Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-05-05

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, May 5
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
687 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 653▼ 24 vs year ago 711 · −3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
193 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 116▲ 38 vs year ago 155 · +24.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 15▲ 14 vs year ago 20 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All classes of cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.47/cwt on 187 head.
Average price
$112.47
187 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.29
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1602114.8869269
Medium and Large 2494113.4656083
Medium and Large 3478105.3750435
One grade step is worth $9.51/cwt here — about $188 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 sale187 hd
112.47
—
AL average13 barns · 1,103 hd
112.76
−0.29
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—Average1,69381.901,38715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40459.2983232
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25057.4071746
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04450.6852912

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325162.00/cwt162.00–162.005272
Steers—Medium and Large 2325149.50/cwt144.00–152.004864
Steers—Medium and Large 3325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004552
Steers—Medium and Large 1368150.64/cwt150.00–152.005543
Steers—Medium and Large 2379143.37/cwt138.00–148.0054310
Steers—Medium and Large 2408139.50/cwt139.00–140.005692
Steers—Medium and Large 2538129.04/cwt126.00–132.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 1566130.14/cwt129.00–134.007378
Steers—Medium and Large 2574124.94/cwt120.00–128.007174
Steers—Medium and Large 1613123.00/cwt123.00–123.007545
Steers—Medium and Large 3627106.99/cwt105.00–108.006713
Steers—Medium and Large 2632114.32/cwt112.00–119.007236
Steers—Medium and Large 2674110.47/cwt107.00–113.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 368097.96/cwt95.00–101.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 184195.00/cwt95.00–95.007995
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330118.04/cwt116.00–122.003905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2339131.19/cwt126.00–137.004455
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375126.01/cwt120.00–130.004737
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378115.30/cwt112.00–117.004363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420128.67/cwt128.00–129.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423110.38/cwt105.00–115.004675
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425119.83/cwt116.00–126.0050912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473105.43/cwt99.00–107.004995
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474117.53/cwt112.00–123.0055728
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523109.14/cwt105.00–115.0057113
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527101.89/cwt97.00–105.0053711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560115.00/cwt115.00–115.0064441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581107.28/cwt103.00–110.006237
Heifers—Medium and Large 358598.50/cwt95.00–101.005764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620106.48/cwt105.00–108.006602
Heifers—Medium and Large 262895.48/cwt94.00–98.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 366379.00/cwt78.00–80.005242
Heifers—Medium and Large 267091.64/cwt90.00–95.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added683117.50/cwt117.50–117.5080318
Heifers—Medium and Large 272980.97/cwt76.00–84.005904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added76099.50/cwt99.50–99.507565
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410122.47/cwt120.00–125.005022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423133.33/cwt129.00–138.005645
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475124.11/cwt123.00–127.005909
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476119.64/cwt115.00–122.0056911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524120.10/cwt117.00–124.006298
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526113.64/cwt108.00–116.005986
Bulls—Medium and Large 3574107.10/cwt103.00–112.006159
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575116.29/cwt114.00–119.0066914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623109.49/cwt107.00–112.006826
Bulls—Medium and Large 3628102.01/cwt101.00–104.006416
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663101.49/cwt99.00–104.006732
Bulls—Medium and Large 367596.51/cwt94.00–98.006514
Bulls—Medium and Large 272595.00/cwt94.00–96.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 373389.54/cwt87.00–92.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 277093.00/cwt92.00–94.007163
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43675.73/cwt73.00–78.001,0874
Bulls——1,75483.20/cwt80.00–86.001,4599
Bulls——1,93588.42/cwt86.00–91.001,7112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99245.59/cwt44.00–49.004525
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02551.72/cwt50.00–54.005303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12356.27/cwt55.00–58.006324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23257.96/cwt55.00–60.0071420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23552.20/cwt50.00–54.0064514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29762.54/cwt61.00–66.0081112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35763.89/cwt61.00–67.0086710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37257.89/cwt55.00–60.0079419
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75852.77/cwt50.00–54.009283
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—943.43/cwt900.00–984.00—7
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—754.44/cwt650.00–825.00—9
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—658.33/cwt650.00–675.00—3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,170.00/cwt1,000.00–1,250.00—10
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—850.00/cwt825.00–875.00—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.