Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2019-05-14

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, May 14
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
522 head
▼ 189 vs last sale 711▲ 522 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 155▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 20▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.08/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$147.08
123 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.76
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536149.5580248
Medium and Large 2501146.3973446
Medium and Large 3398144.0957329
One grade step is worth $5.46/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale123 hd
147.08
—
AL average12 barns · 651 hd
142.32
+4.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,68076.701,28817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24154.1167215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38554.1175011
CowsLean 85-90%Low91744.4140715

Every lot

62 lots · USDA AMS · Mid State Stockyards LLP - Letohatchee, 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3328150.21/cwt147.00–155.0049310
Steers—Medium and Large 2330166.60/cwt157.00–170.005504
Steers—Medium and Large 3375149.63/cwt145.00–152.005618
Steers—Medium and Large 2378163.39/cwt160.00–166.006188
Steers—Medium and Large 1387167.98/cwt166.00–170.006507
Steers—Medium and Large 2426153.70/cwt150.00–157.006556
Steers—Medium and Large 3431139.01/cwt134.00–144.005994
Steers—Medium and Large 2466150.52/cwt146.00–154.007014
Steers—Medium and Large 3477135.32/cwt131.00–140.006455
Steers—Medium and Large 1520151.78/cwt149.00–152.0078914
Steers—Medium and Large 2523144.37/cwt138.00–148.007555
Steers—Medium and Large 1571146.66/cwt144.00–148.0083721
Steers—Medium and Large 3575123.41/cwt120.00–127.007102
Steers—Medium and Large 2579136.72/cwt130.00–141.0079213
Steers—Medium and Large 1621133.34/cwt130.00–139.008285
Steers—Medium and Large 2628126.54/cwt125.00–128.007952
Steers—Medium and Large 1655131.00/cwt131.00–131.008581
Steers—Medium and Large 2725121.00/cwt120.00–122.008774
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331135.19/cwt128.00–140.0044713
Heifers—Medium and Large 3332127.92/cwt124.00–130.004253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374141.48/cwt140.00–146.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377125.33/cwt122.00–127.004726
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379130.46/cwt127.00–134.004946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425136.00/cwt134.00–138.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427122.34/cwt120.00–125.005226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429127.79/cwt126.00–130.005485
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475118.57/cwt115.00–120.005637
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1499132.00/cwt132.00–132.006597
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526113.51/cwt110.00–116.005974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527128.56/cwt126.00–131.006787
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532122.61/cwt118.00–125.006523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573121.94/cwt120.00–124.006992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574113.87/cwt112.00–118.0065416
Heifers—Medium and Large 3579107.72/cwt105.00–110.006244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625111.00/cwt109.00–113.006948
Heifers—Medium and Large 2676108.40/cwt105.00–113.007335
Heifers—Medium and Large 372594.86/cwt90.00–100.006882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428149.33/cwt147.00–154.006396
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432135.72/cwt134.00–139.005863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483138.04/cwt134.00–141.006673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518142.03/cwt140.00–144.007362
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526124.74/cwt123.00–126.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531134.57/cwt130.00–138.007157
Bulls—Medium and Large 2587126.65/cwt123.00–129.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623115.90/cwt111.00–121.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2728108.51/cwt108.00–109.007902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46372.49/cwt71.00–74.001,0612
Bulls——1,69675.82/cwt74.00–77.001,28611
Bulls——1,74481.23/cwt79.00–83.001,4174
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89542.66/cwt40.00–45.0038211
Cows—Lean 85-90%97849.22/cwt47.00–51.004814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15061.01/cwt60.00–62.007022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25554.48/cwt53.00–56.006848
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25550.77/cwt50.00–51.006375
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26359.02/cwt58.00–61.007453
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43152.27/cwt50.00–54.007488
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—750.00/cwt650.00–850.00—6
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—500.00/cwt500.00–500.00—3
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—425.00/cwt425.00–425.00—3

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.