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Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Apr 5

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Mar 29Apr 5Apr 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

359 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 355▲ 80 vs year ago 279 · +28.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

74 head

▲ 57 vs last sale 17▲ 36 vs year ago 38 · +94.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market not reported.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $199.76/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +0.29 against this barn's trailing median of $199.47.

Average price

$199.76

53 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$154

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$2.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.02

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	450	202.00	909	2thin
Medium and Large 1	585	199.69	1,168	26
Medium and Large 2	532	199.65	1,063	25

One grade step is worth $2.35/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale53 hd

199.76

—

AL average15 barns · 817 hd

198.74

+1.02

This barn, trailing median2 sales

199.47

+0.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,755	115.33	2,024	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,149	95.66	1,099	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,530	94.11	1,440	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	86.00	950	1thin

Every lot

52 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	285	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	855	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	907	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	996	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	690	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	220.64/cwt	220.00–222.00	746	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	781	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	763	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	382	203.30/cwt	200.00–205.00	777	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	215.98/cwt	215.00–217.00	896	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	418	192.51/cwt	190.00–195.00	805	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	421	203.48/cwt	200.00–207.00	857	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	860	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	198.25/cwt	195.00–200.00	916	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	208.31/cwt	205.00–215.00	975	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	203.04/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,029	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	187.95/cwt	185.00–190.00	979	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	181.02/cwt	180.00–182.00	956	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	183.53/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,035	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,024	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	633	161.00/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,019	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	172.51/cwt	170.00–173.00	1,109	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,117	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	245	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	662	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	300	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	705	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	851	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	426	218.21/cwt	212.00–222.00	930	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	450	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	909	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	219.02/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,018	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	208.53/cwt	207.00–210.00	980	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	211.46/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,068	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	532	201.17/cwt	197.00–205.00	1,070	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	559	203.03/cwt	197.00–207.00	1,135	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	582	191.76/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,116	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	617	193.06/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,191	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	640	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,152	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	187.16/cwt	185.00–192.00	1,254	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	176.02/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,188	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	720	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,202	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	728	174.44/cwt	172.00–177.00	1,270	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	768	168.47/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,294	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	785	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,232	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,632	109.13/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,781	3
Bulls	—	—	1,792	120.84/cwt	119.00–124.00	2,165	3
Bulls	—	—	1,883	116.35/cwt	115.00–118.00	2,191	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,074	89.34/cwt	88.00–92.00	960	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	950	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,161	100.67/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,169	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,169	95.77/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,120	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,286	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,498	93.15/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,395	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,670	99.53/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,662	2

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Wed Apr 5, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 359Last week 355Year ago 279

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 17Year ago 38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	175.00–177.00	176.02
1	—	375	227.00	227.00
1	—	300	235.00	235.00
2	—	720	167.00	167.00
4	—	470	207.00–210.00	208.53
5	—	532	197.00–205.00	201.17
1	—	785	157.00	157.00
3	—	582	185.00–195.00	191.76
5	—	426	212.00–222.00	218.21
1	—	640	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	217.00–220.00	219.02
1	—	245	270.00	270.00
3	—	617	187.00–197.00	193.06
6	—	559	197.00–207.00	203.03
5	—	670	185.00–192.00	187.16
2	—	728	172.00–177.00	174.44
4	—	505	207.00–217.00	211.46
2	—	768	167.00–170.00	168.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	230.00	230.00
6	—	643	170.00–173.00	172.51
2	—	415	215.00–217.00	215.98
4	—	564	180.00–187.00	183.53
3	—	507	200.00–207.00	203.04
1	—	735	152.00	152.00
1	—	355	220.00	220.00
5	—	468	205.00–215.00	208.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	212.00	212.00
2	—	633	160.00–162.00	161.00
5	—	421	200.00–207.00	203.48
1	—	585	175.00	175.00
4	—	521	185.00–190.00	187.95
3	—	338	220.00–222.00	220.64
3	—	462	195.00–200.00	198.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	200.00–205.00	203.30
2	—	418	190.00–195.00	192.51
1	—	460	187.00	187.00
4	—	528	180.00–182.00	181.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	300.00	300.00
1	—	370	245.00	245.00
1	—	415	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,632	108.00–111.00	109.13
2	—	1,883	115.00–118.00	116.35
3	—	1,792	119.00–124.00	120.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,074	88.00–92.00	89.34
15	—	1,169	93.00–98.00	95.77
6	—	1,161	100.00–102.00	100.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	99.00–100.00	99.53
1	—	1,445	89.00	89.00
6	—	1,498	91.00–97.00	93.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	86.00	86.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.