Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-11-16

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Nov 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
231 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 271▼ 4 vs year ago 235 · −1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 41▼ 15 vs year ago 37 · −40.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.88/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$136.88
33 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.06
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473146.366926thin
Medium and Large 2503135.2068125
Medium and Large 3475129.506152thin
One grade step is worth $16.86/cwt here — about $77 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 sale33 hd
136.88
—
AL average16 barns · 1,960 hd
145.95
−9.06
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—Low1,56588.001,3771thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26867.678583thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31063.008251thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90554.004891thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2400172.00/cwt172.00–172.006881
Steers—Medium and Large 2523153.48/cwt152.00–155.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 2565147.00/cwt147.00–147.008311
Steers—Medium and Large 2640137.00/cwt137.00–137.008771
Steers—Medium and Large 1730143.67/cwt137.00–147.001,0493
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360152.99/cwt152.00–154.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417152.72/cwt150.00–154.006373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431143.08/cwt140.00–145.006174
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475139.70/cwt135.00–142.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521133.78/cwt127.00–135.0069710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582125.38/cwt122.00–127.007303
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660112.00/cwt112.00–112.007391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345182.00/cwt182.00–182.006281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408162.55/cwt160.00–165.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423171.01/cwt170.00–172.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470156.48/cwt155.00–158.007352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2536137.11/cwt135.00–140.007358
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615130.67/cwt130.00–132.008043
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,56588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90554.00/cwt54.00–54.004891
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24566.00/cwt66.00–66.008222
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31063.00/cwt63.00–63.008251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31571.00/cwt71.00–71.009341

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.