Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2024-09-25

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 25
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▼ 126 vs last sale 469▼ 6 vs year ago 349 · −1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 39▲ 7 vs year ago 16 · +43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 11▲ 14 vs year ago 3 · +466.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate 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 $214.48/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −154.91 against this barn's trailing median of $369.39.
Average price
$214.48
13 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.71
vs AL average
−25.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547226.501,2404thin
Medium and Large 2535217.501,1642thin
Medium and Large 3543206.741,1227thin
One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about $118 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 sale13 hd
214.48
—
AL average16 barns · 437 hd
218.19
−3.71
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−25.61
This barn, trailing median26 sales
369.39
−154.91
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—High1,544144.942,2386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,555110.521,7192thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,180108.441,2809thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94593.008792thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,2251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$1,0477

Every lot

59 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320297.00/cwt297.00–297.009501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added608257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5663
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5951
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260285.00/cwt285.00–285.007411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323283.83/cwt280.00–287.009174
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325265.00/cwt265.00–265.008611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368271.52/cwt265.00–280.009993
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373246.23/cwt245.00–250.009187
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378262.00/cwt262.00–262.009902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422246.00/cwt242.00–252.001,0386
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3422233.35/cwt230.00–240.009857
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430259.30/cwt255.00–265.001,1154
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1342
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1305
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475226.42/cwt220.00–230.001,0755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3522213.31/cwt210.00–215.001,1133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3558201.82/cwt200.00–207.001,1264
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2503
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2941
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3981
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1971
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2831
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3765172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255312.00/cwt312.00–312.007961
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3255292.00/cwt292.00–292.007451
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300300.00/cwt300.00–300.009001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328308.51/cwt307.00–310.001,0122
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365300.67/cwt300.00–302.001,0973
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,1191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420267.74/cwt262.00–275.001,1255
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3442252.32/cwt250.00–257.001,1153
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3513224.18/cwt220.00–227.001,1505
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2961
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563212.39/cwt210.00–215.001,1963
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3051
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3612201.66/cwt200.00–205.001,2343
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4081
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3653195.02/cwt190.00–200.001,2732
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4351
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330140.89/cwt140.00–142.001,8743
Bulls——1,738145.49/cwt145.00–146.002,5292
Bulls——1,800156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,8081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%900101.00/cwt101.00–101.009091
Cows—Lean 85-90%99085.00/cwt85.00–85.008421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101105.65/cwt104.00–107.001,1636
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,418116.51/cwt116.00–117.001,6522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555110.52/cwt109.00–112.001,7192
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,046.86/head910.00–1,264.001,0477

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.