Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2024-01-10

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jan 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 306 vs last sale 531▼ 512 vs year ago 737 · −69.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 34▼ 17 vs year ago 46 · −37.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 17▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available due to market being closed for Holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.48/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$228.48
50 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.10
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504236.081,19127
Medium and Large 2424221.4194019thin
Medium and Large 3459210.759674thin
One grade step is worth $25.33/cwt here — about $223 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 sale50 hd
228.48
—
AL average16 barns · 1,667 hd
223.37
+5.10
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—High1,532110.051,6863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59894.501,5102thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27490.231,15011
CowsLean 85-90%Average91085.007741thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1132thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0251thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added503290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,45913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361230.00/cwt230.00–230.008306
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414220.80/cwt220.00–225.009146
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433217.00/cwt217.00–217.009402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455216.04/cwt212.00–220.009832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy466240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1188
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470207.00/cwt207.00–207.009731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0691
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2501213.99/cwt210.00–215.001,0725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503220.68/cwt220.00–222.001,1103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added528240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,26713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1343277.48/cwt275.00–280.009522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1353262.52/cwt260.00–265.009272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378257.55/cwt255.00–260.009742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423243.43/cwt240.00–245.001,0303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423233.77/cwt230.00–235.009894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458241.01/cwt240.00–242.001,1042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475232.47/cwt230.00–235.001,1044
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0662
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518228.28/cwt225.00–230.001,1823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520236.00/cwt235.00–237.001,2272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2943
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8061
Bulls——1,545105.08/cwt103.00–107.001,6232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91085.00/cwt85.00–85.007741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26891.79/cwt90.00–94.001,1646
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28288.35/cwt86.00–93.001,1335
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59894.50/cwt94.00–95.001,5102
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,150.00/head1,125.00–1,175.001,1502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,112.50/head1,100.00–1,125.001,1132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251

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.