Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-10-04

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Oct 4
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,785 head
▲ 278 vs last sale 1,507▲ 233 vs year ago 1,552 · +15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
375 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 333▲ 158 vs year ago 217 · +72.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 31▼ 22 vs year ago 35 · −62.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.77/cwt on 197 head.
Average price
$150.77
197 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$290
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$7.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.25
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3449155.1969744
Medium and Large 2572151.0386489
Medium and Large 1670147.3898864
One grade step is worth $7.81/cwt here — about −$290 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 sale197 hd
150.77
—
AL average13 barns · 1,010 hd
155.03
−4.25
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—Average1,62490.851,47521
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36568.6193755
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25368.3285671
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09764.8371169

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7502thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3332171.31/cwt170.00–172.005693
Steers—Medium and Large 2372173.96/cwt172.00–180.006479
Steers—Medium and Large 3384164.58/cwt163.00–168.0063213
Steers—Medium and Large 3434155.81/cwt155.00–160.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 3487152.11/cwt152.00–153.007419
Steers—Medium and Large 2492157.16/cwt156.00–160.0077312
Steers—Medium and Large 3513144.91/cwt144.00–145.0074311
Steers—Medium and Large 2525150.46/cwt150.00–154.0079013
Steers—Medium and Large 2573145.39/cwt144.00–149.008335
Steers—Medium and Large 3575138.49/cwt137.00–140.007962
Steers—Medium and Large 2616145.69/cwt142.00–147.0089722
Steers—Medium and Large 1637149.71/cwt148.00–152.0095427
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added638149.47/cwt148.00–150.0095419
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added660148.00/cwt148.00–148.009775
Steers—Medium and Large 1660145.00/cwt145.00–145.0095713
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added710147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,04421
Steers—Medium and Large 2725131.96/cwt130.00–134.009572
Steers—Medium and Large 1732139.32/cwt138.00–140.001,0203
Steers—Medium and Large 2780128.94/cwt126.00–132.001,0062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328152.22/cwt148.00–158.004998
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328145.92/cwt144.00–148.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372141.97/cwt140.00–146.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375151.74/cwt146.00–156.0056911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428146.94/cwt142.00–152.0062931
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430134.54/cwt133.00–140.005798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440159.53/cwt157.00–162.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475140.86/cwt138.00–145.006697
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476133.85/cwt132.00–135.006377
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517131.33/cwt130.00–133.006793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518139.41/cwt134.00–141.0072226
Heifers—Medium and Large 3577120.59/cwt117.00–123.006965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580131.97/cwt127.00–136.007657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583139.33/cwt137.00–141.0081226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622134.66/cwt132.00–135.008389
Heifers—Medium and Large 3630118.29/cwt114.00–121.007453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2678127.49/cwt127.00–128.008642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2745120.00/cwt120.00–120.0089417
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428162.81/cwt158.00–165.0069711
Bulls—Medium and Large 3443146.97/cwt142.00–152.006512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466150.61/cwt150.00–156.0070210
Bulls—Medium and Large 3479139.24/cwt135.00–144.006675
Bulls—Medium and Large 3522134.03/cwt130.00–136.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535141.06/cwt139.00–144.0075515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578137.86/cwt134.00–142.007977
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578128.00/cwt127.00–130.007404
Bulls—Medium and Large 3625121.69/cwt120.00–124.007613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2638125.62/cwt125.00–128.008018
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668124.42/cwt120.00–129.008312
Bulls—Medium and Large 3671116.00/cwt110.00–119.007784
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54687.04/cwt84.00–89.001,3468
Bulls——1,64398.55/cwt96.00–100.001,6194
Bulls——1,68490.81/cwt89.00–95.001,5299
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08768.47/cwt67.00–71.0074430
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10462.03/cwt60.00–65.0068539
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24671.80/cwt70.00–74.0089528
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25766.05/cwt64.00–69.0083043
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35966.21/cwt65.00–69.0090037
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37873.53/cwt72.00–77.001,01318
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,025.00/head1,000.00–1,050.001,0252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—750.00/head725.00–775.007502

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.