Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2024-02-07

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 7
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,060 head
▲ 568 vs last sale 492▲ 460 vs year ago 600 · +76.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 27▲ 1 vs year ago 33 · +3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $281.59/cwt on 215 head.
Average price
$281.59
215 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$57.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.68
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539295.691,595160
Medium and Large 2517285.001,4733thin
Medium and Large 1-2685238.001,63052
One grade step is worth $57.69/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale215 hd
281.59
—
AL average15 barns · 1,083 hd
280.91
+0.68
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—Average1,961125.872,4694thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,633106.931,7463thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,288104.741,3493thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0251thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2191
Steers—Medium and Large 1395345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3631
Steers—Medium and Large 1414331.60/cwt325.00–332.001,37323
Steers—Medium and Large 1489310.59/cwt310.00–325.001,51966
Steers—Medium and Large 1515290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4941
Steers—Medium and Large 2517285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4733
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added576295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6993
Steers—Medium and Large 1639266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,70065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,63052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325305.00/cwt305.00–305.009911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325287.00/cwt287.00–287.009331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365274.57/cwt272.00–277.001,0022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0963
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416274.25/cwt272.00–282.001,1419
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418265.08/cwt260.00–267.001,1089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473259.43/cwt257.00–262.001,2274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473241.93/cwt240.00–245.001,14411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1504251.79/cwt250.00–255.001,2695
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535242.17/cwt238.00–245.001,2966
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568237.53/cwt235.00–240.001,3496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573248.59/cwt245.00–250.001,4247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600239.00/cwt238.00–240.001,4342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672226.32/cwt225.00–227.001,5213
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,0451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373311.02/cwt310.00–312.001,1602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421298.12/cwt290.00–305.001,2558
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435282.95/cwt275.00–287.001,23110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2462272.39/cwt265.00–277.001,2585
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473283.81/cwt280.00–290.001,3425
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510237.52/cwt235.00–240.001,2112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521252.47/cwt245.00–262.001,31510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527264.78/cwt260.00–267.001,3955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574254.99/cwt250.00–260.001,4644
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574240.48/cwt237.00–245.001,3804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610233.69/cwt230.00–235.001,4264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620242.36/cwt240.00–245.001,5033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,575135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,1261
Bulls——2,090122.83/cwt120.00–126.002,5673
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288104.74/cwt103.00–106.001,3493
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,633106.93/cwt105.00–108.001,7463
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
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.