Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2024-08-28

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Aug 28
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 328▼ 27 vs year ago 286 · −9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 52▼ 7 vs year ago 49 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 13▼ 3 vs year ago 14 · −21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. All feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.01/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −145.38 against this barn's trailing median of $369.39.
Average price
$224.01
21 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.96
vs AL average
−17.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549238.671,3093thin
Medium and Large 2544227.131,2369thin
Medium and Large 3544216.011,1769thin
One grade step is worth $22.66/cwt here — about $134 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 sale21 hd
224.01
—
AL average13 barns · 600 hd
226.98
−2.96
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−17.87
This barn, trailing median26 sales
369.39
−145.38
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

26 sales
439389339289median 369.3903/0404/2907/1509/0210/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.62, low $303.06, median $369.39 across 26 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,776157.712,8016thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,262131.491,65915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,556127.591,9857thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,148109.051,2528thin

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)—$1,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3173thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,0001thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355315.92/cwt310.00–322.001,1222
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1591
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423292.51/cwt290.00–295.001,2372
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430280.98/cwt280.00–282.001,2082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458274.51/cwt270.00–277.001,2576
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2951
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507280.67/cwt275.00–284.001,42319
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508265.24/cwt260.00–267.001,3474
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515253.45/cwt250.00–257.001,3054
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3591
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558250.99/cwt250.00–252.001,4016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615239.46/cwt237.00–242.001,4732
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6221
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325275.00/cwt275.00–275.008941
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy350307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,0751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355262.00/cwt262.00–262.009301
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377286.88/cwt280.00–292.001,0826
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0532
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403273.48/cwt270.00–277.001,1022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425239.59/cwt237.00–242.001,0182
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471232.58/cwt227.00–235.001,09513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2507233.02/cwt232.00–235.001,1813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2341
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523219.63/cwt217.00–222.001,1495
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563224.19/cwt222.00–227.001,2626
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3462
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3571211.48/cwt210.00–212.001,2084
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2603214.68/cwt212.00–217.001,2953
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3731
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672211.89/cwt210.00–212.501,4245
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009602
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1551
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3388284.55/cwt282.00–287.001,1042
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3418263.35/cwt260.00–267.001,1012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427281.34/cwt277.00–287.001,2013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1481
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455263.50/cwt260.00–267.001,1992
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508248.51/cwt247.00–250.001,2622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520239.43/cwt237.00–242.001,2452
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568230.18/cwt227.00–235.001,3075
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3740200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4801
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3780190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,705152.81/cwt150.00–155.002,6054
Bulls——1,820164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,9851
Bulls——2,015171.00/cwt171.00–171.003,4461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068101.53/cwt101.00–102.001,0842
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3051
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185110.67/cwt109.00–113.001,3115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248132.02/cwt129.00–134.001,6486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249120.67/cwt119.00–124.001,5074
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288139.51/cwt136.00–141.001,7975
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,462124.02/cwt122.00–125.001,8135
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,730131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,2661
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,850142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,6271
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,316.67/head1,250.00–1,400.001,3173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001

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.