Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-10-13

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
514 head
▲ 201 vs last sale 313▲ 226 vs year ago 288 · +78.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 22▼ 18 vs year ago 49 · −36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.46/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$124.46
48 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2449126.8557021
Medium and Large 1582124.5372421
Medium and Large 3484115.835616thin
One grade step is worth $11.01/cwt here — about $9 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 sale48 hd
124.46
—
AL average15 barns · 1,838 hd
122.66
+1.80
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%Average1,56557.018923thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28356.337239thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04051.005301thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2470153.48/cwt152.00–154.007214
Steers—Medium and Large 2521147.72/cwt140.00–149.0077013
Steers—Medium and Large 2625138.00/cwt138.00–138.008637
Steers—Medium and Large 1695137.00/cwt137.00–137.009521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2409130.30/cwt125.00–131.005339
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470117.00/cwt117.00–117.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487124.00/cwt120.00–126.006049
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515117.55/cwt115.00–120.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535112.00/cwt112.00–112.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1547125.00/cwt125.00–125.0068413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570121.04/cwt120.00–122.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy590127.00/cwt127.00–127.007491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy630125.54/cwt124.00–127.007912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement688127.47/cwt125.00–130.008772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355152.00/cwt152.00–152.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405152.99/cwt152.00–154.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416148.27/cwt145.00–150.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460148.48/cwt147.00–150.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465127.00/cwt127.00–127.005911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472134.82/cwt130.00–138.006365
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520129.73/cwt125.00–132.006754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540121.00/cwt121.00–121.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2557122.32/cwt120.00–125.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585117.00/cwt117.00–117.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608126.99/cwt126.00–128.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04051.00/cwt51.00–51.005301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22453.07/cwt52.00–55.006504
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33058.93/cwt56.00–61.007845
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45058.01/cwt57.00–59.008412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,79555.00/cwt55.00–55.009871

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.