Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2024-09-18

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 18
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
469 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 436▲ 24 vs year ago 445 · +5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 40▼ 8 vs year ago 47 · −17.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 14▲ 11 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 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady, lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.66/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −139.73 against this barn's trailing median of $369.39.
Average price
$229.66
33 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,252
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.11
vs AL average
−7.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519242.501,2597thin
Medium and Large 2558228.841,27711thin
Medium and Large 3548224.261,22915thin
One grade step is worth $18.24/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale33 hd
229.66
—
AL average12 barns · 558 hd
228.55
+1.11
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−7.35
This barn, trailing median26 sales
369.39
−139.73
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—Average1,823154.132,8098thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,410113.001,5933thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,154109.601,26514
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12997.891,1057thin

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)—$1,3902thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1061
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,2051
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433287.41/cwt285.00–290.001,2445
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3436273.84/cwt270.00–275.001,1947
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3528246.82/cwt245.00–250.001,30314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3588235.39/cwt235.00–240.001,38412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2646235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5187
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3685215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4731
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5731
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5231
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5201
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added835211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7629
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3310260.00/cwt260.00–260.008061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy370292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,0801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370252.00/cwt252.00–252.009321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372274.73/cwt272.00–280.001,0223
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0141
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0171
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424253.87/cwt250.00–257.001,0765
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432262.40/cwt260.00–265.001,1343
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,18016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3476232.40/cwt230.00–237.001,1065
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511231.31/cwt230.00–235.001,1824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2597
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3547225.14/cwt225.00–227.001,23214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1871
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585227.43/cwt227.00–227.501,3307
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615212.47/cwt210.00–215.001,3074
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637234.57/cwt230.00–235.001,49411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3781
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3801
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3690197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,3591
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3726186.02/cwt185.00–187.001,3512
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4401
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,73124
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285290.00/cwt290.00–290.008271
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313323.64/cwt320.00–327.001,0132
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370298.45/cwt295.00–302.001,1042
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0861
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0593
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0661
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1828
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424274.31/cwt270.00–277.001,1634
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450279.50/cwt277.00–282.001,2582
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1791
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516242.24/cwt240.00–242.501,25010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3522233.52/cwt230.00–237.001,2196
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2761
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3577224.65/cwt220.00–227.001,2963
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3311
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620208.65/cwt207.00–212.001,2943
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2657208.65/cwt207.00–212.001,3713
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,595150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,3932
Bulls——1,675146.05/cwt145.00–147.002,4462
Bulls——2,010160.24/cwt160.00–161.003,2214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88096.00/cwt96.00–96.008451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02591.12/cwt90.00–92.009342
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140107.42/cwt105.00–110.001,22510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147112.73/cwt111.00–114.001,2933
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,243101.74/cwt100.00–103.001,2654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,6041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,325114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,5111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,7611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,390.00/head1,320.00–1,460.001,3902

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.