Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-10-19

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 199▼ 35 vs year ago 265 · −13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 35▲ 3 vs year ago 40 · +7.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 19▲ 10 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade moderate with best demand on weaned feeders. 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 $155.25/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$155.25
61 head · 963 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,495
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.17
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2963155.251,49561
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale61 hd
155.25
—
AL average14 barns · 843 hd
157.42
−2.17
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—Low1,49389.001,3282thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64063.001,0331thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31560.5379610
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09555.726103thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9001thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2963155.25/cwt155.25–155.251,49561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1403146.01/cwt145.00–147.005882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420136.73/cwt130.00–142.005745
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455118.00/cwt118.00–118.005371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468126.35/cwt122.00–128.005915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505132.52/cwt130.00–135.006692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513120.37/cwt118.00–123.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575115.45/cwt114.00–117.006642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578128.06/cwt125.00–132.007403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615119.02/cwt118.00–120.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625112.00/cwt110.00–114.007002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788115.00/cwt115.00–115.009062
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360159.97/cwt158.00–162.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378173.64/cwt170.00–180.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1407165.02/cwt160.00–170.006723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415149.08/cwt145.00–152.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435138.00/cwt138.00–138.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463151.02/cwt150.00–152.006992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468139.74/cwt135.00–142.006545
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515139.96/cwt138.00–142.007212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522132.03/cwt129.00–135.006893
Bulls—Medium and Large 3545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573133.55/cwt132.00–135.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2141
Bulls——1,50596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09555.72/cwt55.00–56.006103
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14568.00/cwt68.00–68.007792
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29063.08/cwt61.00–65.008143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39756.02/cwt54.00–58.007835
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64063.00/cwt63.00–63.001,0331
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—900.00/head900.00–900.009001

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.