Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-03-22

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 22
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
602 head
▲ 169 vs last sale 433▲ 439 vs year ago 163 · +269.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 29▲ 21 vs year ago 46 · +45.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 9▲ 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on new-crop calves, very good demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.47/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$186.47
143 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,034
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.54
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512194.2699541
Medium and Large 1-2594189.001,12364
Medium and Large 3471177.258354thin
Medium and Large 2542173.3993934
One grade step is worth $20.87/cwt here — about $56 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 sale143 hd
186.47
—
AL average16 barns · 1,537 hd
190.00
−3.54
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—Average1,642111.821,8366thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21893.311,13624
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03191.749464thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47091.391,3445thin

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)—$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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1525237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2441
Steers—Medium and Large 2537212.60/cwt210.00–215.001,14221
Steers—Medium and Large 1555217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2041
Steers—Medium and Large 2573209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1989
Steers—Medium and Large 1605208.42/cwt205.00–209.001,2617
Steers—Medium and Large 2623194.40/cwt194.00–195.001,21110
Steers—Medium and Large 1673195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3126
Steers—Medium and Large 2675190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2831
Steers—Medium and Large 1714181.05/cwt181.00–182.001,29320
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312227.07/cwt224.00–232.007083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363208.47/cwt207.00–210.007572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363197.52/cwt195.00–200.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408203.98/cwt203.00–205.008322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420191.75/cwt190.00–195.008053
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445182.00/cwt182.00–182.008101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474183.45/cwt180.00–190.008707
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480175.67/cwt175.00–177.008433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1497199.63/cwt199.00–205.0099211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523179.18/cwt175.00–185.009376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527195.32/cwt190.00–198.001,02915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565184.62/cwt182.00–187.001,0433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575172.41/cwt170.00–175.009912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2594189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,12364
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630158.63/cwt150.00–162.0099914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673157.45/cwt155.00–160.001,0602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705154.67/cwt152.00–157.001,0903
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260265.00/cwt265.00–265.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280247.00/cwt247.00–247.006921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360224.53/cwt222.00–227.008082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365236.98/cwt232.00–242.008653
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405205.00/cwt205.00–205.008301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423211.33/cwt200.00–217.008945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427223.85/cwt220.00–227.009565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474202.27/cwt198.00–206.009594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485217.65/cwt210.00–220.001,0564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508202.49/cwt200.00–205.001,0292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528189.80/cwt185.00–195.001,0026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558188.48/cwt187.00–190.001,0522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575180.98/cwt180.00–182.001,0412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2622168.27/cwt165.00–170.001,0473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,540106.49/cwt105.00–108.001,6402
Bulls——1,670112.50/cwt110.00–115.001,8792
Bulls——1,715116.47/cwt116.00–117.001,9972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03191.74/cwt88.00–94.009464
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17790.65/cwt89.00–92.001,0679
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21994.20/cwt89.00–98.001,14813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39599.49/cwt99.00–100.001,3882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45393.00/cwt93.00–93.001,3512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48290.32/cwt89.00–91.001,3393
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—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.