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Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jun 10
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
732 head
▼ 581 vs last sale 1,313▼ 420 vs year ago 1,152 · −36.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 134 vs last sale 222▼ 88 vs year ago 176 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 48▼ 15 vs year ago 22 · −68.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.99/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 12 of 33 comparable sales and sits −44.50 against this barn's trailing median of $379.48.
Average price
$334.99
51 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,803
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.41
vs AL average
−5.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527341.621,80034
Medium and Large 2565323.021,82515thin
Medium and Large 3528311.991,6472thin
One grade step is worth $29.63/cwt here — about $153 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 sale51 hd
334.99
—
AL average14 barns · 455 hd
320.58
+14.41
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−5.93
This barn, trailing median33 sales
379.48
−44.50
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

33 sales
429386342299median 379.4803/0305/0507/0709/0111/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.64, low $313.28, median $379.48 across 33 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—High1,704181.033,08514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,370151.962,08124
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,207148.251,78925
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,083138.051,49519

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,5006

Every lot

65 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321447.56/cwt442.00–460.001,43711
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327431.40/cwt420.00–440.001,4117
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335397.43/cwt395.00–400.001,3314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4632
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380399.32/cwt395.00–410.001,5179
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382444.09/cwt420.00–448.001,69629
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423389.81/cwt385.00–400.001,6495
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440436.54/cwt425.00–438.001,92117
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471405.47/cwt397.00–412.001,91017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479377.75/cwt375.00–382.001,8096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512381.37/cwt377.00–382.001,9538
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526360.61/cwt355.00–366.001,89710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567361.65/cwt360.00–365.002,0513
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573349.74/cwt345.00–352.002,0048
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2611330.30/cwt325.00–340.002,01813
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3758270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0472
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225441.67/cwt440.00–445.009943
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268417.43/cwt415.00–420.001,1192
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283430.42/cwt426.00–440.001,2185
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319377.02/cwt370.00–390.001,2037
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322401.89/cwt400.00–420.001,29410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1862
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357391.01/cwt380.00–392.001,39613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369365.03/cwt360.00–370.001,34714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428372.17/cwt368.00–385.001,5936
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428358.62/cwt350.00–365.001,53516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465358.67/cwt358.00–360.001,6686
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467347.35/cwt336.00–356.001,62231
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470327.20/cwt322.00–335.001,5384
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518342.82/cwt337.00–350.001,77628
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528311.99/cwt310.00–314.001,6472
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537328.35/cwt322.00–332.001,7635
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9126
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579320.36/cwt316.00–328.001,85510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615308.59/cwt292.00–314.001,89814
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635283.05/cwt280.00–286.001,7972
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0302
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735270.99/cwt270.00–272.001,9922
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3743247.01/cwt244.00–250.001,8352
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4883
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427403.94/cwt395.00–410.001,7259
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433374.29/cwt360.00–385.001,62113
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465376.81/cwt375.00–382.001,7524
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473337.32/cwt335.00–342.001,5963
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477358.71/cwt350.00–370.001,71122
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524348.03/cwt345.00–350.001,8245
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8642
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538323.37/cwt320.00–330.001,7403
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565347.33/cwt346.00–350.001,9623
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568333.00/cwt328.00–340.001,8918
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590318.67/cwt316.00–322.001,8803
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628321.78/cwt315.00–330.002,02111
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0254
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,427168.36/cwt166.00–170.002,4023
Bulls——1,623177.35/cwt175.00–182.002,8785
Bulls——1,910190.42/cwt189.00–191.003,6376
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035143.34/cwt141.00–146.001,4844
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,096136.64/cwt134.00–139.001,49815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173149.99/cwt148.00–153.001,75914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212155.68/cwt155.00–157.001,8873
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264142.41/cwt141.00–146.001,8008
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,322152.87/cwt151.00–155.002,02113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,416146.92/cwt144.00–149.002,0808
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452161.42/cwt160.00–164.002,3443
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,500.00/head3,200.00–3,700.003,5006

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.