Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-02-18

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Feb 18
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
926 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 851▲ 926 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 146▲ 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 35▲ 23 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 cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.90/cwt on 268 head.
Average price
$131.90
268 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.43
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492143.08704116
Medium and Large 2518129.7667260
Medium and Large 1-2742120.8089669
Medium and Large 3542114.4362023
One grade step is worth $28.64/cwt here — about $84 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 sale268 hd
131.90
—
AL average14 barns · 1,343 hd
133.33
−1.43
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—High1,61181.651,31614
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37262.5285813
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16560.8971028
CowsLean 85-90%Low95651.0748834

Every lot

65 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327173.10/cwt170.00–176.0056611
Steers—Medium and Large 1335188.89/cwt182.00–192.0063314
Steers—Medium and Large 1376179.55/cwt176.00–182.006754
Steers—Medium and Large 2376168.35/cwt166.00–172.006336
Steers—Medium and Large 1416175.12/cwt168.00–177.0072815
Steers—Medium and Large 2429159.00/cwt156.00–161.006824
Steers—Medium and Large 1483165.51/cwt164.00–170.0079919
Steers—Medium and Large 3525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007092
Steers—Medium and Large 1528160.83/cwt156.00–166.008492
Steers—Medium and Large 2546146.58/cwt141.00–148.0080019
Steers—Medium and Large 2564139.00/cwt136.00–143.007844
Steers—Medium and Large 1575146.54/cwt143.00–149.0084326
Steers—Medium and Large 2610137.50/cwt137.00–138.008392
Steers—Medium and Large 1623138.99/cwt138.00–141.008663
Steers—Medium and Large 3638126.52/cwt125.00–128.008072
Steers—Medium and Large 2683129.24/cwt127.00–132.008834
Steers—Medium and Large 2725126.86/cwt123.00–128.009207
Steers—Medium and Large 2755124.00/cwt123.00–125.009362
Steers—Medium and Large 1772127.00/cwt127.00–127.0098063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323159.99/cwt156.00–166.005179
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338148.96/cwt144.00–154.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380148.00/cwt146.00–150.005626
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382131.31/cwt130.00–132.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383157.23/cwt155.00–162.006025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423150.75/cwt146.00–152.0063816
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428129.71/cwt125.00–132.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429140.34/cwt139.00–143.006026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475136.38/cwt130.00–140.0064821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489142.24/cwt140.00–147.0069635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523137.49/cwt133.00–143.0071912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527128.80/cwt125.00–132.006795
Heifers—Medium and Large 3529116.49/cwt111.00–120.006164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558139.04/cwt129.00–145.0077634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574124.18/cwt119.00–128.007134
Heifers—Medium and Large 3578108.84/cwt105.00–115.006296
Heifers—Medium and Large 3618106.74/cwt100.00–110.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624120.60/cwt116.00–125.007535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627111.45/cwt110.00–114.006999
Heifers—Medium and Large 2672110.01/cwt108.00–111.007393
Heifers—Medium and Large 372293.30/cwt90.00–100.006743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2723106.97/cwt105.00–109.007732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742120.80/cwt120.80–120.8089669
Heifers—Medium and Large 2765102.96/cwt100.00–106.007882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423166.00/cwt164.00–168.007025
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427155.90/cwt152.00–160.0066610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475153.00/cwt153.00–153.007272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479146.40/cwt144.00–149.007015
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510148.50/cwt148.00–149.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528143.42/cwt141.00–145.007577
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621139.75/cwt138.00–141.008684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670126.98/cwt126.00–128.008512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2785101.04/cwt98.00–104.007932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44074.01/cwt70.00–76.001,0664
Bulls——1,60580.36/cwt78.00–83.001,2905
Bulls——1,75589.06/cwt88.00–91.001,5635
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93847.08/cwt44.00–49.0044215
Cows—Lean 85-90%95851.95/cwt50.00–54.0049812
Cows—Lean 85-90%99158.09/cwt56.00–60.005767
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07857.00/cwt54.00–59.006149
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19551.00/cwt51.00–51.006092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20864.12/cwt62.00–67.0077517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30664.70/cwt64.00–66.008459
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52057.60/cwt55.00–60.008764
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—812.50/cwt750.00–875.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—591.67/cwt500.00–700.00—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.