Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-01-05

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jan 5

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Dec 15Jan 5Jan 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

223 head

▼ 304 vs last sale 527▼ 150 vs year ago 373 · −40.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 58▼ 17 vs year ago 39 · −43.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market being closed for Holidays

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.17/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$137.17

35 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$19.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.41

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	141.84	843	19thin
Medium and Large 2	521	132.99	692	14thin
Medium and Large 3	535	122.00	653	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.84/cwt here — about $190 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 sale35 hd

137.17

—

AL average16 barns · 1,074 hd

138.58

−1.41

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,853	84.50	1,565	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	58.58	706	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,650	52.00	858	1thin

Every lot

35 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	810	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	798	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	935	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	160.93/cwt	160.00–162.00	520	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	515	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	573	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	138.99/cwt	137.00–140.00	642	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	597	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	136.32/cwt	135.00–137.00	705	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	141.31/cwt	137.00–142.00	803	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	600	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	702	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	121.72/cwt	120.00–125.00	746	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	838	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	758	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,016	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	330	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	611	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	338	178.53/cwt	177.00–180.00	603	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	648	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	367	171.73/cwt	170.00–175.00	630	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	416	171.75/cwt	170.00–175.00	714	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	463	166.26/cwt	162.00–172.00	770	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	474	153.46/cwt	150.00–157.00	727	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	485	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	703	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	515	142.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	734	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	520	136.04/cwt	135.00–137.00	707	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	568	134.44/cwt	132.00–137.00	764	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	620	128.58/cwt	125.00–132.00	797	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,750	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,558	1
Bulls	—	—	1,955	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,564	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,130	55.77/cwt	54.00–57.00	630	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	60.69/cwt	59.00–62.00	767	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,650	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	858	1

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Wed Jan 5, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 223Last week 527Year ago 373

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 58Year ago 39

No trends available due to market being closed for Holidays

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	180.00	180.00
2	—	330	185.00	185.00
3	—	463	162.00–172.00	166.26
4	—	416	170.00–175.00	171.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	140.00–145.00	142.52
2	—	568	132.00–137.00	134.44
2	—	338	177.00–180.00	178.53
3	—	367	170.00–175.00	171.73
2	—	620	125.00–132.00	128.58
4	—	474	150.00–157.00	153.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	145.00	145.00
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
2	—	520	135.00–137.00	136.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
1	—	350	147.00	147.00
3	—	517	135.00–137.00	136.32
4	—	613	120.00–125.00	121.72
1	—	315	157.00	157.00
3	—	462	137.00–140.00	138.99
1	—	655	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	127.00	127.00
1	—	600	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	758	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	160.00–162.00	160.93
1	—	635	132.00	132.00
2	—	365	157.00	157.00
7	—	568	137.00–142.00	141.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	167.00	167.00
2	—	515	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	611	153.00	153.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,263	59.00–62.00	60.69
3	—	1,130	54.00–57.00	55.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,955	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,750	89.00	89.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.