt122.00–125.005842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513122.37/cwt120.00–125.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560118.99/cwt118.00–120.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605124.52/cwt122.00–127.007532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618113.54/cwt112.00–115.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58888.30/cwt88.00–89.001,4023
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06059.00/cwt59.00–59.006251
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,16057.00/cwt57.00–57.006611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17058.56/cwt58.00–59.006852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27563.13/cwt60.00–65.0080510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33366.00/cwt66.00–66.008802

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.