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Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Mar 6

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Feb 28Mar 6Mar 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

229 head

▼ 271 vs last sale 500▼ 375 vs year ago 604 · −62.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 38▼ 16 vs year ago 34 · −47.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to firm, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $264.73/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −115.17 against this barn's trailing median of $379.90.

Average price

$264.73

11 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	271.96	1,401	6thin
Medium and Large 2	527	256.05	1,349	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.91/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

264.73

—

AL average13 barns · 166 hd

268.30

−3.57

This barn, trailing median24 sales

379.90

−115.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.26, low $314.46, median $379.90 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,580	127.00	2,007	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,320	124.00	1,637	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	116.08	1,439	6thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	327.47/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,326	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	314.47/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,321	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,530	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,699	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	681	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,703	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	316.81/cwt	310.00–320.00	992	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	293.48/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,057	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	305.24/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,145	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	415	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,287	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	286.51/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,203	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	273.77/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,158	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	257.96/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,212	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	267.43/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,278	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,285	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	245.68/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,297	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	248.50/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,392	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	330.15/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,106	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	315.10/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,292	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	295.90/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,228	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	297.02/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,357	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	286.61/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,324	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	271.96/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,401	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	256.05/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,349	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	238.47/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,514	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	233.54/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,537	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,885	1
Bulls	—	—	1,615	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,132	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	113.25/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,348	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,637	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	121.73/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,631	2

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Wed Mar 6, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 229Last week 500Year ago 604

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 38Year ago 34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,615	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,190	109.00–115.00	113.25
2	—	1,340	119.00–124.00	121.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	124.00	124.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	310.00–320.00	316.81
3	350–400	375	302.00–307.00	305.24
6	400–450	420	280.00–295.00	286.51
2	450–500	478	265.00–270.00	267.43
1	500–550	500	257.00	257.00
2	550–600	560	247.00–250.00	248.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	292.00–295.00	293.48
4	400–450	423	270.00–275.00	273.77
5	450–500	470	255.00–260.00	257.96
3	500–550	528	245.00–247.00	245.68
1	550–600	565	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	405	325.00–330.00	327.47
4	450–500	478	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	505	295.00	295.00
9	550–600	581	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	312.00–317.00	314.47
1	500–550	530	290.00	290.00
4	650–700	681	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	320.00–340.00	330.15
6	400–450	410	310.00–320.00	315.10
3	450–500	457	292.00–302.00	297.02
6	500–550	515	265.00–277.00	271.96
2	600–650	635	235.00–242.00	238.47
2	650–700	658	230.00–237.00	233.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	292.00–300.00	295.90
6	450–500	462	280.00–290.00	286.61
5	500–550	527	250.00–260.00	256.05
1	600–650	635	230.00	230.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.