Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-01-28

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jan 28
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
878 head
▼ 265 vs last sale 1,143▲ 878 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 139▲ 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 32▲ 85 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 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.61/cwt on 162 head.
Average price
$125.61
162 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.45
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476131.6762726
Medium and Large 2470127.01597103
Medium and Large 3468116.4454533
One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about $82 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 sale162 hd
125.61
—
AL average14 barns · 1,717 hd
128.05
−2.45
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—Low1,64776.901,26620
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20969.8084439
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46960.5488910
CowsLean 85-90%High98947.5347030

Every lot

59 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325169.53/cwt166.00–172.0055115
Steers—Medium and Large 2378165.57/cwt160.00–170.0062616
Steers—Medium and Large 3382155.39/cwt151.00–158.005945
Steers—Medium and Large 2423158.85/cwt154.00–164.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 1425168.00/cwt168.00–168.007142
Steers—Medium and Large 1471155.72/cwt153.00–160.007334
Steers—Medium and Large 2473146.69/cwt140.00–150.006943
Steers—Medium and Large 1522148.99/cwt148.00–151.007783
Steers—Medium and Large 2525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 1568146.93/cwt144.00–150.008352
Steers—Medium and Large 2668124.42/cwt120.00–129.008312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325144.27/cwt141.00–147.0046911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333133.39/cwt128.00–138.004444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335148.48/cwt147.00–150.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373124.24/cwt120.00–130.004633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374145.67/cwt144.00–146.005456
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376140.85/cwt135.00–144.0053022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421138.97/cwt138.00–142.005854
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426134.81/cwt129.00–137.0057416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471129.98/cwt129.00–132.006125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474124.77/cwt122.00–128.005919
Heifers—Medium and Large 3482116.68/cwt110.00–118.0056218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525118.50/cwt114.00–122.0062220
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533105.97/cwt103.00–108.005653
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575111.65/cwt108.00–115.0064217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577117.66/cwt117.00–118.006793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615115.63/cwt112.00–117.007116
Heifers—Medium and Large 362089.34/cwt88.00–90.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630107.47/cwt103.00–110.006774
Heifers—Medium and Large 2676104.74/cwt101.00–108.007084
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421160.00/cwt158.00–162.006745
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423134.41/cwt130.00–140.005695
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427149.73/cwt143.00–153.0063916
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476151.66/cwt150.00–154.007229
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476144.90/cwt140.00–150.0069010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526146.51/cwt145.00–151.007714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527141.19/cwt135.00–144.0074417
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568111.37/cwt108.00–113.006333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578130.50/cwt125.00–135.007548
Bulls—Medium and Large 2622120.48/cwt119.00–125.007496
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635127.00/cwt127.00–127.008067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660118.99/cwt118.00–120.007852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53572.56/cwt70.00–75.001,1147
Bulls——1,67078.21/cwt76.00–80.001,3067
Bulls——1,75080.43/cwt80.00–82.001,4086
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96143.09/cwt40.00–45.0041410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00247.45/cwt46.00–50.0047513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00454.02/cwt53.00–55.005427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14362.05/cwt59.00–64.007098
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18968.77/cwt66.00–71.0081816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26675.04/cwt73.00–77.0095015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45456.54/cwt55.00–58.008224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47963.20/cwt61.00–66.009356
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—875.00/cwt800.00–1,000.00—11
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—739.29/cwt675.00–850.00—7
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—693.75/cwt600.00–750.00—8
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—662.50/cwt550.00–750.00—4
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—602.50/cwt500.00–675.00—10

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.