Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-09-01

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Sep 1
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,699 head
▲ 572 vs last sale 1,127▲ 677 vs year ago 1,022 · +66.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
208 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 182▲ 40 vs year ago 168 · +23.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 16▼ 53 vs year ago 62 · −85.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.01/cwt on 299 head.
Average price
$116.01
299 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.89
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515123.6663723
Medium and Large 2495117.16580219
Medium and Large 3507108.5155057
One grade step is worth $15.15/cwt here — about $87 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
116.01
—
AL average14 barns · 1,992 hd
118.90
−2.89
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—Average1,65982.801,37421
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36464.0087324
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20963.5576854
CowsLean 85-90%Average99957.5757543

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2323157.33/cwt154.00–163.005088
Steers—Medium and Large 3327143.49/cwt140.00–150.004699
Steers—Medium and Large 2373152.35/cwt149.00–156.005686
Steers—Medium and Large 3423126.44/cwt123.00–130.005352
Steers—Medium and Large 1428147.92/cwt146.00–150.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 2430142.21/cwt140.00–145.0061214
Steers—Medium and Large 1462142.59/cwt140.00–144.0065919
Steers—Medium and Large 3462120.63/cwt120.00–125.005578
Steers—Medium and Large 2479132.57/cwt129.00–137.006355
Steers—Medium and Large 2519126.78/cwt125.00–135.0065866
Steers—Medium and Large 1525138.00/cwt138.00–138.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 3525119.00/cwt118.00–120.006254
Steers—Medium and Large 2570124.38/cwt123.00–125.0070921
Steers—Medium and Large 3575118.80/cwt117.00–120.006835
Steers—Medium and Large 1611125.00/cwt125.00–125.0076416
Steers—Medium and Large 3625117.71/cwt115.00–120.007367
Steers—Medium and Large 2628123.67/cwt121.00–124.0077712
Steers—Medium and Large 1655124.08/cwt124.00–125.0081314
Steers—Medium and Large 2670122.61/cwt118.00–123.0082126
Steers—Medium and Large 1718123.49/cwt123.00–124.008872
Steers—Medium and Large 3719112.22/cwt108.00–116.008074
Steers—Medium and Large 2731119.71/cwt117.00–121.0087514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322134.23/cwt130.00–136.004329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334140.02/cwt139.00–142.004684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375137.81/cwt134.00–140.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379118.51/cwt118.00–120.004494
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387125.32/cwt121.00–130.0048520
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421120.91/cwt115.00–125.0050949
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425113.56/cwt110.00–115.0048318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471117.28/cwt113.00–121.0055235
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476109.49/cwt105.00–112.005218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518118.32/cwt118.00–119.006133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521114.00/cwt110.00–118.0059439
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530105.71/cwt102.00–109.0056014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583113.08/cwt109.00–115.0065945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623114.67/cwt114.00–115.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624109.54/cwt107.00–113.0068417
Heifers—Medium and Large 3632100.68/cwt100.00–102.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 3661100.90/cwt100.00–101.0066710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665106.99/cwt106.00–108.007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677111.34/cwt109.00–113.007543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2723101.30/cwt98.00–105.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733107.01/cwt106.00–108.007842
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424123.52/cwt118.00–126.005244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425142.00/cwt142.00–142.006043
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427134.79/cwt130.00–140.0057630
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475138.33/cwt135.00–140.006573
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476122.55/cwt120.00–127.0058311
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480114.72/cwt112.00–118.005517
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520113.28/cwt107.00–115.0058913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529119.07/cwt115.00–122.0063024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575117.64/cwt115.00–120.0067614
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575108.99/cwt105.00–113.0062711
Bulls—Medium and Large 3620107.02/cwt105.00–109.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624113.99/cwt111.00–118.0071125
Bulls—Medium and Large 3660102.00/cwt98.00–106.006732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2671111.70/cwt109.00–115.007507
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710111.01/cwt110.00–112.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2729106.13/cwt102.00–109.007746
Bulls—Medium and Large 277396.92/cwt92.00–102.007492
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44472.65/cwt70.00–75.001,0494
Bulls——1,65783.88/cwt81.00–86.001,39012
Bulls——1,83688.31/cwt87.00–90.001,6215
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93451.89/cwt50.00–55.0048515
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01458.82/cwt56.00–61.0059619
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07564.39/cwt62.00–66.006929
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18663.13/cwt60.00–65.0074921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18856.20/cwt53.00–58.0066814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25069.44/cwt67.00–72.0086819
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31357.53/cwt57.00–58.007552
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35969.29/cwt67.00–71.009428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37461.90/cwt60.00–65.0085114
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—850.00/cwt800.00–900.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—750.00/cwt700.00–850.00—5

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.