Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2026-02-03

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Feb 3
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
727 head
▲ 591 vs last sale 136▼ 673 vs year ago 1,400 · −48.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 44▼ 76 vs year ago 167 · −45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 17▲ 12 vs year ago 10 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher with slaughter bulls up to 221 cwt. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.71/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +24.23 against this barn's trailing median of $379.48.
Average price
$403.71
25 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$297
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.37
vs AL average
−27.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548415.522,2799thin
Medium and Large 2555399.862,21814thin
Medium and Large 3525377.521,9822thin
One grade step is worth $38.00/cwt here — about $297 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 sale25 hd
403.71
—
AL average11 barns · 204 hd
385.34
+18.37
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−27.83
This barn, trailing median33 sales
379.48
+24.23
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—High1,633194.513,17613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,330180.092,39617
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,293176.282,27914
CowsLean 85-90%Low984150.141,47812

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)—$2,3252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,8004thin

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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225734.56/cwt730.00–740.001,6532
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2278595.20/cwt580.00–610.001,65512
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1286634.41/cwt620.00–660.001,8147
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325606.99/cwt595.00–630.001,97311
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2334579.73/cwt550.00–590.001,9366
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365564.17/cwt530.00–580.002,05910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381588.47/cwt575.00–600.002,2429
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473489.97/cwt485.00–495.002,3182
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508497.49/cwt495.00–500.002,5272
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515454.81/cwt445.00–460.002,3423
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560454.96/cwt450.00–460.002,5482
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588436.20/cwt435.00–440.002,5654
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668390.02/cwt385.00–395.002,6052
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2753354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,6669
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,83273
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1233635.27/cwt630.00–640.001,4802
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240550.42/cwt530.00–570.001,3212
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273578.27/cwt570.00–595.001,57911
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2276538.11/cwt520.00–560.001,4857
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325538.91/cwt530.00–550.001,7515
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332511.55/cwt500.00–520.001,69812
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333461.35/cwt450.00–475.001,5363
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375511.59/cwt500.00–530.001,91812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379483.22/cwt470.00–495.001,83120
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418478.44/cwt470.00–490.002,0007
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434465.07/cwt455.00–470.002,0185
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471464.94/cwt455.00–470.002,1905
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483431.40/cwt420.00–440.002,0844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519436.17/cwt430.00–440.002,2644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525377.52/cwt375.00–380.001,9822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534414.94/cwt400.00–425.002,2166
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570388.55/cwt375.00–395.002,2158
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572399.00/cwt395.00–405.002,2825
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2617354.05/cwt350.00–370.002,1845
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3622333.35/cwt330.00–340.002,0733
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683330.00/cwt325.00–335.002,2543
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733328.47/cwt326.00–331.002,4086
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786325.56/cwt324.00–327.002,55936
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429532.64/cwt520.00–555.002,2856
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433505.48/cwt490.00–520.002,18915
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471501.09/cwt495.00–505.002,3605
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480474.97/cwt465.00–485.002,2805
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517431.65/cwt425.00–435.002,2323
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532446.65/cwt445.00–450.002,3763
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562433.29/cwt430.00–435.002,4353
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587417.76/cwt415.00–430.002,4527
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620416.59/cwt410.00–425.002,5833
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2637387.09/cwt380.00–395.002,4665
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678378.19/cwt370.00–385.002,5648
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,467180.33/cwt180.00–181.002,6453
Bulls——1,561191.84/cwt188.00–200.002,9955
Bulls——1,804205.69/cwt202.00–210.003,7115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955157.73/cwt157.00–159.001,5063
Cows—Lean 85-90%994147.61/cwt145.00–151.001,4679
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198168.66/cwt168.00–169.002,0213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,264175.64/cwt173.00–178.002,22010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318175.47/cwt173.00–178.002,3138
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320186.07/cwt181.00–189.002,4563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422180.83/cwt180.00–181.002,5715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433200.53/cwt200.00–201.002,8742
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,800.00/head2,750.00–2,850.002,8004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,325.00/head2,300.00–2,350.002,3252

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.