Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-01-21

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jan 21
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,143 head
▲ 153 vs last sale 990▲ 1,143 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 137▲ 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 13▲ 32 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 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.97/cwt on 297 head.
Average price
$132.97
297 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.81
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531135.05717206
Medium and Large 2469129.5560882
Medium and Large 3488116.335689thin
One grade step is worth $18.72/cwt here — about $148 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 sale297 hd
132.97
—
AL average15 barns · 1,960 hd
133.77
−0.81
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—High1,69376.291,29216
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40461.0085715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19660.4872310
CowsLean 85-90%Low98949.9349423

Every lot

68 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 1325184.93/cwt182.00–190.006017
Steers—Medium and Large 2325178.20/cwt177.00–180.005794
Steers—Medium and Large 1374179.92/cwt177.00–186.006734
Steers—Medium and Large 2374172.30/cwt165.00–175.0064420
Steers—Medium and Large 3378156.37/cwt152.00–162.005916
Steers—Medium and Large 1420172.29/cwt165.00–174.0072426
Steers—Medium and Large 2430164.75/cwt163.00–165.0070812
Steers—Medium and Large 1479164.34/cwt160.00–170.007878
Steers—Medium and Large 2483156.15/cwt152.00–160.007545
Steers—Medium and Large 2514151.06/cwt146.00–153.007769
Steers—Medium and Large 1533161.49/cwt154.00–164.0086139
Steers—Medium and Large 1566147.91/cwt147.00–148.0083711
Steers—Medium and Large 2575143.20/cwt142.00–144.008235
Steers—Medium and Large 2614126.58/cwt125.00–130.007779
Steers—Medium and Large 1617140.98/cwt137.00–144.0087025
Steers—Medium and Large 2663130.50/cwt130.00–131.008652
Steers—Medium and Large 1676137.02/cwt133.00–142.0092646
Steers—Medium and Large 2730125.00/cwt124.00–126.009133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322145.58/cwt140.00–150.004699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330152.96/cwt151.00–156.005055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374148.40/cwt145.00–153.0055512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384139.76/cwt136.00–144.0053716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425142.73/cwt138.00–146.0060727
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425131.71/cwt128.00–136.0056021
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425122.00/cwt121.00–123.005194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477127.34/cwt123.00–129.006076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481136.65/cwt131.00–140.0065739
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485116.47/cwt115.00–118.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523124.38/cwt120.00–129.0065110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528135.29/cwt129.00–137.0071444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573129.89/cwt126.00–134.0074422
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575108.67/cwt106.00–110.006253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583119.75/cwt113.00–122.0069812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628110.23/cwt108.00–113.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1641129.19/cwt118.00–130.0082851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675124.49/cwt124.00–125.008402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680112.49/cwt112.00–113.007652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770109.67/cwt109.00–110.008443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424165.78/cwt162.00–168.007039
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428158.48/cwt155.00–160.0067810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471153.50/cwt150.00–156.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476161.29/cwt156.00–166.0076814
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526144.74/cwt140.00–148.007618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530150.15/cwt148.00–153.007967
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533125.52/cwt121.00–130.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574144.99/cwt142.00–148.008329
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588137.95/cwt135.00–142.008113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613136.52/cwt135.00–138.008372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630124.66/cwt124.00–125.007853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665126.98/cwt124.00–130.008442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675123.00/cwt123.00–123.008302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725114.00/cwt114.00–114.008272
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40765.65/cwt63.00–68.009243
Bulls——1,70781.89/cwt80.00–84.001,3985
Bulls——1,79276.78/cwt75.00–79.001,3768
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97556.05/cwt55.00–57.005462
Cows—Lean 85-90%97746.39/cwt45.00–49.004539
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00051.57/cwt50.00–53.0051612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13055.50/cwt53.00–58.006272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21261.72/cwt61.00–63.007488
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40056.01/cwt54.00–59.007846
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40764.32/cwt61.00–66.009059
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—912.50/cwt825.00–1,025.00—6
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—850.00/cwt775.00–925.00—4
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—594.23/cwt475.00–675.00—13

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.