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Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jan 19

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Jan 12Jan 19Jan 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

198 head

▼ 643 vs last sale 841▼ 163 vs year ago 361 · −45.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 21▼ 2 vs year ago 27 · −7.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle too few to trend.

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 $140.25/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$140.25

19 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$0.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.32

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	140.31	734	10thin
Medium and Large 2	444	140.24	622	7thin
Medium and Large 3	383	140.00	536	2thin

One grade step is worth $0.31/cwt here — about $198 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 sale19 hd

140.25

—

AL average13 barns · 1,212 hd

139.93

+0.32

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	1,373	89.00	1,222	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	65.49	829	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,210	61.66	746	3thin

Every lot

29 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 · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	150.98/cwt	150.00–152.00	631	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	141.56/cwt	140.00–145.00	604	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	455	136.00/cwt	135.00–137.00	619	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	144.51/cwt	142.00–147.00	676	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	691	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	568	142.58/cwt	140.00–145.00	810	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	355	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	628	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	168.55/cwt	167.00–170.00	725	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	453	172.51/cwt	170.00–175.00	781	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	490	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	794	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	156.04/cwt	152.00–160.00	804	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	795	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	585	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	860	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	871	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	723	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	911	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,255	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,054	1
Bulls	—	—	1,490	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,401	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	61.66/cwt	61.00–63.00	746	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	66.65/cwt	65.00–69.00	840	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	797	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 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 841Year ago 361

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 21Year ago 27

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle too few to trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	167.00–170.00	168.55
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
1	—	355	177.00	177.00
1	—	490	162.00	162.00
1	—	580	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	147.00	147.00
1	—	645	135.00	135.00
2	—	453	170.00–175.00	172.51
4	—	515	152.00–160.00	156.04
2	—	723	125.00–127.00	126.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	140.00–145.00	142.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	135.00–137.00	136.00
1	—	390	155.00	155.00
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
3	—	427	140.00–145.00	141.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	355	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	150.00–152.00	150.98
2	—	468	142.00–147.00	144.51
2	—	508	135.00–137.00	135.99
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
1	—	695	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,490	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	65.00–69.00	66.65
1	—	1,285	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	61.00–63.00	61.66

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.