Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-10-19

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Oct 19
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,853 head
▼ 205 vs last sale 2,058▲ 163 vs year ago 1,690 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 254▲ 118 vs year ago 202 · +58.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 61▼ 14 vs year ago 33 · −42.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. 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 $123.35/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$123.35
182 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.04
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594124.40739112
Medium and Large 2507122.6762259
Medium and Large 3478116.2655611thin
One grade step is worth $8.14/cwt here — about $182 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 sale182 hd
123.35
—
AL average15 barns · 1,511 hd
122.31
+1.04
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—High1,58375.931,20215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41559.8184638
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20759.0171238
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01750.8351747

Every lot

62 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327158.01/cwt156.00–160.005175
Steers—Medium and Large 3328148.98/cwt146.00–150.004894
Steers—Medium and Large 3372141.16/cwt140.00–146.005255
Steers—Medium and Large 1373164.99/cwt164.00–167.006153
Steers—Medium and Large 2374155.80/cwt152.00–160.0058311
Steers—Medium and Large 1425157.00/cwt157.00–157.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 2438153.50/cwt153.00–154.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 2488146.05/cwt143.00–149.007132
Steers—Medium and Large 2539140.31/cwt140.00–148.0075625
Steers—Medium and Large 1615137.00/cwt137.00–137.008431
Steers—Medium and Large 2625133.20/cwt130.00–136.008335
Steers—Medium and Large 1661133.81/cwt132.00–138.0088449
Steers—Medium and Large 2695128.50/cwt128.00–129.008932
Steers—Medium and Large 2783121.51/cwt119.00–124.009512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325130.97/cwt128.00–136.004264
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375122.00/cwt120.00–124.004582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376130.99/cwt126.00–134.004938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378138.29/cwt136.00–145.005234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423135.02/cwt134.00–136.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425126.57/cwt122.00–130.005387
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474122.49/cwt120.00–125.0058110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478116.13/cwt114.00–118.005557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525122.10/cwt119.00–124.0064110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added558130.25/cwt130.25–130.2572712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573124.58/cwt124.00–126.0071453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576120.28/cwt115.00–124.0069311
Heifers—Medium and Large 3583110.97/cwt109.00–113.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625118.00/cwt118.00–118.007383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added653133.50/cwt133.50–133.5087210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669116.00/cwt116.00–116.0077624
Heifers—Medium and Large 2678114.00/cwt111.00–116.007736
Heifers—Medium and Large 2728109.49/cwt109.00–110.007972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2770108.00/cwt108.00–108.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780110.52/cwt109.00–112.008622
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420130.60/cwt128.00–136.005493
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427146.51/cwt142.00–151.006268
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475141.39/cwt138.00–148.0067210
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523123.15/cwt120.00–129.006446
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525135.38/cwt130.00–138.0071113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573128.82/cwt127.00–134.007386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1627128.01/cwt127.00–129.008033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628120.16/cwt118.00–121.007556
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660118.49/cwt117.00–120.007822
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675106.67/cwt100.00–110.007203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718121.47/cwt120.00–123.008722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2721112.73/cwt110.00–116.008134
Bulls—Medium and Large 2785107.25/cwt105.00–110.008424
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54975.59/cwt75.00–77.001,1717
Bulls——1,57771.12/cwt69.00–74.001,1225
Bulls——1,67084.76/cwt82.00–87.001,4153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00647.83/cwt45.00–50.0048129
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01459.43/cwt58.00–62.006035
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04254.20/cwt52.00–57.0056513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19855.55/cwt53.00–58.0066518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20361.25/cwt59.00–63.0073715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25367.34/cwt66.00–70.008443
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25464.76/cwt64.00–66.008125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36261.69/cwt60.00–65.0084017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49256.78/cwt55.00–58.0084718
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—700.00/cwt700.00–700.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—617.86/cwt500.00–700.00—7

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.