Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-03-29

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Mar 29
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
782 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 817▼ 19 vs year ago 801 · −2.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 236▲ 141 vs year ago 125 · +112.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.98/cwt on 177 head.
Average price
$142.98
177 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$864
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.37
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2468146.4868659
Medium and Large 1691141.38977110
Medium and Large 3417139.275818thin
One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about $105 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 sale177 hd
142.98
—
AL average15 barns · 1,370 hd
145.35
−2.37
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—Average1,586105.091,66623
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41285.381,20529
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15381.4593954
CowsLean 85-90%Average99874.1374065

Every lot

55 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added303224.00/cwt224.00–224.006794
Steers—Medium and Large 2325184.15/cwt181.00–190.005983
Steers—Medium and Large 3326174.42/cwt170.00–178.005694
Steers—Medium and Large 1328203.85/cwt200.00–208.006692
Steers—Medium and Large 1373189.77/cwt185.00–195.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 2377178.39/cwt174.00–184.0067311
Steers—Medium and Large 3381167.53/cwt164.00–170.006387
Steers—Medium and Large 2420178.79/cwt175.00–180.007514
Steers—Medium and Large 1463180.45/cwt178.00–184.0083511
Steers—Medium and Large 2475177.51/cwt177.00–178.008432
Steers—Medium and Large 1524176.28/cwt176.00–178.009247
Steers—Medium and Large 2526168.29/cwt165.00–170.008857
Steers—Medium and Large 2590160.14/cwt159.00–164.0094520
Steers—Medium and Large 2625156.03/cwt155.00–157.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added666158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,05611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added845139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,17924
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323159.02/cwt156.00–162.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333146.09/cwt142.00–150.004862
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368143.34/cwt140.00–146.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375153.83/cwt151.00–160.0057719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424153.58/cwt148.00–158.0065114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471157.16/cwt154.00–162.007405
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478149.74/cwt147.00–153.007168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509153.65/cwt147.00–156.0078211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520139.97/cwt136.00–143.007283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3522130.65/cwt128.00–135.006823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578134.31/cwt130.00–136.007766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629135.58/cwt132.00–138.008535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added642139.50/cwt139.50–139.508967
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680119.23/cwt117.00–120.008114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added737139.28/cwt137.75–139.501,02682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2783117.00/cwt114.00–119.009163
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418172.95/cwt168.00–177.0072319
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427163.92/cwt161.00–167.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465172.96/cwt171.00–175.008042
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473148.96/cwt148.00–150.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477163.71/cwt159.00–168.007817
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528158.44/cwt152.00–162.008374
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575135.09/cwt130.00–140.007772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579147.77/cwt143.00–151.008565
Bulls—Medium and Large 3608131.01/cwt128.00–134.007972
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618144.80/cwt140.00–148.008955
Bulls—Medium and Large 2773128.34/cwt127.00–129.009923
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480106.39/cwt105.00–110.001,5759
Bulls——1,537101.11/cwt98.00–104.001,55410
Bulls——1,945112.10/cwt110.00–115.002,1804
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97969.77/cwt67.00–72.0068331
Cows—Lean 85-90%99576.02/cwt73.00–78.0075621
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04781.46/cwt80.00–85.0085313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12176.50/cwt74.00–79.0085819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16481.89/cwt80.00–84.0095320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18087.14/cwt86.00–89.001,02815
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34980.25/cwt80.00–81.001,0834
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35189.84/cwt89.00–91.001,2146
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44485.05/cwt83.00–87.001,22819

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.