Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-02-16

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Feb 16
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
254 head
▼ 288 vs last sale 542▼ 672 vs year ago 926 · −72.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 178▼ 39 vs year ago 147 · −26.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.97/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$148.97
80 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.08
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529150.5179643
Medium and Large 2422149.7463229
Medium and Large 3416137.945748thin
One grade step is worth $12.58/cwt here — about $222 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 sale80 hd
148.97
—
AL average8 barns · 605 hd
142.89
+6.08
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—Average1,63587.971,43913
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18165.1076910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33864.1185812
CowsLean 85-90%Average98058.5657431

Every lot

33 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2328159.79/cwt154.00–161.005246
Steers—Medium and Large 3370141.57/cwt138.00–149.005243
Steers—Medium and Large 2374150.66/cwt150.00–154.005636
Steers—Medium and Large 3423138.31/cwt136.00–143.005853
Steers—Medium and Large 2426148.55/cwt146.00–154.006337
Steers—Medium and Large 1451162.00/cwt162.00–162.007315
Steers—Medium and Large 3475131.92/cwt130.00–134.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 2480147.00/cwt142.00–150.007065
Steers—Medium and Large 2529140.96/cwt138.00–144.007465
Steers—Medium and Large 1539149.00/cwt149.00–149.0080338
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323132.93/cwt130.00–140.004296
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372120.26/cwt116.00–124.004477
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375126.47/cwt126.00–127.004742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427124.25/cwt120.00–126.005317
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427116.65/cwt111.00–120.004989
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467111.06/cwt105.00–115.005195
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478120.85/cwt117.00–124.005788
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524118.18/cwt117.00–120.006196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563113.01/cwt112.00–114.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608109.50/cwt109.00–110.006662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660112.00/cwt111.00–113.007392
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475137.00/cwt134.00–141.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475124.00/cwt124.00–124.005893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515138.97/cwt136.00–142.007162
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40386.38/cwt85.00–89.001,2126
Bulls——1,57781.14/cwt80.00–82.001,2803
Bulls——2,02895.48/cwt95.00–96.001,9364
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97156.09/cwt53.00–59.0054518
Cows—Lean 85-90%99361.98/cwt60.00–64.0061513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14567.26/cwt66.00–69.007705
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21762.94/cwt61.00–64.007665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31969.47/cwt68.00–71.009164
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34861.43/cwt59.00–64.008288

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.