Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2026-02-04

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Feb 4
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
324 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 398▼ 212 vs year ago 536 · −39.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 14▼ 23 vs year ago 51 · −45.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 16▼ 13 vs year ago 27 · −48.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.20/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 16 of 26 comparable sales and sits +7.81 against this barn's trailing median of $369.39.
Average price
$377.20
49 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.42
vs AL average
−54.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552383.852,11737
Medium and Large 2542356.701,93212thin
One grade step is worth $27.15/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale49 hd
377.20
—
AL average13 barns · 334 hd
389.62
−12.42
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−54.34
This barn, trailing median26 sales
369.39
+7.81
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—Average1,678179.033,0055thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,474167.432,4684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,193156.511,8668thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,106130.891,4478thin

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)—$2,5586
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2384thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,9601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470510.00/cwt500.00–520.002,3972
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508476.62/cwt470.00–480.002,4213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,6091
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5201
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5772
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,3721
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270490.74/cwt480.00–500.001,3252
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320488.02/cwt475.00–500.001,5623
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327459.90/cwt455.00–465.001,5043
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364438.70/cwt425.00–455.001,5978
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370463.92/cwt460.00–470.001,7175
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy423467.49/cwt465.00–470.001,9772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424417.43/cwt410.00–425.001,7704
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455427.58/cwt410.00–440.001,9454
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481375.39/cwt370.00–395.001,80610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514383.74/cwt375.00–387.501,97210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525362.52/cwt355.00–370.001,9038
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0652
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added566385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,17925
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575345.05/cwt340.00–350.001,9844
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620344.94/cwt335.00–350.002,1394
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631303.77/cwt295.00–315.001,9174
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0091
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added725347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,51923
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9251
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280625.00/cwt620.00–630.001,7502
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,9141
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320595.16/cwt585.00–600.001,9053
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8982
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2357518.68/cwt500.00–530.001,8525
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368555.37/cwt540.00–570.002,0444
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409520.75/cwt510.00–540.002,1306
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425483.14/cwt470.00–500.002,0533
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471449.34/cwt440.00–460.002,1168
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474474.58/cwt465.00–490.002,2508
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511454.92/cwt450.00–465.002,3257
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522428.31/cwt420.00–440.002,2366
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563427.39/cwt420.00–445.002,4066
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568393.31/cwt385.00–405.002,2343
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620354.84/cwt350.00–360.002,2002
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624369.98/cwt365.00–375.002,3094
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663339.91/cwt335.00–345.002,2542
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1671355.99/cwt350.00–360.002,3895
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1451
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720332.48/cwt330.00–335.002,3944
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,607180.39/cwt180.00–181.002,8993
Bulls——1,730196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,3911
Bulls——1,840158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,9071
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067130.82/cwt130.00–132.001,3965
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105156.72/cwt156.00–158.001,7323
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,6421
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185124.49/cwt124.00–125.001,4752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223160.31/cwt160.00–161.001,9613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,240172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,1331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278150.49/cwt148.00–153.001,9232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,378156.85/cwt156.00–158.002,1612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,900184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,4961
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,558.33/head2,400.00–2,700.002,5586
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,237.50/head2,150.00–2,300.002,2384

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.