Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-02-15

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 600▲ 51 vs year ago 350 · +14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 33▲ 10 vs year ago 25 · +40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▲ 15 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 steady to weaker. Feeder steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold sharply higher. Trade active with best demand on heavyweight weaned feeders. Replacement cattle 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 $161.82/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$161.82
72 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.15
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1608166.281,01135
Medium and Large 3499161.228045thin
Medium and Large 2591157.0392832
One grade step is worth $9.25/cwt here — about $83 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 sale72 hd
161.82
—
AL average16 barns · 1,426 hd
166.97
−5.15
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—Average1,60999.691,6043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23786.711,07312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51586.001,3031thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19082.049762thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$9401thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1511206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0535
Steers—Medium and Large 2585183.00/cwt182.00–185.001,0713
Steers—Medium and Large 1630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,26014
Steers—Medium and Large 1677190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2866
Steers—Medium and Large 2686181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2427
Steers—Medium and Large 1786174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,3684
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423179.54/cwt177.00–182.007592
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467164.77/cwt164.00–167.007694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475173.39/cwt170.00–175.008243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480180.52/cwt180.00–182.008664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy510185.00/cwt185.00–185.009441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521166.48/cwt160.00–170.008675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525175.96/cwt172.00–180.009244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561167.22/cwt165.00–170.009384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added571174.00/cwt174.00–174.009949
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572161.36/cwt160.00–162.009233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620162.46/cwt160.00–165.001,0072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620151.33/cwt149.00–155.0093813
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625147.00/cwt147.00–147.009191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667154.72/cwt152.00–160.001,0323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added670165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673148.35/cwt145.00–150.009983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy730170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2738143.48/cwt142.00–145.001,0592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2770130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1789141.64/cwt141.00–145.001,1186
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268237.52/cwt235.00–240.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320220.00/cwt220.00–220.007041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320215.00/cwt215.00–215.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373217.00/cwt217.00–217.008092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415187.00/cwt187.00–187.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418195.70/cwt190.00–202.008183
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418181.35/cwt180.00–182.007583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458192.33/cwt190.00–195.008813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471184.29/cwt180.00–187.008684
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510168.49/cwt167.00–170.008592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512175.84/cwt172.00–180.009007
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530188.72/cwt185.00–192.001,0006
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568169.88/cwt165.00–175.009653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575183.50/cwt180.00–187.001,0552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1629172.32/cwt171.00–182.001,08411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672170.70/cwt167.00–175.001,1473
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,4231
Bulls——1,648103.04/cwt102.00–104.001,6982
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17282.28/cwt81.00–83.009643
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19082.04/cwt81.00–83.009762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25891.42/cwt90.00–92.001,1503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25986.57/cwt84.00–89.001,0906
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3031
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—940.00/head940.00–940.009401

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.