You should alter the PHP script first (admin/categories.php) and add the required data selection, e.g. like this:
Code:
$products = func_query ("SELECT $sql_tbl[featured_products].productid, $sql_tbl[products].product, $sql_tbl[featured_products].product_order, $sql_tbl[featured_products].avail, $sql_tbl[products].product from $sql_tbl[featured_products], $sql_tbl[products].avail AS in_stock where $sql_tbl[featured_products].productid=$sql_tbl[products].productid AND $sql_tbl[featured_products].categoryid='$f_cat' order by $sql_tbl[featured_products].product_order");
After that you can use something like {$products[productid].in_stock} in the template.
Note: the example SQL wont work for products with variants due to the fact that variants stock is stored in another table. more complex SQL will be required.
You can find more info about X-Cart DB structure
here.