Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-10-06

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 6
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
313 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 387▼ 118 vs year ago 431 · −27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 36▼ 23 vs year ago 45 · −51.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▼ 13 vs year ago 31 · −41.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 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 $133.58/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$133.58
70 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.79
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537140.1275233
Medium and Large 2471130.6161525
Medium and Large 3522121.7563512thin
One grade step is worth $18.38/cwt here — about $117 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 sale70 hd
133.58
—
AL average15 barns · 1,261 hd
123.79
+9.79
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37961.258444thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24160.627528thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2495154.00/cwt154.00–154.007626
Steers—Medium and Large 2540145.00/cwt145.00–145.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 1776138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0717
Steers—Medium and Large 1802134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,07513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320145.00/cwt145.00–145.004642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368139.74/cwt137.00–142.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420142.98/cwt142.00–145.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425130.98/cwt130.00–132.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431138.04/cwt135.00–140.005954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465136.49/cwt135.00–137.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468130.99/cwt128.00–132.006136
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518125.21/cwt122.00–127.006495
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538120.00/cwt120.00–120.006467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545134.50/cwt132.00–137.007332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added559144.00/cwt144.00–144.0080520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567126.72/cwt125.00–130.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570120.49/cwt120.00–122.006874
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575117.00/cwt117.00–117.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313172.40/cwt170.00–175.005402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325162.54/cwt160.00–165.005282
Bulls—Medium and Large 3340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365158.24/cwt155.00–160.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410152.56/cwt150.00–155.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423144.88/cwt142.00–147.006136
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472136.63/cwt135.00–140.006453
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490145.00/cwt145.00–145.007111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515136.00/cwt135.00–137.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530127.70/cwt124.00–130.006776
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560123.51/cwt122.00–125.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615115.99/cwt115.00–117.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670113.98/cwt113.00–115.007642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23561.82/cwt60.00–64.007636
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25857.00/cwt57.00–57.007172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33057.00/cwt57.00–57.007581
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39562.66/cwt61.00–64.008743
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—830.00/cwt800.00–860.00—2

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.