Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2024-11-20

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Nov 20
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
▼ 192 vs last sale 385▼ 70 vs year ago 263 · −26.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 31▼ 10 vs year ago 24 · −41.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 22▲ 1 vs year ago 10 · +10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $260.29/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −119.60 against this barn's trailing median of $379.90.
Average price
$260.29
17 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,430
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.29
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547270.001,4767thin
Medium and Large 2551256.421,4137thin
Medium and Large 3552246.671,3613thin
One grade step is worth $23.34/cwt here — about $115 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 sale17 hd
260.29
—
AL average15 barns · 307 hd
256.00
+4.29
This barn, trailing median24 sales
379.90
−119.60
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
454403352300median 379.9003/0405/0607/1509/0210/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,675135.502,2702thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,410113.001,5931thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,497107.451,6083thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04691.889615thin

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)—$1,5423thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,3751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3001thin

Every lot

54 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 · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338302.56/cwt300.00–305.001,0232
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373284.65/cwt282.00–287.001,0622
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388293.33/cwt290.00–295.001,1383
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy421294.98/cwt290.00–300.001,2427
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423268.41/cwt265.00–270.001,1353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463262.54/cwt260.00–265.001,2162
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1342
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3503231.00/cwt230.00–232.001,1622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515243.49/cwt242.00–245.001,2542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518254.98/cwt250.00–260.001,3212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3569215.90/cwt212.00–222.001,2287
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3571
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4381
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670201.01/cwt200.00–202.001,3472
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4841
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323324.63/cwt322.00–327.001,0493
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368326.72/cwt325.00–330.001,2023
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370314.47/cwt312.00–317.001,1642
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,1141
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,2081
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy418325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3592
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3418283.44/cwt280.00–287.001,1852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420313.47/cwt305.00–320.001,3174
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy460315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4491
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3467267.30/cwt265.00–272.001,2483
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477278.51/cwt275.00–285.001,3289
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485294.90/cwt290.00–300.001,4302
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524278.79/cwt275.00–290.001,4614
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533263.72/cwt260.00–265.001,4064
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575246.68/cwt245.00–250.001,4183
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577258.29/cwt255.00–265.001,4903
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4041
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3605227.50/cwt225.00–230.001,3762
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1611249.22/cwt245.00–252.001,5234
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613234.63/cwt232.00–240.001,4383
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2653230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5024
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6181
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6101
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,635141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,3051
Bulls——1,715130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89888.57/cwt88.00–89.007952
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14594.08/cwt93.00–95.001,0773
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,5931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,475104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,5341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,508109.17/cwt107.00–111.001,6462
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,541.67/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5423
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001

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.