Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-10-12

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Oct 12
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,058 head
▲ 506 vs last sale 1,552▲ 424 vs year ago 1,634 · +25.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
254 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 217▲ 47 vs year ago 207 · +22.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 35▲ 44 vs year ago 17 · +258.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 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 $124.10/cwt on 438 head.
Average price
$124.10
438 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.37
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1626128.07802221
Medium and Large 2505120.65609173
Medium and Large 3440117.7251844
One grade step is worth $10.35/cwt here — about $284 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 sale438 hd
124.10
—
AL average15 barns · 1,681 hd
124.47
−0.37
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—Average1,52982.001,25419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40163.9389624
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16561.0171141
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00652.3152648

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2321159.05/cwt155.00–160.005115
Steers—Medium and Large 3323146.60/cwt142.00–150.004744
Steers—Medium and Large 3369140.81/cwt138.00–146.005205
Steers—Medium and Large 2374154.62/cwt150.00–160.0057819
Steers—Medium and Large 2418151.51/cwt150.00–153.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 1425157.00/cwt156.00–160.0066710
Steers—Medium and Large 1460154.59/cwt152.00–157.0071122
Steers—Medium and Large 3476140.00/cwt140.00–140.006664
Steers—Medium and Large 2481148.26/cwt144.00–152.0071323
Steers—Medium and Large 1515150.52/cwt149.00–152.0077513
Steers—Medium and Large 2524143.00/cwt140.00–145.007499
Steers—Medium and Large 3528126.17/cwt121.00–130.006665
Steers—Medium and Large 2570135.96/cwt132.00–139.0077546
Steers—Medium and Large 3573121.66/cwt120.00–125.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 1603136.38/cwt136.00–140.0082216
Steers—Medium and Large 2620132.92/cwt128.00–135.0082475
Steers—Medium and Large 3624120.73/cwt119.00–122.007534
Steers—Medium and Large 1666132.83/cwt132.00–137.0088545
Steers—Medium and Large 2684129.90/cwt127.00–130.0088929
Steers—Medium and Large 1712128.30/cwt128.00–130.0091310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322129.02/cwt127.00–130.004153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376128.76/cwt126.00–132.004848
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377121.00/cwt120.00–123.004568
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425118.73/cwt114.00–120.0050516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431122.91/cwt122.00–130.0053045
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468121.37/cwt119.00–125.0056855
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472115.52/cwt112.00–118.005458
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513120.00/cwt119.00–123.0061618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514126.01/cwt124.00–131.0064835
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520112.99/cwt108.00–118.005887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574126.87/cwt122.00–131.0072876
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575105.00/cwt105.00–105.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2584121.66/cwt117.00–123.0071020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615121.56/cwt120.00–123.0074839
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616116.18/cwt110.00–120.007165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675120.50/cwt120.00–121.008132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2684113.91/cwt108.00–115.0077918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added716137.00/cwt137.00–137.0098131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725118.56/cwt113.00–121.008607
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735102.76/cwt100.00–107.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added779135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,05431
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430145.64/cwt144.00–150.0062617
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430134.18/cwt128.00–138.005774
Bulls—Medium and Large 3493127.48/cwt124.00–131.006282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2495133.50/cwt132.00–135.006612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517130.27/cwt125.00–134.0067310
Bulls—Medium and Large 3522117.34/cwt116.00–118.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527136.51/cwt135.00–138.0071919
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572123.00/cwt120.00–127.007048
Bulls—Medium and Large 3577115.91/cwt111.00–118.0066910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618124.49/cwt124.00–125.007692
Bulls—Medium and Large 3625109.67/cwt107.00–111.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2639118.87/cwt115.00–120.007608
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665118.00/cwt117.00–119.007853
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2679116.92/cwt107.00–122.0079418
Bulls—Medium and Large 2730106.52/cwt105.00–109.007784
Bulls—Medium and Large 2790101.01/cwt100.00–102.007982
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37876.09/cwt75.00–78.001,0496
Bulls——1,56788.14/cwt86.00–89.001,3815
Bulls——1,61882.60/cwt80.00–85.001,3368
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98548.40/cwt45.00–51.0047721
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01960.48/cwt59.00–62.006167
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02353.56/cwt52.00–57.0054820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14256.09/cwt54.00–59.0064113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15461.55/cwt60.00–63.0071016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20465.62/cwt64.00–68.0079012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34268.28/cwt67.00–70.0091611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45161.21/cwt60.00–65.0088810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45257.08/cwt55.00–59.008293
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—842.50/cwt800.00–900.00—10
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—795.83/cwt775.00–850.00—6
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—717.14/cwt695.00–775.00—7
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—712.50/cwt600.00–800.00—6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—975.00/cwt900.00–1,050.00—4

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.