Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2025-09-30

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Sep 30
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Receipts
2,064 head
▲ 481 vs last sale 1,583▲ 901 vs year ago 1,163 · +77.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter and replacement cows were not covered. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $382.54/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −35.20 against this barn's trailing median of $417.74.
Average price
$382.54
130 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$78.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.20
vs AL average
−40.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542415.612,25254
Medium and Large 2571375.142,14044
Medium and Large 3574336.901,93432
One grade step is worth $78.71/cwt here — about $318 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 sale130 hd
382.54
—
AL average14 barns · 334 hd
385.74
−3.20
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
−40.11
This barn, trailing median32 sales
417.74
−35.20
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

32 sales
495440384328median 417.7403/1005/1207/1409/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.04, low $342.46, median $417.74 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

74 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2225539.11/cwt530.00–550.001,2132
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1243562.53/cwt560.00–565.001,3672
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265531.23/cwt525.00–537.001,4082
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285500.70/cwt490.00–515.001,42710
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325507.57/cwt500.00–520.001,6509
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327466.21/cwt450.00–475.001,52520
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3338417.81/cwt410.00–430.001,4125
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369468.93/cwt460.00–480.001,73018
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3371413.75/cwt400.00–420.001,5358
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379446.58/cwt425.00–455.001,69327
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420431.65/cwt420.00–440.001,8138
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433469.60/cwt455.00–480.002,03318
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470451.49/cwt440.00–470.002,12244
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474411.57/cwt395.00–425.001,95115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3482375.14/cwt370.00–385.001,8083
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523424.63/cwt410.00–430.002,22134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536392.92/cwt385.00–402.002,10613
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545361.67/cwt355.00–375.001,9713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574400.28/cwt392.00–418.002,29820
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3577334.34/cwt320.00–360.001,92929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585367.68/cwt360.00–380.002,15131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3610340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0746
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617379.33/cwt372.00–381.002,34061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630358.62/cwt350.00–370.002,25918
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2656338.56/cwt335.00–340.002,2217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664375.49/cwt365.00–376.002,49344
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3668324.86/cwt320.00–332.002,1707
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2716330.98/cwt326.00–336.002,37013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735349.45/cwt340.00–352.002,56814
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2763320.52/cwt315.00–326.002,44611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320377.60/cwt370.00–385.001,20811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330426.57/cwt420.00–430.001,4086
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331405.53/cwt400.00–415.001,34212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361419.10/cwt415.00–425.001,5135
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372389.95/cwt380.00–405.001,45125
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3387364.13/cwt360.00–370.001,4096
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410392.31/cwt390.00–400.001,60813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426350.50/cwt345.00–355.001,49310
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433372.10/cwt360.00–380.001,61134
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475354.15/cwt350.00–364.001,68252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475339.95/cwt335.00–345.001,61512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484382.45/cwt370.00–390.001,85120
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531349.59/cwt345.00–355.001,85641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533334.88/cwt328.00–340.001,78524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566350.86/cwt346.00–354.001,98620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573337.28/cwt330.00–342.001,93351
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578329.14/cwt325.00–330.001,9026
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615346.44/cwt334.00–348.002,1319
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625312.83/cwt310.00–315.001,95519
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2626322.64/cwt316.00–330.002,02034
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663316.15/cwt307.00–322.002,09617
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673331.00/cwt330.00–332.002,2282
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3678299.94/cwt295.00–305.002,0344
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3722284.18/cwt280.00–290.002,05210
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727303.64/cwt300.00–312.002,2079
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3775260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0152
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2788288.99/cwt288.00–290.002,2772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418439.41/cwt420.00–448.001,83727
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428392.09/cwt376.00–410.001,67815
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469403.37/cwt400.00–410.001,8926
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470353.07/cwt350.00–360.001,65910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485372.50/cwt365.00–385.001,80736
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513399.97/cwt395.00–405.002,0523
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3529345.46/cwt340.00–350.001,82719
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532361.94/cwt352.00–380.001,92643
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570350.37/cwt340.00–365.001,99737
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575324.98/cwt320.00–330.001,86910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628328.64/cwt320.00–342.002,06418
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3640313.02/cwt310.00–316.002,0034
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2661322.24/cwt316.00–330.002,1307
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3673306.02/cwt300.00–310.002,0605
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718314.79/cwt310.00–320.002,2609
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3775280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1702
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2788292.62/cwt290.00–298.002,3063

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.