Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2023-10-25

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Oct 25
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
339 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 417▲ 109 vs year ago 230 · +47.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 47▼ 20 vs year ago 43 · −46.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade moderate with best demand on value added 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 $211.31/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$211.31
125 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,277
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$494
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.39
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1627217.181,362102
Medium and Large 2510186.1294919thin
Medium and Large 3479181.278684thin
One grade step is worth $35.91/cwt here — about $494 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 sale125 hd
211.31
—
AL average12 barns · 1,179 hd
204.91
+6.39
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—Average1,963111.892,1963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25282.781,0376thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93078.007251thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added410280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1481
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added496274.24/cwt265.00–275.001,36013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
Steers—Medium and Large 1505247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2471
Steers—Medium and Large 1555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3041
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy562255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4337
Steers—Medium and Large 2605222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3431
Steers—Medium and Large 2670215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4411
Steers—Medium and Large 1740215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5915
Steers—Medium and Large 1875207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,8163
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413214.32/cwt210.00–220.008854
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435195.00/cwt195.00–195.008481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439204.74/cwt200.00–207.008994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460205.99/cwt205.00–207.009482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466193.95/cwt190.00–200.009045
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480182.53/cwt180.00–185.008762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512195.63/cwt192.00–200.001,0023
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520165.00/cwt165.00–165.008581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525181.51/cwt178.00–185.009535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562173.35/cwt170.00–175.009743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added633221.42/cwt219.00–225.001,40278
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added728205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,49212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305230.00/cwt230.00–230.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315225.00/cwt225.00–225.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415208.00/cwt208.00–208.008631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423215.84/cwt213.00–218.009135
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428222.35/cwt220.00–225.009523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472206.22/cwt202.00–210.009736
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475215.01/cwt212.00–220.001,0213
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480200.00/cwt200.00–200.009601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516207.91/cwt205.00–215.001,0734
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529195.40/cwt190.00–200.001,0345
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540185.00/cwt185.00–185.009991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573195.15/cwt190.00–200.001,1182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588186.01/cwt185.00–187.001,0942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620180.02/cwt178.00–182.001,1162
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,963111.89/cwt110.00–115.002,1963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93078.00/cwt78.00–78.007251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25184.69/cwt83.00–88.001,0594
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25578.96/cwt78.00–80.009912

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.