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Kilpatrick Stockyards

Name: Kilpatrick Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Sep 17

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998

← Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

204 head

▼ 245 vs last sale 449▼ 265 vs year ago 469 · −56.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 17▼ 19 vs year ago 39 · −48.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 12▼ 5 vs year ago 11 · −45.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle were lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $344.30/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits −35.59 against this barn's trailing median of $379.90.

Average price

$344.30

28 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$30.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.40

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	364.97	1,989	9thin
Medium and Large 2	560	334.51	1,873	19thin

One grade step is worth $30.46/cwt here — about $116 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 sale28 hd

344.30

—

AL average13 barns · 405 hd

356.71

−12.40

This barn, trailing median24 sales

379.90

−35.59

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,239	184.38	2,284	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,482	157.81	2,339	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	156.34	1,889	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,257	140.03	1,760	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,025	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,800	2thin

Every lot

51 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,824	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	383.84/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,176	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,188	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,305	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	385.17/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,417	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	365.94/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,530	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	397.92/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,679	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	326.65/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,584	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	317.66/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,655	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	303.27/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,586	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	285.96/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,584	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	312.76/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,783	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	580	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,943	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	303.75/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,865	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	265.02/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,757	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,917	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,512	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	449.16/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,657	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	444.80/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,815	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,716	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	379.84/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,793	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	400.02/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,896	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	380.05/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,938	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	356.71/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,873	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	352.91/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,022	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	324.27/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,868	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	322.29/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,992	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	286.60/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,900	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	303.35/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,039	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,008	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	267.47/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,060	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,975	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,143	199.73/cwt	196.00–204.00	2,283	2
Bulls	—	—	1,188	182.57/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,169	2
Bulls	—	—	1,385	170.84/cwt	166.00–176.00	2,366	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,180	142.04/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,676	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	156.34/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,889	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,410	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,918	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,457	160.31/cwt	160.00–161.00	2,336	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,507	155.31/cwt	154.00–157.00	2,341	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,025.00/head	2,000.00–2,050.00	2,025	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. - Kilpatrick, AL

Wed Sep 17, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 204Last week 449Year ago 469

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 17Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 12Year ago 11

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle were lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	450	445.00	445.00
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	567	375.00–395.00	383.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	429	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	472	375.00–385.00	379.84
6	500–550	525	350.00–365.00	356.71
13	550–600	576	315.00–335.00	324.27
1	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
6	650–700	663	280.00–295.00	286.60
1	700–750	730	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	790	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	560.00	560.00
1	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
6	350–400	369	445.00–455.00	449.16
6	400–450	408	435.00–455.00	444.80
6	450–500	474	395.00–410.00	400.02
4	500–550	510	370.00–385.00	380.05
5	550–600	573	345.00–360.00	352.91
2	600–650	618	315.00–330.00	322.29
3	650–700	672	300.00–310.00	303.35
1	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	770	265.00–270.00	267.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	475.00	475.00
1	350–400	350	435.00	435.00
7	400–450	422	385.00–400.00	397.92
1	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
13	500–550	521	300.00–330.00	317.66
2	550–600	570	305.00–320.00	312.76
4	600–650	614	300.00–310.00	303.75
1	700–750	710	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	368	380.00–390.00	385.17
5	400–450	418	360.00–375.00	365.94
3	450–500	485	320.00–335.00	326.65
6	500–550	523	295.00–310.00	303.27
5	550–600	554	280.00–300.00	285.96
2	650–700	663	260.00–270.00	265.02
1	700–750	710	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	196.00–204.00	199.73
2	—	1,188	180.00–185.00	182.57
2	—	1,385	166.00–176.00	170.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	160.00–161.00	160.31
3	—	1,507	154.00–157.00	155.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,208	154.00–159.00	156.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	140.00–144.00	142.04
1	—	1,410	136.00	136.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,000.00–2,050.00	2,025.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.