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Letohatchee Stockyards

Name: Letohatchee Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Aug 20

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988

← Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

678 head

▼ 562 vs last sale 1,240▲ 678 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

172 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 270▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 23▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.82/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$118.82

201 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$9.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.76

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	122.52	653	89
Medium and Large 2	511	116.18	593	101
Medium and Large 3	456	113.10	516	11thin

One grade step is worth $9.43/cwt here — about $137 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 sale201 hd

118.82

—

AL average16 barns · 1,298 hd

117.06

+1.76

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,444	75.89	1,096	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,399	59.96	839	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	56.20	680	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	992	49.10	487	40

Every lot

76 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	137.00/cwt	136.00–138.00	432	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	151.95/cwt	150.00–155.00	491	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	160.69/cwt	160.00–162.00	533	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	157.96/cwt	156.00–160.00	589	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	130.76/cwt	130.00–132.00	497	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	148.97/cwt	148.00–150.00	571	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	149.36/cwt	147.00–152.00	636	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	141.00/cwt	140.00–143.00	671	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	135.67/cwt	133.00–140.00	659	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	137.49/cwt	137.00–139.00	715	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	130.00/cwt	127.00–132.00	683	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	132.04/cwt	130.00–134.00	746	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	125.53/cwt	121.00–129.00	723	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	121.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	742	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	128.81/cwt	128.00–131.00	804	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	652	135.24/cwt	134.75–136.00	882	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	127.83/cwt	127.00–132.00	842	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	118.22/cwt	115.00–123.00	802	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	732	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	988	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	732	116.64/cwt	113.00–119.00	854	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	120.00/cwt	119.00–121.00	881	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	758	113.99/cwt	112.00–116.00	864	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	119.58/cwt	117.00–120.00	921	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	403	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	327	128.32/cwt	125.00–130.00	420	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	127.09/cwt	123.00–130.00	475	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	133.82/cwt	132.00–138.00	509	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	131.50/cwt	130.00–134.00	552	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	123.22/cwt	120.00–128.00	526	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	484	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	123.38/cwt	121.00–126.00	580	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	111.00/cwt	108.00–114.00	527	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	118.57/cwt	114.00–121.00	575	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	503	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	653	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	114.70/cwt	112.00–117.00	601	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	537	108.98/cwt	105.00–112.00	585	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	112.31/cwt	108.00–115.00	647	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	122.73/cwt	119.00–123.00	719	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	607	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	742	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	113.01/cwt	111.00–114.00	696	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	106.77/cwt	105.00–110.00	667	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	108.50/cwt	108.00–109.00	732	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	695	101.50/cwt	100.00–103.00	705	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	745	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	96.51/cwt	95.00–98.00	733	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	782	88.65/cwt	85.00–91.00	693	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	118.91/cwt	116.00–124.00	505	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	141.23/cwt	139.00–144.00	602	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	135.80/cwt	129.00–139.00	584	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	137.37/cwt	134.00–140.00	651	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	475	114.98/cwt	111.00–119.00	546	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	477	126.34/cwt	122.00–130.00	603	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	508	112.49/cwt	111.00–114.00	571	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	128.79/cwt	128.00–130.00	671	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	122.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	641	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	122.47/cwt	121.00–124.00	692	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	573	116.49/cwt	112.00–120.00	667	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	118.40/cwt	117.00–120.00	740	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	627	114.29/cwt	110.00–117.00	717	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	115.34/cwt	114.00–117.00	773	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	673	111.85/cwt	109.00–113.00	753	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	769	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	793	93.50/cwt	92.00–95.00	741	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,185	71.91/cwt	70.00–74.00	852	3
Bulls	—	—	1,599	78.28/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,252	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	976	46.38/cwt	44.00–49.00	453	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	997	51.94/cwt	50.00–54.00	518	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	55.59/cwt	55.00–57.00	581	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	56.34/cwt	54.00–58.00	670	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	50.50/cwt	49.00–53.00	601	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	60.52/cwt	59.00–65.00	750	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,346	62.74/cwt	60.00–66.00	844	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	57.36/cwt	54.00–59.00	801	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,870	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	972	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	—	2
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	600.00/cwt	550.00–650.00	—	6

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mid State Stockyards LLP - Letohatchee, AL

Tue Aug 20, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 678Last week 1,240Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 172Last week 270Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 23Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	110.00–115.00	112.56
2	—	325	124.00	124.00
4	—	475	108.00–114.00	111.00
3	—	537	105.00–112.00	108.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	485	114.00–121.00	118.57
20	—	524	112.00–117.00	114.70
16	—	576	108.00–115.00	112.31
13	—	427	120.00–128.00	123.22
9	—	625	105.00–110.00	106.77
9	—	374	123.00–130.00	127.09
3	—	782	85.00–91.00	88.65
3	—	327	125.00–130.00	128.32
2	—	695	100.00–103.00	101.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	607	122.25	122.25
6	—	503	129.75	129.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	470	121.00–126.00	123.38
25	—	586	119.00–123.00	122.73
6	—	420	130.00–134.00	131.50
5	—	380	132.00–138.00	133.82
4	—	675	108.00–109.00	108.50
4	—	616	111.00–114.00	113.01
2	—	760	95.00–98.00	96.51
2	—	713	104.00–105.00	104.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	111.00–119.00	114.98
4	—	425	116.00–124.00	118.91
2	—	508	111.00–114.00	112.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	673	109.00–113.00	111.85
13	—	430	129.00–139.00	135.80
11	—	525	115.00–125.00	122.00
10	—	627	110.00–117.00	114.29
9	—	477	122.00–130.00	126.34
8	—	573	112.00–120.00	116.49
2	—	793	92.00–95.00	93.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	139.00–144.00	141.23
5	—	625	117.00–120.00	118.40
5	—	521	128.00–130.00	128.79
5	—	474	134.00–140.00	137.37
3	—	670	114.00–117.00	115.34
2	—	725	106.00	106.00
2	—	565	121.00–124.00	122.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	120.00–125.00	121.69
11	—	576	121.00–129.00	125.53
10	—	486	133.00–140.00	135.67
7	—	525	127.00–132.00	130.00
5	—	678	115.00–123.00	118.22
5	—	323	150.00–155.00	151.95
3	—	732	113.00–119.00	116.64
2	—	758	112.00–116.00	113.99
2	—	383	148.00–150.00	148.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	130.00–132.00	130.76
2	—	315	136.00–138.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	652	134.75–136.00	135.24
19	—	732	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	659	127.00–132.00	127.83
14	—	565	130.00–134.00	132.04
8	—	426	147.00–152.00	149.36
7	—	770	117.00–120.00	119.58
5	—	624	128.00–131.00	128.81
4	—	734	119.00–121.00	120.00
4	—	520	137.00–139.00	137.49
4	—	476	140.00–143.00	141.00
3	—	373	156.00–160.00	157.96
3	—	332	160.00–162.00	160.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	976	44.00–49.00	46.38
8	—	997	50.00–54.00	51.94
7	—	1,045	55.00–57.00	55.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,346	60.00–66.00	62.74
12	—	1,396	54.00–59.00	57.36
2	—	1,870	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,240	59.00–65.00	60.52
14	—	1,191	49.00–53.00	50.50
13	—	1,189	54.00–58.00	56.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,599	76.00–81.00	78.28
3	—	1,185	70.00–74.00	71.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	550.00–650.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	875.00	875.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.