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Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 12

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

199 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 267▼ 315 vs year ago 514 · −61.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 46▲ 4 vs year ago 31 · +12.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 0▲ 19 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 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade moderate with light demand. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.03/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −66.44 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.

Average price

$133.03

21 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$162

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$2.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.82

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	516	133.42	688	18thin
Medium and Large 1	650	130.67	849	3thin

One grade step is worth $2.76/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale21 hd

133.03

—

AL average15 barns · 1,071 hd

133.85

−0.82

This barn, trailing median2 sales

199.47

−66.44

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	1,638	85.00	1,392	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	65.64	799	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,123	64.66	726	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	61.00	930	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$860	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$820	1thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	882	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	413	136.03/cwt	135.00–137.00	562	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	134.77/cwt	130.00–137.00	636	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	129.51/cwt	127.00–132.00	684	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	133.53/cwt	132.00–135.00	748	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	813	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	966	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	410	144.00/cwt	142.00–145.00	590	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	140.04/cwt	138.00–142.00	658	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	531	130.88/cwt	130.00–132.00	695	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	562	128.71/cwt	127.00–132.00	723	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	123.60/cwt	120.00–127.00	764	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	866	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,638	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,392	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,010	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	727	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,058	62.55/cwt	62.00–63.00	662	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	64.66/cwt	64.00–66.00	726	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	65.59/cwt	63.00–68.00	884	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	930	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860.00/head	830.00–890.00	860	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	820.00/head	820.00–820.00	820	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 Oct 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 199Last week 267Year ago 514

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 46Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	122.00	122.00
2	—	620	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	138.00–142.00	140.04
3	—	562	127.00–132.00	128.71
2	—	618	120.00–127.00	123.60
3	—	410	142.00–145.00	144.00
7	—	531	130.00–132.00	130.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	130.00–137.00	134.77
1	—	550	125.00	125.00
1	—	760	107.00	107.00
2	—	528	127.00–132.00	129.51
2	—	413	135.00–137.00	136.03
2	—	615	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	132.00–135.00	133.53
3	—	840	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	147.00	147.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	—	820.00	820.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	830.00–890.00	860.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,348	63.00–68.00	65.59
1	—	1,010	72.00	72.00
2	—	1,058	62.00–63.00	62.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	64.00–66.00	64.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	85.00	85.00

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.