Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-12-07

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Dec 7
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,575 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 1,632▼ 788 vs year ago 2,363 · −33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
434 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 367▲ 211 vs year ago 223 · +94.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 156▲ 15 vs year ago 23 · +65.2%
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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 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.24/cwt on 312 head.
Average price
$137.24
312 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.60
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580140.70816180
Medium and Large 2484133.17644110
Medium and Large 3397129.3051322
One grade step is worth $11.40/cwt here — about $303 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 sale312 hd
137.24
—
AL average16 barns · 2,184 hd
134.65
+2.60
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—Average1,57681.251,28113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39360.1083748
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20558.4270453
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01151.3251993

Every lot

68 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 2329173.55/cwt170.00–180.005719
Steers—Medium and Large 1335191.88/cwt188.00–196.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 1377179.68/cwt176.00–182.0067710
Steers—Medium and Large 2378170.97/cwt165.00–175.0064611
Steers—Medium and Large 1425178.44/cwt174.00–182.007589
Steers—Medium and Large 2426169.58/cwt165.00–173.007225
Steers—Medium and Large 1472175.66/cwt175.00–177.008296
Steers—Medium and Large 2473165.11/cwt160.00–170.007818
Steers—Medium and Large 1517162.57/cwt160.00–166.008405
Steers—Medium and Large 2528156.77/cwt151.00–160.0082855
Steers—Medium and Large 3535140.98/cwt140.00–142.007542
Steers—Medium and Large 1562155.93/cwt153.00–160.0087612
Steers—Medium and Large 2575145.00/cwt140.00–150.008346
Steers—Medium and Large 1623149.45/cwt145.00–151.0093127
Steers—Medium and Large 2630137.50/cwt135.00–140.008662
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added659152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0029
Steers—Medium and Large 1668146.86/cwt140.00–150.0098118
Steers—Medium and Large 2690132.01/cwt131.00–133.009112
Steers—Medium and Large 2725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added756151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,14531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322136.51/cwt130.00–140.004408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325144.95/cwt142.00–152.004717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330155.19/cwt153.00–157.005124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372140.80/cwt137.00–146.0052410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378151.66/cwt150.00–152.005736
Heifers—Medium and Large 3386131.21/cwt129.00–134.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417150.39/cwt146.00–154.006275
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422124.53/cwt120.00–130.005265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433138.44/cwt132.00–142.0059913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482130.62/cwt128.00–134.0063029
Heifers—Medium and Large 3482121.71/cwt120.00–125.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483141.40/cwt140.00–142.0068325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522131.26/cwt125.00–133.0068534
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525119.92/cwt118.00–122.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543136.00/cwt136.00–136.0073817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570129.76/cwt123.00–131.0074014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added572145.00/cwt145.00–145.0082958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582131.66/cwt131.00–132.007663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622119.71/cwt118.00–122.007453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added644139.50/cwt139.50–139.5089811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added665136.06/cwt134.50–137.0090535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680123.97/cwt120.00–126.008433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added772132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,02313
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429162.24/cwt158.00–168.006967
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430170.89/cwt170.00–176.0073511
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435142.47/cwt140.00–145.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476157.57/cwt148.00–165.0075011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478161.07/cwt160.00–170.0077023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525153.81/cwt152.00–157.0080811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538149.52/cwt148.00–151.008042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563151.49/cwt150.00–153.008532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3572126.71/cwt120.00–130.007253
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573139.61/cwt135.00–142.008005
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51376.28/cwt75.00–78.001,1543
Bulls——1,54584.78/cwt84.00–85.001,3105
Bulls——1,64680.70/cwt80.00–82.001,3285
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97959.47/cwt58.00–62.005829
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00948.03/cwt45.00–50.0048553
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02354.58/cwt52.00–57.0055831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10864.46/cwt64.00–66.007145
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20555.12/cwt53.00–58.0066425
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22760.69/cwt59.00–63.0074523
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33865.61/cwt65.00–67.008785
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36161.26/cwt60.00–64.0083424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44757.19/cwt55.00–59.0082819
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—883.33/cwt850.00–900.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—739.29/cwt650.00–850.00—7
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—471.88/cwt400.00–550.00—8

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.