Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-09-13

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 13
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
381 head
▲ 177 vs last sale 204▼ 342 vs year ago 723 · −47.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 48▲ 26 vs year ago 38 · +68.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade active with good demand on weaned 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 $214.75/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$214.75
79 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,268
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$388
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.52
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625220.101,37658
Medium and Large 2494199.9798821
One grade step is worth $20.13/cwt here — about $388 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 sale79 hd
214.75
—
AL average14 barns · 1,514 hd
217.27
−2.52
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—Average1,371120.651,6545thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,670106.001,7702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,234101.961,25830
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04991.039555thin

Every lot

37 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 1345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Steers—Medium and Large 2473245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1594
Steers—Medium and Large 1485250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2131
Steers—Medium and Large 2620237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4691
Steers—Medium and Large 1624243.38/cwt241.00–247.001,51915
Steers—Medium and Large 1770235.69/cwt235.00–237.001,8156
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415215.00/cwt215.00–215.008921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415206.97/cwt204.00–210.008596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466202.59/cwt202.00–205.009445
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514197.89/cwt190.00–202.001,0175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529209.28/cwt205.00–210.001,1077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557198.99/cwt197.00–200.001,1083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578191.71/cwt190.00–195.001,1083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added594235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,39617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added623230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625190.03/cwt188.00–192.001,1882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663218.23/cwt192.00–223.001,44712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added730210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement773217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added787207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6292
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421217.45/cwt215.00–220.009156
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423206.65/cwt205.00–210.008746
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458203.31/cwt200.00–205.009313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475212.28/cwt210.00–215.001,0084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519207.48/cwt204.00–210.001,0774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531197.17/cwt195.00–200.001,0476
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562193.29/cwt190.00–195.001,0863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1402
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,361122.56/cwt120.00–125.001,6684
Bulls——1,410113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,5931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04991.03/cwt90.00–93.009555
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14896.31/cwt95.00–98.001,1066
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255101.92/cwt99.00–105.001,27919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257108.89/cwt107.00–110.001,3695
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7601
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,695105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7801

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.