Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2025-02-05

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 5
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
536 head
▼ 158 vs last sale 694▼ 524 vs year ago 1,060 · −49.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 20▲ 17 vs year ago 34 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 19▲ 21 vs year ago 6 · +350.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower with high yielding breaking cows up to 142.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. 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 $272.89/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −96.50 against this barn's trailing median of $369.39.
Average price
$272.89
26 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,459
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.55
vs AL average
−25.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535287.281,53712thin
Medium and Large 2530265.891,4099thin
Medium and Large 3541250.951,3595thin
One grade step is worth $36.32/cwt here — about $178 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale26 hd
272.89
—
AL average15 barns · 545 hd
271.34
+1.55
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−25.97
This barn, trailing median26 sales
369.39
−96.50
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—High1,739153.282,6654thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,461125.911,8399thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,297123.891,60715
CowsLean 85-90%High1,101109.011,20114

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5382thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$1,27915

Every lot

83 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3071
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368372.52/cwt370.00–375.001,3712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3861
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415355.12/cwt350.00–360.001,4742
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419337.45/cwt335.00–340.001,4144
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4301
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459341.63/cwt340.00–350.001,5686
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6283
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555288.45/cwt288.00–290.001,6019
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3595272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631274.98/cwt270.00–280.001,7358
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8048
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730255.97/cwt250.00–257.501,8695
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3745235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3273331.52/cwt330.00–335.009053
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283342.57/cwt340.00–350.009694
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1631
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328320.04/cwt315.00–325.001,0502
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363361.63/cwt360.00–365.001,3133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371348.70/cwt345.00–350.001,2944
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371323.80/cwt315.00–330.001,2014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374303.36/cwt300.00–310.001,1356
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422325.92/cwt320.00–335.001,3755
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435308.31/cwt305.00–310.001,3413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3437297.27/cwt295.00–302.001,2993
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465307.96/cwt305.00–315.001,4325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468278.35/cwt275.00–280.001,3033
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy477330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5743
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483290.72/cwt287.00–295.001,4043
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520268.73/cwt265.00–275.001,3977
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3527256.58/cwt250.00–260.001,3523
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529290.24/cwt282.00–300.001,53510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563242.51/cwt240.00–245.001,3652
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565272.46/cwt270.00–275.001,5392
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565255.93/cwt252.00–260.001,4462
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3608237.53/cwt235.00–240.001,4442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy612279.49/cwt275.00–285.001,71016
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632244.70/cwt242.00–250.001,5473
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1698245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7106
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3785202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3310350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0851
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333362.44/cwt360.00–365.001,2072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368362.38/cwt360.00–365.001,3342
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378337.58/cwt335.00–340.001,2762
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2389349.97/cwt345.00–355.001,3614
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415346.23/cwt340.00–355.001,4374
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425322.00/cwt317.00–327.001,3692
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440332.50/cwt330.00–335.001,4632
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470317.53/cwt315.00–320.001,4922
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480301.24/cwt300.00–305.001,4464
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525276.27/cwt275.00–280.001,4504
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3536265.66/cwt262.00–270.001,4246
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5541
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570267.34/cwt265.00–270.001,5243
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3582261.32/cwt260.00–262.001,5213
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615246.19/cwt240.00–250.001,5144
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3668228.46/cwt227.00–230.001,5262
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6101
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1773240.99/cwt237.00–245.001,8632
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,620146.56/cwt145.00–148.002,3742
Bulls——1,805158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,8521
Bulls——1,910162.00/cwt162.00–162.003,0941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015102.13/cwt101.00–104.001,0373
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,079108.55/cwt106.00–111.001,1717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175117.49/cwt117.00–119.001,3814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,205114.99/cwt113.00–116.001,3864
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,334125.16/cwt123.00–128.001,6709
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,373130.98/cwt130.00–132.001,7982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,389123.83/cwt123.00–127.001,7205
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,547133.01/cwt131.00–135.002,0583
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7941
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,279.00/head1,100.00–1,457.001,27915
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751

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.