Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-05-19

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, May 19
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,353 head
▲ 212 vs last sale 1,141▲ 355 vs year ago 998 · +35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 305▼ 28 vs year ago 186 · −15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 20▼ 7 vs year ago 28 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.07/cwt on 405 head.
Average price
$116.07
405 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.88
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2519120.57625134
Medium and Large 1696113.93793265
Medium and Large 3514110.015656thin
One grade step is worth $10.57/cwt here — about $60 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 sale405 hd
116.07
—
AL average13 barns · 1,584 hd
119.95
−3.88
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—High1,71088.311,5109thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16565.6276545
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50364.5497024
CowsLean 85-90%Low99055.7855232

Every lot

75 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 2324157.84/cwt152.00–162.0051113
Steers—Medium and Large 1325166.50/cwt166.00–167.005414
Steers—Medium and Large 3325146.67/cwt140.00–150.004776
Steers—Medium and Large 3363137.06/cwt134.00–140.004982
Steers—Medium and Large 2375149.29/cwt145.00–155.0056014
Steers—Medium and Large 1381159.74/cwt157.00–162.006094
Steers—Medium and Large 2425144.52/cwt140.00–148.006144
Steers—Medium and Large 2479139.23/cwt137.00–140.006674
Steers—Medium and Large 2525136.75/cwt135.00–139.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1536141.00/cwt141.00–141.007568
Steers—Medium and Large 2575132.00/cwt130.00–135.007594
Steers—Medium and Large 1625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008133
Steers—Medium and Large 2631121.30/cwt120.00–125.0076510
Steers—Medium and Large 2677112.58/cwt110.00–117.007627
Steers—Medium and Large 1690119.49/cwt118.00–122.0082425
Steers—Medium and Large 3728104.51/cwt104.00–105.007612
Steers—Medium and Large 2735111.00/cwt110.00–112.008162
Steers—Medium and Large 1770115.49/cwt115.00–116.008892
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added786120.00/cwt120.00–120.0094319
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318140.64/cwt140.00–142.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325136.45/cwt130.00–140.0044314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379141.21/cwt138.00–144.005355
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379130.68/cwt128.00–136.004958
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424129.49/cwt125.00–134.0054914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430134.74/cwt134.00–135.005794
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438118.54/cwt116.00–121.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468130.32/cwt130.00–131.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470113.50/cwt110.00–117.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481124.20/cwt122.00–129.0059713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525123.67/cwt121.00–127.0064912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527119.29/cwt116.00–120.0062910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575120.67/cwt118.00–124.006946
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582115.82/cwt110.00–118.0067463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624109.37/cwt106.00–111.006828
Heifers—Medium and Large 363397.98/cwt94.00–102.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added670113.00/cwt113.00–113.0075722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2678102.98/cwt102.00–104.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686110.69/cwt106.00–111.0075941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2720101.51/cwt101.00–102.007312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added741112.88/cwt109.00–114.00836139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added761107.00/cwt107.00–107.0081430
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418151.35/cwt150.00–152.006333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425143.35/cwt137.00–147.0060920
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426131.26/cwt130.00–133.005594
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476129.86/cwt126.00–133.006187
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482135.27/cwt133.00–144.0065222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519134.63/cwt134.00–137.006998
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525123.08/cwt121.00–125.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527131.18/cwt126.00–134.0069116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574128.50/cwt126.00–132.007388
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575117.47/cwt115.00–121.0067511
Bulls—Medium and Large 3577111.19/cwt106.00–114.006426
Bulls—Medium and Large 3622100.27/cwt95.00–104.006243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2631114.71/cwt110.00–120.0072438
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675106.59/cwt102.00–112.0071912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2721104.27/cwt100.00–110.007527
Bulls—Medium and Large 1758109.00/cwt109.00–109.008269
Bulls—Medium and Large 276597.47/cwt93.00–102.007462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59789.11/cwt87.00–90.001,4233
Bulls——1,61878.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2622
Bulls——1,84092.86/cwt91.00–94.001,7094
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95763.97/cwt61.00–66.006129
Cows—Lean 85-90%98056.34/cwt55.00–58.005528
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01550.56/cwt48.00–53.0051315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15369.21/cwt67.00–72.0079822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17462.91/cwt60.00–65.0073920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20057.35/cwt56.00–59.006883
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38367.29/cwt66.00–72.0093110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56663.73/cwt62.00–65.0099811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67358.37/cwt57.00–60.009773
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—912.50/cwt900.00–925.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—830.00/cwt800.00–850.00—5
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—787.50/cwt775.00–800.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—750.00/cwt750.00–750.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—912.50/cwt900.00–925.00—4

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.