Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2022-12-14

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Dec 14
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
273 head
▼ 391 vs last sale 664▼ 254 vs year ago 527 · −48.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 38▼ 22 vs year ago 58 · −37.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $168.82/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −30.65 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.
Average price
$168.82
48 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$908
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.02
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551175.0096519thin
Medium and Large 3449171.317693thin
Medium and Large 2539164.0288326
One grade step is worth $10.99/cwt here — about $81 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 sale48 hd
168.82
—
AL average16 barns · 1,177 hd
160.80
+8.02
This barn, trailing median2 sales
199.47
−30.65
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—High1,80592.501,6702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22969.0684813
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20565.007831thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2455182.00/cwt182.00–182.008281
Steers—Medium and Large 2510180.00/cwt180.00–180.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1585180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0531
Steers—Medium and Large 1625166.02/cwt165.00–167.001,0382
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2151
Steers—Medium and Large 1680160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0881
Steers—Medium and Large 1750152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363168.05/cwt167.00–170.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426172.30/cwt170.00–175.007344
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430155.00/cwt155.00–155.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443162.51/cwt160.00–165.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469162.58/cwt157.00–172.007634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471148.02/cwt147.00–150.006975
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508129.49/cwt127.00–132.006582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518147.82/cwt145.00–152.007666
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523139.80/cwt137.00–142.007315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567140.69/cwt140.00–142.007983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575131.01/cwt127.00–135.007535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623135.99/cwt135.00–137.008472
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416204.81/cwt200.00–210.008524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420193.71/cwt190.00–195.008144
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438178.47/cwt177.00–180.007822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470184.65/cwt180.00–192.008684
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470157.00/cwt157.00–157.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475173.76/cwt170.00–177.008255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2514167.96/cwt165.00–170.008635
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565155.19/cwt154.00–157.008775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569173.84/cwt170.00–180.009894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2603143.49/cwt140.00–147.008652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622163.96/cwt160.00–167.001,0203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650150.00/cwt150.00–150.009751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2669143.61/cwt137.00–147.009615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1712143.33/cwt140.00–145.001,0213
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4621
Bulls——1,890100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18563.00/cwt63.00–63.007471
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18873.08/cwt72.00–74.008682
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20565.00/cwt65.00–65.007831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24168.86/cwt65.00–71.0085510

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.