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Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jun 3
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,313 head
▲ 618 vs last sale 695▼ 169 vs year ago 1,482 · −11.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 119▼ 22 vs year ago 244 · −9.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 45▲ 38 vs year ago 10 · +380.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $337.88/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −84.14 against this barn's trailing median of $422.01.
Average price
$337.88
88 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.25
vs AL average
−40.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2550343.951,89148
Medium and Large 3543330.591,79640
One grade step is worth $13.35/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale88 hd
337.88
—
AL average13 barns · 317 hd
344.12
−6.25
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−40.70
This barn, trailing median31 sales
422.01
−84.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
495440384328median 422.0103/1005/0507/0709/0110/20
Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.04, low $342.46, median $422.01 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,521173.692,64221
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,261153.171,93249
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,273150.251,91357
CowsLean 85-90%Low999137.851,37717

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)—$2,1385
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5905
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,37730

Every lot

72 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228508.95/cwt500.00–515.001,1605
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325439.85/cwt435.00–445.001,4303
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325422.50/cwt420.00–430.001,3734
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3003
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362412.35/cwt410.00–420.001,4937
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373398.82/cwt390.00–410.001,48830
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3377371.16/cwt370.00–380.001,3999
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415391.75/cwt385.00–400.001,62622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418408.47/cwt405.00–415.001,7073
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428355.09/cwt350.00–370.001,5204
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3479348.81/cwt345.00–355.001,67112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483375.05/cwt370.00–386.001,81123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526348.22/cwt344.00–360.001,83218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3537331.35/cwt328.00–340.001,77934
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564341.38/cwt336.00–350.001,92530
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3579326.31/cwt324.00–330.001,8896
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617349.48/cwt348.00–351.002,1566
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2639320.16/cwt317.00–332.002,04636
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,0431
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3757278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,1045
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273400.75/cwt395.00–410.001,0946
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371386.98/cwt382.00–394.001,4364
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374350.45/cwt350.00–354.001,31113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388365.77/cwt360.00–370.001,4196
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424353.85/cwt350.00–360.001,50013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3424334.97/cwt330.00–345.001,4209
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460351.46/cwt348.00–355.001,6172
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466338.53/cwt330.00–345.001,57836
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469320.70/cwt317.00–330.001,50416
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528336.68/cwt336.00–338.001,7783
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529323.44/cwt316.00–335.001,71135
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3531311.12/cwt305.00–316.001,65221
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563334.01/cwt332.00–336.001,8802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575303.04/cwt300.00–310.001,7425
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588312.12/cwt310.00–318.001,83520
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614310.00/cwt306.00–322.001,90319
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631298.49/cwt290.00–304.001,8834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635280.00/cwt278.00–282.001,7783
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668294.45/cwt284.00–300.001,9673
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2686272.23/cwt268.00–278.001,8678
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3688256.68/cwt250.00–260.001,7663
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2769236.79/cwt236.00–240.001,8215
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1792261.52/cwt258.00–262.002,0718
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420396.28/cwt394.00–400.001,66416
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425341.07/cwt335.00–350.001,4504
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428383.82/cwt375.00–390.001,64317
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468368.30/cwt360.00–377.001,72425
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3476329.89/cwt320.00–335.001,5708
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510377.50/cwt377.00–378.001,9252
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525339.52/cwt334.00–348.001,78220
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3531319.47/cwt318.00–324.001,6967
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568303.84/cwt302.00–312.001,7269
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2584320.99/cwt314.00–330.001,87528
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628313.10/cwt310.00–318.001,9669
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663303.01/cwt300.00–306.002,0094
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2712279.68/cwt270.00–284.001,9915
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,467168.34/cwt167.00–170.002,47011
Bulls——1,502177.09/cwt173.00–183.002,6608
Bulls——1,895189.53/cwt188.00–191.003,5922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%952141.25/cwt139.00–144.001,34510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066133.00/cwt131.00–135.001,4187
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165157.35/cwt157.00–158.001,8333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225145.81/cwt143.00–148.001,78624
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,246151.82/cwt150.00–156.001,89238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,315157.83/cwt157.00–160.002,07511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,322153.09/cwt150.00–156.002,02430
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,575.00/head3,400.00–3,750.003,57520
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,980.00/head2,800.00–3,200.002,98010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,497.50/head2,400.00–2,595.002,4982
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,898.33/head1,750.00–1,995.001,8983
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,590.00/head1,500.00–1,700.001,5905

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.