Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-03-15

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Mar 15
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
671 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 742▲ 11 vs year ago 660 · +1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 109▼ 74 vs year ago 189 · −39.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 13▼ 2 vs year ago 16 · −12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 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 $145.90/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$145.90
149 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.30
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542150.4081551
Medium and Large 2449148.9266970
Medium and Large 3506130.1265928
One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $157 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 sale149 hd
145.90
—
AL average15 barns · 1,440 hd
144.59
+1.30
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—High1,580103.421,63513
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37784.221,16025
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15183.1995727
CowsLean 85-90%Low98370.2869116

Every lot

56 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2375182.50/cwt180.00–187.0068412
Steers—Medium and Large 3378173.75/cwt170.00–177.006575
Steers—Medium and Large 2428177.32/cwt174.00–180.007596
Steers—Medium and Large 1476182.62/cwt180.00–188.008695
Steers—Medium and Large 1525180.86/cwt175.00–185.0095014
Steers—Medium and Large 2532170.58/cwt164.00–174.009073
Steers—Medium and Large 1582168.64/cwt166.00–170.009813
Steers—Medium and Large 2672144.26/cwt140.00–148.009693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325158.17/cwt155.00–162.0051412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374152.34/cwt150.00–158.0057011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377164.65/cwt162.00–166.006213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388142.27/cwt139.00–146.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424152.39/cwt148.00–158.0064615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427165.21/cwt162.00–170.007059
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428139.96/cwt135.00–145.005998
Heifers—Medium and Large 3466131.57/cwt126.00–135.006134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474158.57/cwt156.00–164.007527
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476150.65/cwt145.00–155.0071714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521154.34/cwt150.00–160.008045
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524142.62/cwt139.00–148.007478
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526126.39/cwt120.00–130.006655
Heifers—Medium and Large 3563121.44/cwt117.00–126.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580134.96/cwt130.00–140.007834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595146.00/cwt146.00–146.0086917
Heifers—Medium and Large 3629117.51/cwt116.00–120.007394
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630131.32/cwt130.00–132.008273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636138.24/cwt136.00–141.008794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666130.23/cwt129.00–132.008674
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668127.02/cwt125.00–128.008483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713126.00/cwt125.00–127.008982
Heifers—Medium and Large 3725112.92/cwt110.00–116.008192
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425174.65/cwt170.00–180.0074215
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468148.96/cwt145.00–155.006974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471165.74/cwt162.00–172.007815
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518137.56/cwt135.00–140.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531160.68/cwt156.00–166.008539
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538168.48/cwt167.00–170.009062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588145.44/cwt141.00–150.008552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627139.20/cwt135.00–144.008735
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665139.00/cwt139.00–139.009241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690137.00/cwt137.00–137.009451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2738129.49/cwt129.00–130.009562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30698.54/cwt97.00–100.001,2876
Bulls——1,775113.54/cwt113.00–114.002,0152
Bulls——1,832105.23/cwt104.00–109.001,9285
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95971.21/cwt70.00–74.006839
Cows—Lean 85-90%97865.89/cwt65.00–68.006445
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10377.06/cwt76.00–78.008502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13981.21/cwt79.00–84.0092513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15075.32/cwt74.00–76.008663
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16587.67/cwt86.00–91.001,02111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31888.48/cwt87.00–92.001,16610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33983.85/cwt82.00–86.001,1238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50478.57/cwt75.00–80.001,1827
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—912.50/cwt875.00–950.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—750.00/cwt700.00–800.00—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.