Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2024-02-21

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 21
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
543 head
▼ 517 vs last sale 1,060▲ 143 vs year ago 400 · +35.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 34▼ 40 vs year ago 82 · −48.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, lightweight feeder heifers sold sharply higher, heavyweight feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on 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 $257.51/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$257.51
98 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,307
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.12
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530261.431,38649
Medium and Large 2481255.461,23045
Medium and Large 3525232.501,2214thin
One grade step is worth $28.93/cwt here — about $166 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 sale98 hd
257.51
—
AL average14 barns · 1,931 hd
252.39
+5.12
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—Low1,565119.001,8622thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,319107.811,4218thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,363105.911,4442thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,103102.401,1292thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380367.50/cwt365.00–370.001,3972
Steers—Medium and Large 1531308.14/cwt306.00–310.001,63613
Steers—Medium and Large 1555285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5822
Steers—Medium and Large 1613273.83/cwt270.00–277.001,67913
Steers—Medium and Large 2625257.50/cwt250.00–265.001,6092
Steers—Medium and Large 2675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6201
Steers—Medium and Large 1773244.85/cwt240.00–250.001,8932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325313.69/cwt310.00–320.001,0194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373296.34/cwt290.00–300.001,1054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,1511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414299.95/cwt290.00–310.001,2426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424278.69/cwt275.00–285.001,1828
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461252.06/cwt245.00–260.001,16212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463275.66/cwt270.00–285.001,2767
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515252.32/cwt250.00–255.001,2996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519239.86/cwt235.00–245.001,24510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565231.55/cwt228.00–235.001,3085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579243.69/cwt240.00–244.001,41113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630233.51/cwt232.00–235.001,4712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,4244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added671237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,59010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360327.53/cwt325.00–330.001,1792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416310.96/cwt305.00–315.001,29410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428295.87/cwt290.00–300.001,26610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462298.11/cwt290.00–305.001,3778
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477280.46/cwt275.00–285.001,33812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514281.65/cwt275.00–290.001,4488
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527263.62/cwt260.00–270.001,3897
Bulls—Medium and Large 2553248.73/cwt245.00–250.001,3754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565266.03/cwt260.00–275.001,5035
Bulls—Medium and Large 1607253.30/cwt250.00–260.001,5383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,405116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,6301
Bulls——1,725122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,1051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,103102.40/cwt101.00–104.001,1292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233112.45/cwt112.00–113.001,3872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,347106.26/cwt104.00–108.001,4316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363105.91/cwt103.00–109.001,4442

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.