Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-03-23

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 23
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 302▼ 139 vs year ago 302 · −46.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 12▲ 26 vs year ago 20 · +130.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 9 vs year ago 24 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher with high dressing boning cows sold up to 95.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with very good demand on 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 $149.20/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$149.20
30 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.52
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479152.9273211thin
Medium and Large 2447148.6266416thin
Medium and Large 3463138.696433thin
One grade step is worth $14.23/cwt here — about $89 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 sale30 hd
149.20
—
AL average13 barns · 1,072 hd
142.68
+6.52
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—High1,693101.331,7163thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70086.031,4633thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23584.421,04318
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07766.9872110

Every lot

43 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 1300220.00/cwt220.00–220.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 2565155.00/cwt155.00–155.008761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345170.00/cwt170.00–170.005871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373170.00/cwt170.00–170.006342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377163.36/cwt160.00–165.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408150.49/cwt150.00–152.006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423162.63/cwt160.00–165.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430144.53/cwt142.00–147.006212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472153.29/cwt150.00–160.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476142.64/cwt140.00–145.006796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515143.50/cwt142.00–145.007392
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530127.00/cwt127.00–127.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613135.00/cwt135.00–135.008282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1327212.31/cwt207.00–215.006943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373200.00/cwt200.00–200.007462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415190.99/cwt190.00–192.007932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417178.08/cwt174.00–180.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460167.50/cwt165.00–170.007712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475180.21/cwt175.00–185.008562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503175.02/cwt170.00–180.008802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535163.51/cwt162.00–165.008752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560150.00/cwt150.00–150.008401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573160.07/cwt155.00–165.009172
Bulls—Medium and Large 3595140.00/cwt140.00–140.008331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618137.51/cwt135.00–140.008502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635150.00/cwt150.00–150.009531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655137.00/cwt137.00–137.008971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1780127.00/cwt127.00–127.009911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,665101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6821
Bulls——1,70593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5861
Bulls——1,710110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07766.98/cwt65.00–70.0072110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18190.80/cwt88.00–93.001,0727
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26475.68/cwt73.00–78.009575
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27584.27/cwt77.00–86.001,0746
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66083.05/cwt81.00–85.001,3792
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,78092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,6381
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—940.00/cwt940.00–940.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—820.00/cwt820.00–820.00—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.