Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-02-22

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Feb 22
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
599 head
▼ 482 vs last sale 1,081▼ 509 vs year ago 1,108 · −45.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 108▼ 58 vs year ago 219 · −26.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 9▼ 42 vs year ago 49 · −85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.80/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$141.80
103 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.83
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2458144.6966360
Medium and Large 1591142.0683918thin
Medium and Large 3437134.6858825
One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about $75 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 sale103 hd
141.80
—
AL average16 barns · 1,586 hd
146.63
−4.83
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—Low1,580102.111,61315
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32079.691,05213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16375.7888132
CowsLean 85-90%Low99162.0861544

Every lot

53 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 2325179.40/cwt176.00–185.005835
Steers—Medium and Large 3328169.96/cwt166.00–172.005575
Steers—Medium and Large 3376168.43/cwt164.00–170.006339
Steers—Medium and Large 2378178.13/cwt174.00–183.006737
Steers—Medium and Large 2423175.89/cwt170.00–180.007449
Steers—Medium and Large 3425165.00/cwt165.00–165.007012
Steers—Medium and Large 2472173.72/cwt168.00–177.0082010
Steers—Medium and Large 1481152.00/cwt152.00–152.007313
Steers—Medium and Large 1520176.63/cwt175.00–180.009183
Steers—Medium and Large 2533164.31/cwt160.00–170.008766
Steers—Medium and Large 2676141.76/cwt140.00–147.009584
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323141.63/cwt140.00–146.004576
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326150.88/cwt149.00–156.004927
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379148.48/cwt145.00–150.005638
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418148.83/cwt144.00–150.0062215
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425137.86/cwt135.00–140.005867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475152.80/cwt152.00–156.007265
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479145.48/cwt140.00–149.0069714
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519126.30/cwt120.00–130.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524141.43/cwt138.00–144.007415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533149.51/cwt149.00–150.007972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581135.33/cwt131.00–141.007867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619139.19/cwt137.00–142.008625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2631128.47/cwt125.00–130.008114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3638121.48/cwt120.00–123.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668134.27/cwt132.00–136.008974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713130.49/cwt129.00–132.009302
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420153.90/cwt150.00–158.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428164.35/cwt160.00–170.0070311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469164.03/cwt160.00–167.007694
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475151.65/cwt149.00–155.007206
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528144.00/cwt140.00–147.007604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531153.53/cwt150.00–158.008154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575146.60/cwt145.00–149.008435
Bulls—Medium and Large 3625124.37/cwt120.00–128.007773
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633136.95/cwt133.00–140.008674
Bulls—Medium and Large 2717120.97/cwt119.00–124.008673
Bulls—Medium and Large 3730110.68/cwt110.00–112.008083
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49791.66/cwt89.00–95.001,3723
Bulls——1,570101.95/cwt100.00–105.001,6017
Bulls——1,643108.59/cwt107.00–111.001,7845
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98058.61/cwt55.00–61.0057426
Cows—Lean 85-90%98264.06/cwt62.00–67.0062910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03870.90/cwt69.00–74.007368
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13874.55/cwt72.00–77.0084813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14868.63/cwt65.00–70.007887
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19881.29/cwt79.00–84.0097412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28683.57/cwt81.00–85.001,0755
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34277.26/cwt75.00–79.001,0378
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—837.50/cwt775.00–900.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—700.00/cwt625.00–775.00—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.