Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2025-06-25

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 256 vs last sale 373▲ 117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 19▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 3▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade active with light to moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $272.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −60.01 against this barn's trailing median of $332.35.
Average price
$272.33
3 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−25.55
vs AL average

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2632272.331,7203thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
272.33
—
AL average12 barns · 99 hd
297.89
−25.55
This barn, trailing median14 sales
332.35
−60.01
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 600–700 lb

14 sales
393356319283median 332.3503/2504/2207/0808/2610/07
Bulls 600–700 lb: high $378.56, low $296.76, median $332.35 across 14 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—Average1,610185.502,9872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,373163.672,2483thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,5002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,9001thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568362.42/cwt360.00–365.002,0592
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323369.96/cwt365.00–375.001,1952
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3771
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588317.49/cwt315.00–320.001,8672
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7582
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8761
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,9566
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4071
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378394.90/cwt385.00–400.001,4934
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5391
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2403347.52/cwt345.00–350.001,4012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422377.95/cwt370.00–390.001,59510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468337.30/cwt330.00–345.001,5792
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6912
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,7761
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,410190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,6791
Bulls——1,810181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,2761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,480163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,4121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,515176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6661
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.