Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-01-18

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jan 18
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
574 head
▼ 333 vs last sale 907▼ 782 vs year ago 1,356 · −57.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 176▼ 12 vs year ago 148 · −8.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 29▼ 4 vs year ago 17 · −23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 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 $141.27/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$141.27
240 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$876
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$377
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.46
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1674142.72962173
Medium and Large 2492140.2369148
Medium and Large 3448130.7158519thin
One grade step is worth $12.02/cwt here — about $377 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 sale240 hd
141.27
—
AL average14 barns · 1,551 hd
140.81
+0.46
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—Average1,34883.851,1319thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40074.101,03726
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20873.9589426
CowsLean 85-90%High99461.8561525

Every lot

52 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2323182.46/cwt180.00–190.005898
Steers—Medium and Large 3328174.66/cwt170.00–178.005736
Steers—Medium and Large 2368182.79/cwt180.00–185.006734
Steers—Medium and Large 3376172.28/cwt170.00–174.006487
Steers—Medium and Large 2420175.60/cwt172.00–180.007383
Steers—Medium and Large 2475174.44/cwt173.00–176.008292
Steers—Medium and Large 1531171.74/cwt170.00–173.009124
Steers—Medium and Large 2536164.47/cwt160.00–166.008829
Steers—Medium and Large 2628143.72/cwt140.00–147.009033
Steers—Medium and Large 1646151.00/cwt151.00–151.0097515
Steers—Medium and Large 2673139.73/cwt136.00–145.009404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327151.03/cwt150.00–154.004946
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328140.02/cwt136.00–146.004595
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373134.08/cwt130.00–138.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375147.39/cwt144.00–154.0055310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428156.31/cwt152.00–160.006695
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432142.75/cwt140.00–148.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435132.40/cwt126.00–136.005763
Heifers—Medium and Large 3492127.97/cwt122.00–132.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535140.30/cwt138.00–142.007513
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535125.94/cwt120.00–130.006743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539147.07/cwt146.00–150.0079331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570136.47/cwt126.00–137.0077823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3577118.74/cwt114.00–122.006853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588141.61/cwt138.00–144.0083320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2638120.98/cwt118.00–125.007723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added708140.00/cwt140.00–140.0099148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added754142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,07169
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423154.79/cwt150.00–160.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428183.84/cwt180.00–190.007876
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428176.63/cwt170.00–180.007566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473179.38/cwt177.00–182.008485
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479165.47/cwt160.00–170.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490144.55/cwt140.00–149.007082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515164.95/cwt160.00–170.008493
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535145.50/cwt145.00–146.007782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2571143.72/cwt140.00–149.008214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627138.65/cwt137.00–140.008693
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34381.17/cwt78.00–85.001,0905
Bulls——1,35587.19/cwt85.00–90.001,1814
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93551.64/cwt50.00–54.004837
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01262.85/cwt60.00–65.0063610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02369.54/cwt67.00–72.007118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17366.87/cwt64.00–69.007843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21176.94/cwt76.00–78.0093212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21572.63/cwt70.00–75.0088211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34978.93/cwt78.00–81.001,0656
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38373.98/cwt71.00–76.001,02315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51168.66/cwt66.00–70.001,0375
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—912.50/cwt850.00–975.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—783.33/cwt725.00–825.00—3
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—675.00/cwt650.00–700.00—2

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.