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Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jun 24
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,107 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 1,246▼ 334 vs year ago 1,441 · −23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 124▼ 231 vs year ago 391 · −59.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 10▼ 28 vs year ago 48 · −58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.90/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −60.59 against this barn's trailing median of $379.48.
Average price
$318.90
76 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.96
vs AL average
−17.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566324.961,8394thin
Medium and Large 2542323.651,75543
Medium and Large 3549311.021,70929
One grade step is worth $13.94/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale76 hd
318.90
—
AL average13 barns · 429 hd
319.86
−0.96
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−17.01
This barn, trailing median33 sales
379.48
−60.59
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—Low1,700217.653,70113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,371191.992,63358
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,237184.242,27948

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0949

Every lot

75 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1279479.50/cwt470.00–490.001,3388
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316459.34/cwt440.00–465.001,4528
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328405.04/cwt400.00–410.001,3292
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331421.03/cwt415.00–430.001,3945
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360428.31/cwt420.00–435.001,5423
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3381378.65/cwt375.00–385.001,4438
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382405.73/cwt395.00–415.001,55012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419424.88/cwt415.00–445.001,7804
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430395.86/cwt390.00–405.001,7026
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,8343
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480368.25/cwt362.00–380.001,76811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523356.36/cwt350.00–370.001,86411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7592
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570351.31/cwt350.00–354.002,0023
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576335.21/cwt330.00–344.001,93140
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634322.72/cwt316.00–330.002,04621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637335.47/cwt333.00–340.002,1376
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662335.99/cwt332.00–339.002,22423
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685310.75/cwt302.00–312.002,12911
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3685294.03/cwt292.00–296.002,0142
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2708299.00/cwt298.00–300.002,1172
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715321.92/cwt321.00–322.002,30237
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3728282.32/cwt275.00–290.002,0552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280436.79/cwt430.00–440.001,2233
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335400.70/cwt395.00–415.001,3425
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335384.18/cwt380.00–390.001,2877
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367383.95/cwt380.00–390.001,4095
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381363.71/cwt360.00–370.001,3869
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3387346.59/cwt345.00–350.001,3413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3422335.34/cwt332.00–340.001,4155
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435350.91/cwt345.00–362.001,52615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439373.96/cwt370.00–380.001,6429
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472355.56/cwt352.00–360.001,6786
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474340.53/cwt335.00–350.001,61427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478323.84/cwt320.00–330.001,54813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528328.68/cwt320.00–335.001,73530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3541313.03/cwt309.00–316.001,69323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566324.96/cwt322.00–330.001,8394
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575312.04/cwt308.00–320.001,79413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3582303.30/cwt300.00–305.001,7656
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623309.01/cwt307.00–310.001,9256
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3626287.21/cwt280.00–292.001,79812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631300.36/cwt294.00–305.001,89554
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1656291.49/cwt290.00–292.001,9128
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688277.98/cwt272.00–284.001,9132
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2717263.25/cwt260.00–268.001,88811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3719250.99/cwt250.00–254.001,8054
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423399.97/cwt395.00–410.001,6929
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4884
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432377.25/cwt365.00–387.001,63016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473380.00/cwt370.00–385.001,7975
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475330.26/cwt326.00–335.001,5693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479356.51/cwt350.00–365.001,7089
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518335.64/cwt330.00–344.001,73930
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525322.27/cwt315.00–327.001,6923
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526353.78/cwt350.00–355.001,8614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569324.72/cwt316.00–330.001,84815
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570339.01/cwt338.00–340.001,9322
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3584308.06/cwt300.00–314.001,7998
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627303.99/cwt300.00–310.001,9069
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628289.99/cwt288.00–292.001,8214
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673292.01/cwt290.00–298.001,9656
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9942
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773273.96/cwt270.00–278.002,1182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,638193.93/cwt188.00–199.003,1774
Bulls——1,712234.55/cwt230.00–237.004,0156
Bulls——1,760215.47/cwt211.00–220.003,7923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178187.03/cwt185.00–190.002,20321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275178.87/cwt177.00–183.002,28121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,312193.24/cwt192.00–197.002,5356
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345188.03/cwt184.00–190.002,52925
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,348198.84/cwt198.00–200.002,6808
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405193.76/cwt192.00–197.002,72225
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,450.00/head2,300.00–2,600.002,4504
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,810.00/head1,700.00–2,050.001,8105

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.