Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-05-26

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, May 26
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
955 head
▼ 398 vs last sale 1,353▲ 255 vs year ago 700 · +36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 158▲ 96 vs year ago 100 · +96.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 21▼ 6 vs year ago 25 · −24.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.63/cwt on 266 head.
Average price
$126.63
266 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.04
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1637128.9782159
Medium and Large 2589128.52757136
Medium and Large 1-2760121.2592263
Medium and Large 3551119.706598thin
One grade step is worth $9.27/cwt here — about $162 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 sale266 hd
126.63
—
AL average8 barns · 764 hd
129.67
−3.04
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—Low1,50086.941,30411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39262.9887730
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25561.4377159
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00855.5055932

Every lot

72 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2328153.63/cwt150.00–160.005047
Steers—Medium and Large 1345167.50/cwt167.00–168.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 1360164.76/cwt162.00–167.005934
Steers—Medium and Large 2372150.89/cwt147.00–157.0056110
Steers—Medium and Large 3375135.79/cwt132.00–140.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 2436144.38/cwt142.00–148.006295
Steers—Medium and Large 1526145.47/cwt140.00–148.007654
Steers—Medium and Large 2530135.58/cwt129.00–138.0071926
Steers—Medium and Large 3565120.99/cwt120.00–122.006842
Steers—Medium and Large 1579137.00/cwt137.00–137.007938
Steers—Medium and Large 1620127.00/cwt127.00–127.007876
Steers—Medium and Large 2626123.28/cwt120.00–125.0077242
Steers—Medium and Large 3631111.00/cwt109.00–115.007004
Steers—Medium and Large 2681119.89/cwt114.00–122.0081641
Steers—Medium and Large 1714119.29/cwt119.00–125.0085235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760121.25/cwt121.25–121.2592263
Steers—Medium and Large 2774110.80/cwt110.00–111.008585
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333125.17/cwt120.00–130.004173
Heifers—Medium and Large 2336138.99/cwt136.00–142.004674
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374134.71/cwt132.00–137.005047
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375123.33/cwt118.00–126.004623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422132.99/cwt126.00–134.0056122
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425118.38/cwt116.00–120.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428136.41/cwt134.00–138.0058412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475133.00/cwt133.00–133.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477126.13/cwt120.00–130.0060213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3512108.35/cwt106.00–110.005553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525125.40/cwt125.00–126.006585
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537120.96/cwt116.00–124.0065032
Heifers—Medium and Large 3558103.48/cwt100.00–107.005772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573119.53/cwt116.00–121.0068518
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575113.33/cwt112.00–114.006523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620112.29/cwt110.00–115.006963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624104.60/cwt101.00–108.006535
Heifers—Medium and Large 362599.00/cwt97.00–101.006195
Heifers—Medium and Large 267199.22/cwt96.00–101.006665
Heifers—Medium and Large 367292.64/cwt90.00–95.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687105.97/cwt101.00–109.007283
Heifers—Medium and Large 171591.99/cwt90.00–94.006582
Heifers—Medium and Large 271882.97/cwt81.00–85.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750115.00/cwt115.00–115.0086367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added765100.00/cwt100.00–100.0076511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424140.98/cwt136.00–146.0059810
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432125.83/cwt122.00–130.005446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470141.09/cwt140.00–144.0066321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472132.16/cwt129.00–139.0062412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476121.44/cwt120.00–126.005787
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524132.75/cwt132.00–134.006964
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525114.25/cwt110.00–119.006004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535127.22/cwt120.00–130.0068137
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565128.67/cwt125.00–132.007273
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575111.52/cwt111.00–112.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576119.80/cwt118.00–121.006905
Bulls—Medium and Large 2626111.63/cwt110.00–113.006998
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633119.49/cwt119.00–120.007562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675106.33/cwt105.00–108.007186
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713110.51/cwt108.00–113.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2730103.68/cwt103.00–105.007573
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24388.35/cwt86.00–89.001,0984
Bulls——1,58680.95/cwt78.00–82.001,2844
Bulls——1,72893.06/cwt91.00–95.001,6083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99356.59/cwt54.00–59.0056212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01550.96/cwt48.00–53.0051713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01962.04/cwt60.00–64.006327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22365.67/cwt65.00–67.0080313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24362.01/cwt60.00–64.0077129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30157.20/cwt55.00–59.0074417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35861.51/cwt59.00–63.0083517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43764.91/cwt64.00–67.0093313
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,037.50/cwt1,000.00–1,100.00—8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—950.00/cwt875.00–1,025.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—695.83/cwt650.00–750.00—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.