Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-08-11

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Aug 11
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,267 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 1,341▲ 27 vs year ago 1,240 · +2.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
276 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 178▲ 6 vs year ago 270 · +2.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 17▼ 2 vs year ago 23 · −8.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows 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 $132.33/cwt on 299 head.
Average price
$132.33
299 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.11
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1691134.9193294
Medium and Large 2584132.16772167
Medium and Large 3532126.7067438
One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $259 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 sale299 hd
132.33
—
AL average11 barns · 1,115 hd
132.44
−0.11
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—Average1,62084.011,36113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37459.4181629
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18759.0770152
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01954.7555865

Every lot

69 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3326150.21/cwt147.00–155.004904
Steers—Medium and Large 2327164.78/cwt162.00–166.005395
Steers—Medium and Large 1371167.24/cwt167.00–168.006204
Steers—Medium and Large 2374159.13/cwt155.00–162.005958
Steers—Medium and Large 3380147.95/cwt144.00–150.005623
Steers—Medium and Large 2425147.82/cwt142.00–152.0062811
Steers—Medium and Large 1427161.94/cwt156.00–168.006916
Steers—Medium and Large 3431137.58/cwt135.00–140.005935
Steers—Medium and Large 1476146.24/cwt146.00–148.006968
Steers—Medium and Large 2478141.91/cwt140.00–144.0067811
Steers—Medium and Large 3480131.47/cwt130.00–133.006312
Steers—Medium and Large 2524137.40/cwt135.00–140.007205
Steers—Medium and Large 3580122.97/cwt120.00–124.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 2589129.97/cwt127.00–135.0076644
Steers—Medium and Large 3610116.78/cwt112.00–118.0071218
Steers—Medium and Large 2616127.06/cwt125.00–130.0078342
Steers—Medium and Large 2666122.44/cwt117.00–123.0081511
Steers—Medium and Large 3675112.53/cwt109.00–116.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 1690131.00/cwt130.00–132.009042
Steers—Medium and Large 2709123.26/cwt117.00–124.0087430
Steers—Medium and Large 1741126.10/cwt124.00–128.0093420
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added751137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,03330
Steers—Medium and Large 1766123.41/cwt121.00–125.0094524
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329138.99/cwt136.00–142.004578
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376133.91/cwt128.00–138.0050411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378118.95/cwt118.00–120.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424116.42/cwt111.00–120.004947
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429126.39/cwt122.00–133.0054224
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477114.66/cwt113.00–116.005476
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483122.43/cwt118.00–126.0059133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520121.67/cwt116.00–124.0063355
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565116.59/cwt113.00–120.0065924
Heifers—Medium and Large 3576105.63/cwt105.00–110.0060811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578124.62/cwt122.00–129.007205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622115.39/cwt110.00–119.007188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626125.02/cwt122.00–127.007836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655115.37/cwt115.00–121.0075625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675117.00/cwt117.00–117.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717115.99/cwt110.00–118.008328
Heifers—Medium and Large 2728107.98/cwt107.00–109.007862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424139.88/cwt135.00–145.005939
Bulls—Medium and Large 3429127.60/cwt125.00–130.005475
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475133.55/cwt130.00–139.0063411
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478121.39/cwt118.00–123.005805
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515124.68/cwt121.00–130.0064216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518134.54/cwt133.00–136.006972
Bulls—Medium and Large 3532118.29/cwt115.00–120.006293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577117.45/cwt115.00–122.006787
Bulls—Medium and Large 3577110.61/cwt110.00–113.006385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624116.75/cwt114.00–121.007298
Bulls—Medium and Large 3630110.51/cwt110.00–111.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2667115.32/cwt113.00–117.007693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2732111.98/cwt110.00–113.008203
Bulls—Medium and Large 2771102.26/cwt99.00–105.007884
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16078.63/cwt77.00–79.009125
Bulls——1,86385.59/cwt84.00–87.001,5954
Bulls——1,95189.17/cwt89.00–90.001,7404
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98650.55/cwt49.00–53.0049830
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04157.09/cwt54.00–59.0059423
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06060.75/cwt60.00–63.0064412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16855.96/cwt53.00–58.0065420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19660.58/cwt59.00–62.0072527
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21563.40/cwt63.00–64.007705
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34360.82/cwt59.00–62.0081713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38756.10/cwt53.00–58.0077811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42663.00/cwt63.00–63.008985
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—893.75/cwt775.00–950.00—4
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—810.00/cwt725.00–875.00—5
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—641.67/cwt575.00–700.00—3

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.