Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-05-24

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, May 24
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
969 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 1,078▼ 434 vs year ago 1,403 · −30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
287 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 178▲ 90 vs year ago 197 · +45.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 15▼ 12 vs year ago 36 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.63/cwt on 268 head.
Average price
$146.63
268 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$157
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.74
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2529151.9880378
Medium and Large 3467149.3569737
Medium and Large 1-2793143.271,136132
Medium and Large 1671143.1396121
One grade step is worth $8.85/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 sale268 hd
146.63
—
AL average16 barns · 1,027 hd
152.37
−5.74
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—Average1,65896.481,59917
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33776.791,02714
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19675.6290566
CowsLean 85-90%Low99168.7468187

Every lot

70 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3327164.01/cwt163.00–166.005366
Steers—Medium and Large 2345170.00/cwt168.00–172.005872
Steers—Medium and Large 3365159.74/cwt157.00–163.0058310
Steers—Medium and Large 2372165.65/cwt164.00–168.006166
Steers—Medium and Large 2422162.75/cwt158.00–165.0068713
Steers—Medium and Large 3438150.97/cwt149.00–153.006612
Steers—Medium and Large 3478149.13/cwt147.00–150.007137
Steers—Medium and Large 2486157.96/cwt154.00–160.0076820
Steers—Medium and Large 2522151.54/cwt149.00–155.007919
Steers—Medium and Large 3523141.99/cwt140.00–146.007433
Steers—Medium and Large 1533157.99/cwt156.00–160.008423
Steers—Medium and Large 1568153.49/cwt152.00–155.008722
Steers—Medium and Large 2576146.92/cwt144.00–150.0084612
Steers—Medium and Large 2623140.99/cwt138.00–143.008786
Steers—Medium and Large 3625134.00/cwt134.00–134.008382
Steers—Medium and Large 3660129.25/cwt125.00–130.008537
Steers—Medium and Large 1680143.58/cwt140.00–148.009763
Steers—Medium and Large 1717138.00/cwt138.00–138.0098913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,08769
Steers—Medium and Large 2775127.29/cwt127.00–130.0098610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added848140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,18763
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318145.36/cwt144.00–146.004623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323157.28/cwt153.00–163.005083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2389148.09/cwt146.00–156.0057623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408154.00/cwt154.00–154.006283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422149.28/cwt145.00–151.0063016
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466143.94/cwt141.00–148.006714
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473136.58/cwt132.00–139.006467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486150.00/cwt150.00–150.0072918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525151.00/cwt149.00–152.007933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529139.21/cwt134.00–144.0073614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573142.23/cwt140.00–148.008158
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578134.29/cwt132.00–136.007767
Heifers—Medium and Large 3578125.18/cwt123.00–128.007246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618134.65/cwt134.00–136.008323
Heifers—Medium and Large 3622118.00/cwt110.00–122.007349
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628125.98/cwt124.00–128.007912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666132.33/cwt128.00–134.008816
Heifers—Medium and Large 3668106.73/cwt100.00–110.007133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2679120.02/cwt117.00–124.008156
Heifers—Medium and Large 3725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728126.32/cwt124.00–130.009203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2729117.14/cwt112.00–120.008547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780122.70/cwt120.00–128.009573
Heifers—Medium and Large 2783108.49/cwt105.00–112.008492
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428156.30/cwt154.00–160.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463148.55/cwt147.00–153.006886
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468139.75/cwt135.00–144.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523148.76/cwt144.00–153.007788
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007353
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578137.55/cwt132.00–144.007955
Bulls—Medium and Large 2619129.56/cwt126.00–133.008027
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623122.43/cwt120.00–125.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668124.61/cwt120.00–128.008323
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54493.71/cwt90.00–97.001,44711
Bulls——1,866101.56/cwt100.00–104.001,8956
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96764.81/cwt62.00–67.0062739
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00370.99/cwt69.00–74.0071240
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04676.63/cwt76.00–78.008028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17180.90/cwt79.00–83.0094714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19675.72/cwt74.00–78.0090637
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22170.45/cwt68.00–73.0086015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29079.67/cwt79.00–80.001,0283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29883.67/cwt83.00–84.001,0863
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36973.13/cwt71.00–75.001,0018
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,013.33/cwt975.00–1,065.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—880.71/cwt770.00–955.00—7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,133.33/cwt1,100.00–1,150.00—6
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,062.50/cwt1,050.00–1,075.00—4

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.