Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. Market Report

Kilpatrick, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 21, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	393	384	236
Feeder cattle	328	340	192
Slaughter cattle	52	29	44
Replacement cattle	13	15	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	525	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,339	—
550	550	5	247.00	$247.00	$1,358	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,024	—
400	400	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,160	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	370	3	252.00–257.00	$254.59	$942	-16.43
405–425	413	3	245.00–247.00	$245.65	$1,015	-9.35
460	460	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,090	-7.83
500–535	523	6	220.00–227.00	$223.98	$1,171	-5.42
550–590	576	6	212.00–220.00	$216.71	$1,248	-8.29
600–635	615	4	200.00–215.00	$210.09	$1,292	-5.91
665	665	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,310	—
710–725	718	2	180.00–187.00	$183.54	$1,318	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	287.00–292.00	$289.59	$964	-0.41
380–395	387	3	262.00–267.00	$264.64	$1,024	—
405–445	431	5	250.00–252.00	$250.79	$1,081	-13.22
450–485	475	8	240.00–242.50	$242.07	$1,150	-9.20
545	545	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,254	—
605	605	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,331	-2.00
760	760	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,383	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	307.00	$307.00	$1,013	+4.48
325–345 fancy	335	2	327.00–337.00	$331.85	$1,112	—
475–490	485	3	252.00–260.00	$255.67	$1,240	-11.83
500–530	519	4	242.00–252.00	$246.47	$1,279	-12.81
674	674	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,415	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	2	280.00–287.00	$283.45	$1,063	—
500–540	516	5	232.00–237.00	$232.99	$1,202	-17.01
555	555	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,249	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	322.00	$322.00	$1,063	—
350–355	353	2	312.00–317.00	$314.52	$1,110	-11.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,065	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1165	1075	85-90%	7	115.00–120.00	$116.78	$1,255	—
930–1215	1113	85-90%	6	123.00–126.00	$124.90	$1,390	—
1390	1390	85-90%	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,724	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1290	1136	80-85%	5	135.00–140.00	$138.35	$1,572	-2.69
1010–1240	1149	80-85%	5	128.00–134.00	$131.14	$1,507	—
1200–1495	1366	80-85%	4	143.00–145.00	$143.95	$1,966	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1365	1271	75-80%	4	131.00–134.00	$132.83	$1,688	-13.69
1255–1345	1290	75-80%	3	136.00–140.00	$137.64	$1,776	-8.88
1345–1590	1468	75-80%	2	142.00	$142.00	$2,085	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1375	1330	2	155.00–160.00	$157.42	$2,094	—
1810	1810	1	166.00	$166.00	$3,005	—
1905	1905	1	174.00	$174.00	$3,315	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,203.00–1,310.00	$1,267.75

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.