Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2019-07-16

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jul 16
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,663 head
216 vs last sale 1,447 1,663 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
232 head
94 vs last sale 138 232 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
13 vs last sale 33 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.59/cwt on 398 head.
Average price
$133.59
398 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.77
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593135.09801184
Medium and Large 2560132.54742199
Medium and Large 3456129.0658815thin
One grade step is worth $6.03/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale398 hd
133.59
AL average14 barns · 1,522 hd
134.36
−0.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsHigh1,81576.951,3966thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39955.8678122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19354.2164754
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04150.4652539

Every lot, as filed

73 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2524115.70/cwt109.00–119.0060610
HeifersMedium and Large 2375131.29/cwt129.00–134.0049210
HeifersMedium and Large 2325133.66/cwt130.00–137.004347
HeifersMedium and Large 2629110.39/cwt109.00–112.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 2680103.31/cwt100.00–107.007033
HeifersMedium and Large 276592.99/cwt92.00–94.007112
HeifersMedium and Large 2725102.97/cwt102.00–104.007472
HeifersMedium and Large 3523106.99/cwt106.00–108.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 3338124.42/cwt121.00–128.004212
HeifersMedium and Large 2436127.45/cwt124.00–130.0055643
HeifersMedium and Large 2475121.42/cwt117.00–125.0057719
HeifersMedium and Large 2575112.55/cwt109.00–116.0064713
HeifersMedium and Large 1533121.70/cwt119.00–127.00649101
HeifersMedium and Large 1585119.72/cwt117.00–126.0070036
HeifersMedium and Large 1624116.15/cwt113.00–121.0072511
HeifersMedium and Large 1461128.55/cwt127.00–129.005939
HeifersMedium and Large 1774110.00/cwt110.00–110.008518
HeifersMedium and Large 1669115.19/cwt110.00–120.007714
HeifersMedium and Large 1415131.99/cwt131.00–133.005483
BullsMedium and Large 3423124.30/cwt120.00–130.005266
BullsMedium and Large 3518119.05/cwt116.00–121.006173
BullsMedium and Large 3482122.37/cwt121.00–124.005903
BullsMedium and Large 3573118.01/cwt116.00–120.006762
BullsMedium and Large 2528127.32/cwt123.00–131.0067227
BullsMedium and Large 2475133.53/cwt130.00–136.0063417
BullsMedium and Large 2425137.69/cwt133.00–142.0058516
BullsMedium and Large 2627119.51/cwt115.00–123.0074911
BullsMedium and Large 2675117.33/cwt114.00–120.007929
BullsMedium and Large 2578123.20/cwt120.00–126.007125
BullsMedium and Large 2724109.00/cwt107.00–111.007894
BullsMedium and Large 1523133.11/cwt131.00–135.006969
BullsMedium and Large 1475139.00/cwt138.00–140.006608
BullsMedium and Large 1573129.51/cwt128.00–130.007424
BullsMedium and Large 1405146.00/cwt146.00–146.005914
BullsMedium and Large 1715113.99/cwt113.00–115.008153
BullsMedium and Large 1660121.00/cwt120.00–122.007993
CowsLean 85-90%1,06551.23/cwt49.00–53.0054622
CowsLean 85-90%97046.27/cwt44.00–48.0044911
CowsLean 85-90%1,08355.33/cwt54.00–57.005996
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34854.10/cwt52.00–55.0072912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46057.98/cwt57.00–61.0084710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17254.15/cwt52.00–56.0063522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25358.60/cwt57.00–62.0073417
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15749.31/cwt47.00–51.0057115
Bulls1,95782.31/cwt82.00–83.001,6113
Bulls1,67271.58/cwt70.00–75.001,1973
Bred CowsSmall 1-2487.50/cwt450.00–525.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,062.50/cwt1,025.00–1,100.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2687.50/cwt600.00–800.008
SteersMedium and Large 3375132.57/cwt128.00–136.004977
SteersMedium and Large 3595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007146
SteersMedium and Large 3320143.95/cwt143.00–145.004612
SteersMedium and Large 2632127.57/cwt126.00–130.0080685
SteersMedium and Large 2569131.17/cwt125.00–134.0074657
SteersMedium and Large 2537133.40/cwt128.00–135.0071615
SteersMedium and Large 2327160.35/cwt156.00–161.0052413
SteersMedium and Large 2465135.47/cwt135.00–137.0063011
SteersMedium and Large 2425138.44/cwt134.00–142.005889
SteersMedium and Large 2376141.43/cwt140.00–144.005327
SteersMedium and Large 2680122.00/cwt120.00–124.008302
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added761129.12/cwt127.00–131.0098315
SteersMedium and Large 1679129.36/cwt127.00–133.0087873
SteersMedium and Large 1481139.07/cwt138.00–144.0066951
SteersMedium and Large 1569135.93/cwt135.00–138.0077316
SteersMedium and Large 1525138.33/cwt137.00–140.007269
SteersMedium and Large 1622134.29/cwt133.00–137.008357
SteersMedium and Large 1324163.92/cwt162.00–168.005314
SteersMedium and Large 1722124.66/cwt124.00–126.009003
SteersMedium and Large 1368153.99/cwt150.00–160.005673
SteersMedium and Large 1285177.58/cwt175.00–180.005063
HeifersMedium and Large 3474111.26/cwt107.00–115.005278
HeifersMedium and Large 3428118.81/cwt114.00–120.005096
HeifersMedium and Large 3383123.14/cwt117.00–126.004725

How this sale compares

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.