Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-03-30

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 30
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
438 head
▲ 275 vs last sale 163▲ 115 vs year ago 323 · +35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 46▲ 23 vs year ago 17 · +135.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.84/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$149.84
79 head · 794 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.73
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589167.5398617thin
Medium and Large 2550163.018974thin
Medium and Large 1-2871143.751,25258
One grade step is worth $23.78/cwt here — about −$266 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 sale79 hd
149.84
—
AL average14 barns · 680 hd
165.57
−15.73
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—Low1,538108.791,6743thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40587.001,2221thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19783.751,00317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17071.088323thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320220.00/cwt220.00–220.007041
Steers—Medium and Large 1410197.56/cwt195.00–200.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 2480170.00/cwt170.00–170.008161
Steers—Medium and Large 1513172.44/cwt170.00–175.008852
Steers—Medium and Large 2538163.52/cwt162.00–165.008802
Steers—Medium and Large 1616162.00/cwt162.00–162.009985
Steers—Medium and Large 2645155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0001
Steers—Medium and Large 1680154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0477
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,25258
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313160.00/cwt160.00–160.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318164.53/cwt164.00–165.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363160.00/cwt160.00–160.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375153.58/cwt152.00–155.005762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418150.01/cwt148.00–152.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423156.57/cwt155.00–160.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461147.27/cwt145.00–150.006797
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463140.00/cwt140.00–140.006482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470153.45/cwt152.00–155.007212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513146.01/cwt145.00–147.007493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526137.90/cwt135.00–140.007257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559137.42/cwt137.00–140.007687
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560132.37/cwt130.00–135.007413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610127.00/cwt127.00–127.007751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340210.00/cwt210.00–210.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370182.40/cwt180.00–185.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375194.73/cwt190.00–200.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400168.00/cwt168.00–168.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431175.76/cwt170.00–180.007585
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432187.93/cwt185.00–192.008123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464163.03/cwt160.00–167.007567
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473155.00/cwt155.00–155.007332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475170.96/cwt170.00–172.008122
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500142.00/cwt142.00–142.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518164.07/cwt160.00–167.008503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521152.00/cwt148.00–155.007925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570145.59/cwt142.00–150.008303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008911
Bulls—Medium and Large 3605130.00/cwt130.00–130.007871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618152.36/cwt150.00–155.009423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630139.98/cwt138.00–142.008822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1658144.49/cwt142.00–147.009512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660132.00/cwt132.00–132.008711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,405106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4891
Bulls——1,605110.18/cwt109.00–111.001,7682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17071.08/cwt70.00–73.008323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18589.77/cwt87.00–92.001,0644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19383.27/cwt80.00–86.0099310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22777.32/cwt76.00–78.009493
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2221

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.