Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2021-11-10

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Nov 10
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
629 head
▲ 287 vs last sale 342▲ 629 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 18▲ 46 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 steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on weaned 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 $134.15/cwt on 217 head.
Average price
$134.15
217 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.51
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622135.17840181
Medium and Large 2480129.4562231
Medium and Large 3471126.415965thin
One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about $245 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 sale217 hd
134.15
—
AL average15 barns · 2,355 hd
127.64
+6.51
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—Average1,89284.321,5953thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19254.066459thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47753.647923thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370182.00/cwt182.00–182.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1579160.00/cwt160.00–160.009267
Steers—Medium and Large 1656144.77/cwt144.00–145.0095035
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added730145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0593
Steers—Medium and Large 1778136.17/cwt136.00–137.001,0596
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy825142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1727
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338145.00/cwt145.00–145.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353138.49/cwt137.00–140.004892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413143.03/cwt142.00–144.005912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426136.63/cwt135.00–138.005825
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433131.03/cwt130.00–132.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1451140.60/cwt137.00–141.0063410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476129.44/cwt127.00–132.0061611
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512124.59/cwt123.00–126.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513132.56/cwt130.00–135.006802
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added535142.00/cwt142.00–142.0076046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563128.97/cwt127.00–130.007263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563122.31/cwt120.00–125.006893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615118.54/cwt117.00–120.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618125.99/cwt125.00–127.007792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added621138.35/cwt138.00–139.0085955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663116.98/cwt116.00–118.007762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665112.00/cwt112.00–112.007451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added726125.90/cwt125.00–130.0091434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy770129.00/cwt129.00–129.009932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added777123.00/cwt123.00–123.009565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added873120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0488
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320172.46/cwt170.00–175.005522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360166.01/cwt165.00–167.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380160.00/cwt160.00–160.006082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408161.31/cwt160.00–162.006583
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413146.03/cwt145.00–147.006032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2436153.14/cwt150.00–155.006686
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453152.73/cwt150.00–157.006924
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463145.63/cwt143.00–147.006746
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2514135.54/cwt132.00–138.006977
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522143.97/cwt142.00–145.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560135.99/cwt135.00–137.007622
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560125.00/cwt125.00–125.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613125.98/cwt125.00–127.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625133.52/cwt132.00–135.008352
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,89284.32/cwt83.00–86.001,5953
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18653.21/cwt51.00–54.006317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21557.04/cwt56.00–58.006932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47753.64/cwt53.00–54.007923

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.