Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-10-20

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
265 head
▼ 249 vs last sale 514▼ 170 vs year ago 435 · −39.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 31▲ 5 vs year ago 35 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.75/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −62.72 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$136.75
43 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.32
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513141.3472518thin
Medium and Large 2521133.5369623
Medium and Large 3435132.505762thin
One grade step is worth $8.84/cwt here — about $149 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 sale43 hd
136.75
—
AL average15 barns · 1,334 hd
129.44
+7.32
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−62.72
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—High1,60079.261,2684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25652.786638thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04352.435473thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,23552.346462thin

Every lot

33 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 1613141.01/cwt140.00–142.008642
Steers—Medium and Large 1665137.00/cwt137.00–137.009111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365135.00/cwt135.00–135.004931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414129.02/cwt127.00–132.005344
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445122.00/cwt122.00–122.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461124.25/cwt120.00–127.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529122.80/cwt120.00–125.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563118.32/cwt117.00–120.006663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608111.00/cwt110.00–112.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635117.00/cwt117.00–117.007431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355172.50/cwt170.00–175.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365162.00/cwt162.00–162.005911
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418153.51/cwt152.00–155.006422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435148.03/cwt145.00–150.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450147.00/cwt147.00–147.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468137.30/cwt135.00–140.006433
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523138.32/cwt135.00–140.007236
Bulls—Medium and Large 2534130.62/cwt127.00–132.006985
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562135.69/cwt135.00–137.007633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569127.27/cwt120.00–132.007248
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618124.53/cwt122.00–127.007702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630117.00/cwt117.00–117.007372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730112.00/cwt112.00–112.008181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45073.51/cwt72.00–75.001,0662
Bulls——1,61581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,3081
Bulls——1,88589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6781
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04352.43/cwt51.00–54.005473
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23552.34/cwt50.00–55.006462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25652.78/cwt50.00–55.006638

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.