Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-07-19

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jul 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▼ 131 vs last sale 415▲ 20 vs year ago 264 · +7.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 67▼ 41 vs year ago 63 · −65.1%
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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 unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good 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 $221.97/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$221.97
43 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,061
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.01
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479228.921,09712thin
Medium and Large 2478219.781,04929
Medium and Large 3475212.001,0072thin
One grade step is worth $16.92/cwt here — about $90 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 sale43 hd
221.97
—
AL average13 barns · 1,370 hd
221.98
−0.01
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—Average1,970125.352,4693thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17199.881,1707thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,37094.001,2881thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373273.49/cwt272.00–275.001,0202
Steers—Medium and Large 2477253.29/cwt250.00–255.001,2083
Steers—Medium and Large 2718225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363234.67/cwt232.00–237.008523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388242.52/cwt240.00–245.009412
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405217.00/cwt217.00–217.008791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422237.30/cwt235.00–240.001,0013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428226.70/cwt222.00–230.009708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485219.01/cwt215.00–225.001,0628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522211.98/cwt210.00–215.001,1077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533223.58/cwt220.00–227.001,1922
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563216.30/cwt215.00–217.001,2183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340262.00/cwt262.00–262.008911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385242.00/cwt242.00–242.009321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408240.98/cwt240.00–242.009832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427232.42/cwt230.00–235.009923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0932
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485227.29/cwt225.00–230.001,1023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508229.70/cwt227.00–235.001,1673
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522219.01/cwt215.00–222.001,1436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571217.99/cwt215.00–225.001,2455
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574206.64/cwt205.00–210.001,1866
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630203.56/cwt200.00–207.001,2822
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,780121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,1541
Bulls——2,065127.52/cwt127.00–128.002,6332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10595.81/cwt93.00–97.001,0593
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205100.92/cwt99.00–102.001,2163
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3841
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,37094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2881

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.