Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2023-06-06

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jun 6
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,156 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 1,067▼ 101 vs year ago 1,257 · −8.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
298 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 156▲ 56 vs year ago 242 · +23.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 20▼ 31 vs year ago 50 · −62.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.82/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$221.82
193 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,181
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$325
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.98
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562223.851,257129
Medium and Large 2478220.161,05352
Medium and Large 3450207.2193212thin
One grade step is worth $16.65/cwt here — about $325 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 sale193 hd
221.82
—
AL average10 barns · 979 hd
215.85
+5.98
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—Low1,465114.071,67128
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,343105.531,41733
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203102.001,22761
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04395.1199242

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)—$9132thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2086
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,0506

Every lot

62 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325291.76/cwt287.00–295.009484
Steers—Medium and Large 2325280.71/cwt275.00–285.009127
Steers—Medium and Large 3332251.73/cwt250.00–255.008363
Steers—Medium and Large 2372272.51/cwt268.00–280.001,01414
Steers—Medium and Large 3378251.27/cwt250.00–255.009504
Steers—Medium and Large 1424278.51/cwt274.00–280.001,1814
Steers—Medium and Large 1482274.24/cwt274.00–275.001,3224
Steers—Medium and Large 2498254.24/cwt246.00–255.001,26613
Steers—Medium and Large 1530258.37/cwt257.00–265.001,36913
Steers—Medium and Large 1571258.10/cwt250.00–259.001,47418
Steers—Medium and Large 2577240.47/cwt238.00–245.001,3886
Steers—Medium and Large 1620240.49/cwt240.00–242.001,4914
Steers—Medium and Large 2675227.17/cwt220.00–230.001,5335
Steers—Medium and Large 1680236.09/cwt232.00–240.001,6052
Steers—Medium and Large 1732229.66/cwt229.00–230.001,6813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326243.60/cwt240.00–250.0079410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340256.01/cwt255.00–257.008702
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374217.42/cwt212.00–222.008134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375240.00/cwt240.00–240.009002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425222.40/cwt220.00–228.0094510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425210.00/cwt210.00–210.008932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436234.01/cwt230.00–240.001,0204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added455243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478217.57/cwt214.00–222.001,0407
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480204.95/cwt200.00–210.009842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487228.17/cwt225.00–235.001,11128
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523196.72/cwt190.00–200.001,0294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526223.86/cwt220.00–228.001,17822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537214.48/cwt210.00–218.001,15215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569209.81/cwt207.00–212.001,1945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583217.10/cwt215.00–224.001,26616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615216.76/cwt206.00–220.001,33316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623199.80/cwt195.00–204.001,2455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added672220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,48231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425243.33/cwt240.00–250.001,0343
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427229.34/cwt226.00–235.009795
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470223.94/cwt222.00–230.001,0534
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473237.26/cwt232.00–240.001,1227
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513221.89/cwt214.00–224.001,13819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532234.12/cwt228.00–238.001,2465
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568209.97/cwt205.00–215.001,1933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588222.84/cwt218.00–228.001,31024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2626219.71/cwt216.00–224.001,3757
Bulls—Medium and Large 3629203.26/cwt200.00–209.001,2794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2652220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4343
Bulls—Medium and Large 3663185.98/cwt182.00–190.001,2332
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330107.12/cwt105.00–110.001,4257
Bulls——1,445114.88/cwt113.00–118.001,66017
Bulls——1,783122.76/cwt120.00–125.002,1894
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02792.82/cwt91.00–96.0095330
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050104.50/cwt104.00–105.001,0972
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091100.10/cwt99.00–102.001,09210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16896.94/cwt96.00–100.001,13224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222104.02/cwt102.00–107.001,27128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238109.21/cwt108.00–110.001,3529
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,333105.67/cwt103.00–108.001,40922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,356100.92/cwt98.00–102.001,3686
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,372110.43/cwt110.00–111.001,5155
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—912.50/head900.00–925.009132
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,208.33/head1,050.00–1,300.001,2086
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,050.00/head1,000.00–1,100.001,0506

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.