Sand Mountain Stockyards Inc. Market Report

Kilpatrick, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 1, 2025

425 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $326.67/cwt +10.42 vs last sale · ≈ $2,111/hd at 646 lb · 30 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $360.00/cwt ≈ $2,653/hd at 737 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $385.96/cwt +12.37 vs last sale · ≈ $2,047/hd at 530 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	425	420	360
Feeder cattle	374	382	310
Slaughter cattle	35	17	37
Replacement cattle	16	21	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder bulls and heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold weak.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–405	403	2	490.00–500.00	$495.03	$1,995	+37.68
460–490	473	9	460.00–480.00	$462.84	$2,189	+12.84
530–540	535	2	435.00–440.00	$437.52	$2,341	+4.24
587	587	8	430.00	$430.00	$2,524	+32.41
605	605	1	415.00	$415.00	$2,511	+35.00
650–653	652	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,412	+10.00
737	737	13	360.00	$360.00	$2,653	—
780–795	787	3	340.00–355.00	$348.33	$2,741	+41.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	370	2	445.00–450.00	$447.36	$1,655	-7.64
493	493	3	440.00	$440.00	$2,169	+21.53
500–515	508	2	415.00–430.00	$422.61	$2,147	+22.68
590	590	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,390	+25.00
605	605	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,269	+10.00
655–680	663	3	355.00–360.00	$356.71	$2,365	+17.35
725–730	728	2	335.00–340.00	$337.49	$2,457	—
755–775	765	2	310.00–325.00	$317.60	$2,430	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,094	-35.00
315–345	332	3	375.00–380.00	$378.27	$1,256	-48.29
350–385	368	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,362	-44.78
420	420	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,491	-46.92
450–495	475	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,615	-50.00
503–545	518	10	325.00–335.00	$328.02	$1,699	-27.12
525 fancy	525	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,785	—
575–580	578	2	305.00–315.00	$310.02	$1,792	-19.98
610–645	632	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,896	-16.25
645–649 fancy	649	25	320.00–332.50	$332.00	$2,155	—
650–660	653	5	290.00–300.00	$294.00	$1,920	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,088	-49.46
330–340	335	2	365.00–370.00	$367.54	$1,231	-32.46
390	390	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,384	-38.56
405–445	423	5	320.00–330.00	$325.00	$1,375	-50.00
450–485	465	5	310.00–320.00	$314.02	$1,460	-44.37
505–545	526	8	295.00–310.00	$301.25	$1,585	-25.37
555–595	584	4	285.00–295.00	$291.36	$1,702	-20.59
610–640	630	3	260.00–275.00	$264.84	$1,668	-22.22
655–690	674	4	245.00–250.00	$248.78	$1,677	-26.22

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	500.00–505.00	$502.37	$1,407	-57.63
315–340	328	2	425.00–430.00	$427.40	$1,402	-63.86
350–375	364	5	415.00–430.00	$420.91	$1,532	-12.12
405–435	423	3	395.00–400.00	$398.31	$1,685	-16.50
460–485	473	3	385.00–390.00	$388.29	$1,837	-0.21
505–530 fancy	518	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,072	—
500–545	533	9	370.00–395.00	$382.84	$2,041	+9.25
590	590	2	350.00–370.00	$360.00	$2,124	-2.53
620–640	633	4	325.00–350.00	$334.86	$2,120	-0.11
650–670	662	3	320.00–330.00	$323.38	$2,141	+15.93
705–720	713	2	290.00–300.00	$295.05	$2,104	+0.14
750–755	753	2	275.00–300.00	$287.46	$2,165	+1.77
805	805	2	265.00–270.00	$267.50	$2,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	210	2	490.00–505.00	$497.68	$1,045	—
280–295	288	2	425.00–440.00	$432.70	$1,246	-67.30
340	340	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,411	-55.00
370–395	383	2	385.00–390.00	$387.42	$1,484	-33.81
400–435	412	6	370.00–380.00	$374.09	$1,541	-27.12
465–475	468	3	355.00–360.00	$356.69	$1,669	-18.31
500–540	520	5	340.00–350.00	$347.07	$1,805	-8.33
570–595	587	3	315.00–335.00	$328.52	$1,928	-2.74
610–645	629	5	300.00–330.00	$308.93	$1,943	-4.38
655–690	674	5	280.00–290.00	$282.96	$1,907	-7.04
700–745	721	4	270.00–280.00	$272.43	$1,964	-11.29
755	755	2	255.00–265.00	$260.00	$1,963	-15.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1295	1204	80-85%	4	143.00–146.00	$145.06	$1,747	—
1050–1410	1222	80-85%	5	152.00–155.00	$154.00	$1,882	—
1270	1270	80-85%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,765	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,190	—
1360–1680	1515	75-80%	6	156.00–160.00	$158.05	$2,394	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–995	958	85-90%	2	140.00–142.50	$141.20	$1,353	—
800–1140	978	85-90%	3	135.00–137.50	$136.07	$1,331	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1220	1110	3	182.50–187.50	$184.83	$2,052	-1.17
1550–2030	1802	3	163.00–166.00	$164.01	$2,955	-29.99
1855–1940	1898	2	175.00–176.00	$175.51	$3,331	—

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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)	3	1,750.00–1,800.00	$1,766.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,700.00–2,950.00	$2,825.00	—

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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.