Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-09-20

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 20
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
445 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 381▲ 38 vs year ago 407 · +9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 64▲ 3 vs year ago 44 · +6.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeders, light demand on unweaned 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 $207.49/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$207.49
112 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.39
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594208.921,24163
Medium and Large 2526205.701,08242
Medium and Large 3473205.279727thin
One grade step is worth $3.65/cwt here — about $269 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 sale112 hd
207.49
—
AL average15 barns · 2,210 hd
217.87
−10.39
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—Average1,768126.152,2315thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25995.501,20218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60395.411,5292thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2405282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,1421
Steers—Medium and Large 1414297.59/cwt285.00–302.001,2325
Steers—Medium and Large 2455275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2511
Steers—Medium and Large 3470260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2221
Steers—Medium and Large 2500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
Steers—Medium and Large 1510285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4541
Steers—Medium and Large 1565255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4411
Steers—Medium and Large 2571247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4109
Steers—Medium and Large 2610230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4031
Steers—Medium and Large 1650235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5282
Steers—Medium and Large 1703227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5962
Steers—Medium and Large 2725222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370236.04/cwt235.00–237.008732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412218.66/cwt218.00–220.009013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416214.17/cwt212.00–216.008916
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440210.00/cwt210.00–210.009241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459211.40/cwt211.00–215.0097010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3479204.48/cwt202.00–205.009796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy515230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524210.71/cwt210.00–217.001,10417
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530208.92/cwt205.00–212.001,1073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569199.00/cwt195.00–202.001,1329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575211.95/cwt210.00–217.001,21919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629195.89/cwt190.00–197.001,23212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy641215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673202.43/cwt200.00–205.001,3622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,45211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1403228.99/cwt228.00–230.009232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408221.74/cwt220.00–225.009057
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453226.01/cwt225.00–227.001,0242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483218.24/cwt215.00–220.001,0545
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523223.62/cwt220.00–227.001,1702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528214.20/cwt210.00–217.001,1315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558208.52/cwt207.00–210.001,1642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2599205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,22811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613202.47/cwt200.00–205.001,2412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623193.35/cwt192.00–194.001,2053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,735124.58/cwt121.00–127.002,1613
Bulls——1,818128.51/cwt128.00–129.002,3362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%945106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25492.61/cwt90.00–94.001,1619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30397.43/cwt95.00–101.001,2708
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60395.41/cwt94.00–97.001,5292

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.