Sale reports / Alabama / Kilpatrick Stockyards / 2026-06-10

Kilpatrick Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kilpatrick, Alabama · Wed, Jun 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1998
Feeder Cattle receipts
156 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 175▼ 217 vs year ago 373 · −58.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 20▲ 14 vs year ago 19 · +73.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 20▲ 13 vs year ago 3 · +433.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder cattle sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.80/cwt on 7 head, down $28.76 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 26 comparable sales and sits −16.59 against this barn's trailing median of $369.39.
Average price
$352.80
▼ 28.76 vs prior sale
7 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$72.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−30.47
vs AL average
−47.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540415.002,2411thin
Medium and Large 2575342.431,9696thin
One grade step is worth $72.57/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale7 hd
352.80
—
AL average16 barns · 447 hd
383.27
−30.47
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
−47.72
This barn, trailing median26 sales
369.39
−16.59
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

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—High1,765205.593,6295thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,210185.292,2428thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,479183.142,7094thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,013161.061,63211

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)—$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,1173thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,1752thin

Every lot

46 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,9521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350507.50/cwt500.00–515.001,7764
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,2551
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587383.03/cwt370.00–405.002,2483
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738342.63/cwt330.00–355.002,5292
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5671
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285474.82/cwt470.00–485.001,3533
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315519.52/cwt510.00–530.001,6362
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325462.00/cwt450.00–480.001,5025
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376485.93/cwt480.00–500.001,8275
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411468.66/cwt460.00–485.001,92610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411422.55/cwt410.00–445.001,7374
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488467.46/cwt465.00–470.002,2812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575342.43/cwt325.00–355.001,9696
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625329.92/cwt320.00–340.002,0622
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,48213
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,3011
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362486.64/cwt475.00–500.001,7623
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363552.14/cwt535.00–570.002,0042
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416490.88/cwt480.00–515.002,0427
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435437.47/cwt435.00–440.001,9032
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470424.57/cwt405.00–445.001,9952
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1142
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575362.12/cwt340.00–375.002,0827
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575317.04/cwt300.00–335.001,8232
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622338.76/cwt330.00–365.002,1078
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630301.59/cwt300.00–305.001,9003
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1679323.48/cwt317.50–330.002,1965
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713295.09/cwt280.00–305.002,1043
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,710211.99/cwt209.00–215.003,6253
Bulls——1,848196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,6222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%978146.88/cwt145.00–150.001,4364
Cows—Lean 85-90%993173.93/cwt173.00–175.001,7272
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,049167.25/cwt162.00–170.001,7545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,7171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209193.66/cwt189.00–200.002,3415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288175.99/cwt171.00–181.002,2672
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418186.35/cwt184.00–189.002,6422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540179.94/cwt179.00–181.002,7712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,116.67/head2,750.00–3,500.003,1173
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,175.00/head2,100.00–2,250.002,1752

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.