Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2019-10-01

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Oct 1
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,573 head
▲ 480 vs last sale 1,093▲ 1,573 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
233 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 214▲ 233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 15▲ 59 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 two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.59/cwt on 300 head.
Average price
$106.59
300 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.03
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541109.86594130
Medium and Large 2506106.20537136
Medium and Large 351495.6349234
One grade step is worth $14.23/cwt here — about $102 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 sale300 hd
106.59
—
AL average16 barns · 1,981 hd
110.61
−4.03
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
Bulls—Average1,57169.961,09920
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36246.866388thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18946.2855049
CowsLean 85-90%Low99438.4938250

Every lot, as filed

85 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 3—57791.01/cwt90.00–94.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51994.01/cwt92.00–95.004884
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321105.96/cwt105.00–109.003404
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425102.67/cwt100.00–104.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430111.16/cwt105.00–113.0047837
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475108.44/cwt104.00–110.0051527
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570103.38/cwt100.00–106.0058921
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524104.47/cwt102.00–108.0054719
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62798.79/cwt93.00–102.0061910
HeifersMedium and Large 2—71491.20/cwt89.00–93.006519
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321116.98/cwt115.00–120.003766
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376113.49/cwt110.00–116.004274
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67594.00/cwt92.00–95.006353
HeifersMedium and Large 1—592107.47/cwt107.00–108.0063640
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474112.32/cwt110.00–115.0053229
HeifersMedium and Large 1—437116.70/cwt114.00–121.0051021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667100.29/cwt100.00–102.0066914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—536113.00/cwt113.00–113.0060611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365120.98/cwt118.00–124.004426
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625106.74/cwt105.00–108.006674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—78393.30/cwt91.00–97.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—72597.49/cwt97.00–98.007072
BullsMedium and Large 3—527101.57/cwt98.00–105.0053512
BullsMedium and Large 3—62897.40/cwt95.00–100.006125
BullsMedium and Large 3—72088.36/cwt85.00–90.006363
BullsMedium and Large 3—68888.98/cwt85.00–92.006123
BullsMedium and Large 3—480105.35/cwt100.00–110.005063
BullsMedium and Large 3—58397.99/cwt95.00–101.005712
BullsMedium and Large 3—425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004682
BullsMedium and Large 2—517113.68/cwt108.00–116.0058830
BullsMedium and Large 2—475120.27/cwt115.00–125.0057115
BullsMedium and Large 2—625106.68/cwt102.00–110.0066713
BullsMedium and Large 2—675100.42/cwt97.00–105.0067812
BullsMedium and Large 2—573109.99/cwt105.00–115.0063011
BullsMedium and Large 2—425125.45/cwt120.00–130.0053311
BullsMedium and Large 2—78589.97/cwt85.00–94.007063
BullsMedium and Large 2—72396.97/cwt95.00–99.007012
BullsMedium and Large 1—418135.10/cwt133.00–141.005656
BullsMedium and Large 1—468131.00/cwt131.00–131.006134
BullsMedium and Large 1—720102.66/cwt100.00–105.007393
BullsMedium and Large 1—683110.99/cwt110.00–112.007582
BullsMedium and Large 1—513119.49/cwt118.00–121.006132
CowsLean 85-90%—99136.53/cwt35.00–39.0036229
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00340.51/cwt40.00–42.0040618
CowsLean 85-90%—96745.24/cwt44.00–48.004373
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40848.98/cwt48.00–50.006904
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31644.75/cwt44.00–45.005894
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20346.20/cwt45.00–47.0055619
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19151.20/cwt49.00–54.0061016
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16940.75/cwt39.00–43.0047614
Bulls——1,57570.71/cwt70.00–73.001,11412
Bulls——1,41866.94/cwt64.00–69.009496
Bulls——2,01074.55/cwt74.00–75.001,4982
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——641.67/cwt575.00–675.00—3
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——472.22/cwt450.00–500.00—9
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——483.33/cwt475.00–500.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——765.91/cwt700.00–875.00—11
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——593.75/cwt500.00–700.00—16
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——675.00/cwt675.00–675.00—4
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——550.00/cwt525.00–600.00—6
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——883.33/cwt800.00–975.00—6
SteersMedium and Large 3—575107.00/cwt105.00–110.006155
SteersMedium and Large 3—328128.99/cwt128.00–130.004232
HeifersMedium and Large 3—66487.84/cwt85.00–89.005837
HeifersMedium and Large 3—48497.59/cwt95.00–101.0047211
SteersMedium and Large 1—775113.00/cwt113.00–113.008762
SteersMedium and Large 1—368141.29/cwt140.00–144.005203
SteersMedium and Large 1—606121.00/cwt121.00–121.007334
SteersMedium and Large 1—342143.95/cwt143.00–150.004929
SteersMedium and Large 1—705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008469
SteersMedium and Large 1—538131.00/cwt131.00–131.0070510
SteersMedium and Large 1—678118.00/cwt118.00–118.0080015
SteersMedium and Large 1—569126.85/cwt122.00–127.0072234
SteersMedium and Large 1—474130.80/cwt128.00–135.0062042
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—528137.00/cwt137.00–137.007238
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—560133.00/cwt133.00–133.0074511
SteersMedium and Large 2—430129.98/cwt129.00–131.005592
SteersMedium and Large 2—743108.00/cwt107.00–109.008022
SteersMedium and Large 2—534119.96/cwt117.00–122.006414
SteersMedium and Large 2—783106.00/cwt106.00–106.008305
SteersMedium and Large 2—322138.58/cwt136.00–140.004467
SteersMedium and Large 2—378134.97/cwt130.00–138.005108
SteersMedium and Large 2—698110.00/cwt110.00–110.0076811
SteersMedium and Large 2—634115.71/cwt109.00–118.0073419
SteersMedium and Large 2—580118.37/cwt111.00–120.0068760

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.