Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2025-09-03

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 3
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
382 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 375▲ 382 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 33▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 24▲ 5 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 mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Not enough replacement cattle to determine a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $365.65/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 10 of 24 comparable sales and sits −14.25 against this barn's trailing median of $379.90.
Average price
$365.65
22 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,015
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.11
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534385.712,0607thin
Medium and Large 2559356.291,99215thin
One grade step is worth $29.43/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale22 hd
365.65
—
AL average11 barns · 344 hd
365.54
+0.11
This barn, trailing median24 sales
379.90
−14.25
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—Average1,712199.993,4245thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,347170.012,2893thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,206163.481,9718thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,035146.461,5165thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,6501thin

Every lot

74 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,7111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,0441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416497.24/cwt490.00–510.002,0694
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428469.91/cwt465.00–475.002,0112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy450510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2462438.32/cwt435.00–440.002,0253
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470469.94/cwt460.00–480.002,2095
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2516412.62/cwt410.00–420.002,1294
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527438.35/cwt430.00–450.002,3106
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563365.24/cwt355.00–372.502,05613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633389.46/cwt380.00–395.002,4659
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673321.23/cwt320.00–325.002,1624
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5021
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723295.09/cwt290.00–300.002,1342
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731326.60/cwt320.00–330.002,3876
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1271
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3681
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313455.12/cwt450.00–460.001,4252
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323414.73/cwt410.00–420.001,3402
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382424.85/cwt420.00–430.001,6233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386412.49/cwt410.00–415.001,5924
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy390455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420403.29/cwt400.00–405.001,6943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425419.47/cwt410.00–430.001,7837
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466417.77/cwt410.00–425.001,9477
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475387.89/cwt380.00–400.001,8425
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521389.78/cwt380.00–395.002,0314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528363.22/cwt360.00–370.001,9183
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559368.28/cwt360.00–380.002,0596
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574345.69/cwt340.00–355.001,9846
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy605360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1781
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621335.01/cwt330.00–340.002,0804
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650337.50/cwt335.00–340.002,1942
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy658355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3362
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673307.53/cwt300.00–315.002,0702
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275505.00/cwt500.00–510.001,3892
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278551.38/cwt540.00–560.001,5333
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323495.23/cwt490.00–500.001,6003
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333537.41/cwt535.00–540.001,7902
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy335545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,8261
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368465.76/cwt460.00–470.001,7146
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388446.60/cwt440.00–450.001,7336
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417431.84/cwt425.00–440.001,8018
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421442.40/cwt400.00–470.001,8636
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy440485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1341
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468409.35/cwt400.00–420.001,9168
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471435.67/cwt425.00–450.002,0526
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513403.74/cwt400.00–405.002,0714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532377.07/cwt370.00–380.002,0067
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562361.68/cwt360.00–365.002,0333
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583338.10/cwt335.00–345.001,9718
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608321.62/cwt315.00–330.001,9553
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8902
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy658327.51/cwt325.00–330.002,1552
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9432
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722283.26/cwt280.00–290.002,0453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,4781
Bulls——1,535200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,0701
Bulls——1,850210.65/cwt207.00–213.003,8973
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2441
Cows—Lean 85-90%935142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3281
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108151.44/cwt149.00–154.001,6783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,8883
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218162.97/cwt162.00–164.001,9853
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225169.46/cwt169.00–170.002,0762
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,3531
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,370164.51/cwt163.00–166.002,2542
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,050.00/head1,950.00–2,150.002,0502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501

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.