Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-06-01

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jun 1
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
752 head
▼ 651 vs last sale 1,403▼ 580 vs year ago 1,332 · −43.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 197▼ 115 vs year ago 233 · −49.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 36▼ 51 vs year ago 58 · −87.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.16/cwt on 144 head.
Average price
$122.16
144 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.14
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514128.7566222
Medium and Large 2531121.8964789
Medium and Large 3457118.5054133
One grade step is worth $10.25/cwt here — about $121 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 sale144 hd
122.16
—
AL average10 barns · 853 hd
123.30
−1.14
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—High1,71388.001,50711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38970.8498436
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19167.9180927
CowsLean 85-90%Average93858.1754615

Every lot

67 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318165.84/cwt162.00–170.005272
Steers—Medium and Large 1368161.68/cwt161.00–162.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 2375151.26/cwt149.00–155.005674
Steers—Medium and Large 3378139.96/cwt136.00–142.005293
Steers—Medium and Large 2425143.50/cwt142.00–145.006104
Steers—Medium and Large 1442152.00/cwt152.00–152.0067212
Steers—Medium and Large 2478137.83/cwt135.00–140.006596
Steers—Medium and Large 1513148.52/cwt145.00–152.007622
Steers—Medium and Large 2521139.50/cwt135.00–140.0072724
Steers—Medium and Large 3576122.94/cwt118.00–128.007084
Steers—Medium and Large 2581134.84/cwt131.00–137.007837
Steers—Medium and Large 1583138.98/cwt138.00–140.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 2617130.94/cwt127.00–134.0080815
Steers—Medium and Large 1618136.49/cwt136.00–137.008442
Steers—Medium and Large 3625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 2672124.65/cwt123.00–126.008383
Steers—Medium and Large 3673118.54/cwt115.00–120.0079822
Steers—Medium and Large 3725114.00/cwt113.00–115.008274
Steers—Medium and Large 2776115.00/cwt115.00–115.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 3784110.74/cwt107.00–114.008684
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325134.39/cwt132.00–137.004378
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329128.79/cwt126.00–130.004245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369139.75/cwt137.00–142.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385123.22/cwt120.00–126.004744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386133.97/cwt129.00–136.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422136.36/cwt134.00–142.005755
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424131.80/cwt127.00–134.0055915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426121.84/cwt117.00–125.005197
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472118.75/cwt114.00–123.005619
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475127.08/cwt125.00–130.0060412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524123.37/cwt120.00–127.0064613
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528132.89/cwt129.00–138.007023
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568106.65/cwt105.00–108.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576117.77/cwt114.00–120.006789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595123.00/cwt120.00–126.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619118.38/cwt117.00–120.007338
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624114.96/cwt112.00–117.007178
Heifers—Medium and Large 2677108.66/cwt106.00–112.007363
Heifers—Medium and Large 3693101.00/cwt100.00–102.007002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2727105.77/cwt102.00–108.0076916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418131.58/cwt129.00–137.005503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420139.30/cwt138.00–142.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474130.50/cwt129.00–136.0061912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476124.86/cwt121.00–127.005948
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523124.76/cwt123.00–126.006524
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528120.84/cwt118.00–122.006387
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570121.49/cwt120.00–125.006924
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578112.83/cwt110.00–116.006526
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625118.44/cwt115.00–120.007409
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675115.31/cwt114.00–117.007783
Bulls—Medium and Large 371899.00/cwt98.00–100.007112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2723109.52/cwt107.00–113.007924
Bulls—Medium and Large 2780104.99/cwt104.00–106.008194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0412
Bulls——1,77988.48/cwt87.00–90.001,5746
Bulls——1,86591.71/cwt91.00–92.001,7103
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88553.08/cwt51.00–57.004708
Cows—Lean 85-90%98065.77/cwt64.00–69.006454
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02361.61/cwt59.00–63.006303
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12062.81/cwt60.00–65.007035
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19871.69/cwt71.00–74.008597
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21167.84/cwt66.00–70.0082215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27275.33/cwt74.00–79.0095811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39870.53/cwt68.00–73.0098617
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53165.34/cwt64.00–67.001,0008
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—983.33/cwt875.00–1,075.00—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.