Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-01-14

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jan 14
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
990 head
207 vs last sale 1,197 990 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
17 vs last sale 120 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
6 vs last sale 19 13 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 unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.33/cwt on 384 head.
Average price
$142.33
384 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$925
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.35
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2531147.8278483
Medium and Large 1685141.29968293
Medium and Large 3586123.487238thin
One grade step is worth $24.34/cwt here — about $61 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 sale384 hd
142.33
AL average14 barns · 1,339 hd
150.69
−8.35
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
BullsHigh1,78073.381,30617
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35856.6376926
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21752.2163535
CowsLean 85-90%Average98446.0945325

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1575127.86/cwt125.00–134.0073556
HeifersMedium and Large 1525131.14/cwt128.00–135.0068829
SteersMedium and Large 1325183.29/cwt180.00–185.005967
SteersMedium and Large 1733128.49/cwt127.00–130.009422
HeifersMedium and Large 1425141.45/cwt137.00–143.006019
HeifersMedium and Large 1617127.00/cwt125.00–130.007843
HeifersMedium and Large 2378137.81/cwt134.00–140.005216
HeifersMedium and Large 1318151.51/cwt148.00–155.004823
SteersMedium and Large 2332171.25/cwt168.00–178.005695
SteersMedium and Large 2780117.96/cwt116.00–120.009202
SteersMedium and Large 3725112.01/cwt110.00–114.008122
SteersMedium and Large 3630117.02/cwt114.00–120.007372
SteersMedium and Large 3563120.51/cwt120.00–121.006782
SteersMedium and Large 3425144.39/cwt140.00–149.006142
SteersMedium and Large 2638134.80/cwt131.00–135.0086019
SteersMedium and Large 1681134.70/cwt134.00–139.009177
SteersMedium and Large 1528154.53/cwt153.00–160.008167
SteersMedium and Large 2380170.24/cwt165.00–173.0064715
SteersMedium and Large 2678127.12/cwt124.00–130.008628
SteersMedium and Large 2427156.35/cwt152.00–162.006686
SteersMedium and Large 2575141.00/cwt140.00–142.008114
SteersMedium and Large 2479153.47/cwt150.00–156.007354
SteersMedium and Large 1469161.76/cwt158.00–165.0075912
SteersMedium and Large 1568147.83/cwt147.00–154.0084011
SteersMedium and Large 1622137.77/cwt137.00–144.0085734
SteersMedium and Large 2540146.46/cwt142.00–148.0079120
Bred CowsSmall 1-2650.00/cwt500.00–700.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900.00/cwt825.00–950.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2933.33/cwt900.00–1,000.003
SteersMedium and Large 1423167.57/cwt164.00–170.007097
SteersMedium and Large 1373178.14/cwt177.00–182.006647
BullsMedium and Large 1610140.50/cwt140.00–141.008572
Bulls2,06779.81/cwt79.00–81.001,6505
BullsMedium and Large 2476145.72/cwt144.00–147.006944
BullsMedium and Large 2518144.65/cwt144.00–146.007493
BullsMedium and Large 1423165.47/cwt162.00–170.007008
BullsMedium and Large 1475159.14/cwt157.00–160.007567
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added738136.40/cwt136.40–136.401,00767
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added761136.55/cwt136.50–136.601,039132
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added714125.50/cwt125.50–125.5089628
BullsMedium and Large 2628125.49/cwt125.00–126.007882
BullsMedium and Large 2588128.03/cwt126.00–130.007532
BullsMedium and Large 1531151.57/cwt149.00–158.0080513
BullsMedium and Large 1578140.82/cwt137.00–146.008145
Bulls1,73373.88/cwt72.00–77.001,2806
Bulls1,58967.52/cwt65.00–70.001,0736
CowsLean 85-90%98647.39/cwt45.00–50.0046714
CowsLean 85-90%98442.33/cwt40.00–44.004179
CowsLean 85-90%96853.95/cwt53.00–55.005222
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33657.92/cwt56.00–60.0077418
BullsMedium and Large 2427158.66/cwt156.00–160.006776
BullsMedium and Large 2775105.00/cwt105.00–105.008142
HeifersMedium and Large 3477117.93/cwt112.00–122.005635
HeifersMedium and Large 366693.99/cwt90.00–98.006264
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40653.74/cwt51.00–55.007568
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24452.95/cwt50.00–55.0065913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16446.71/cwt44.00–49.0054412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24457.84/cwt56.00–60.0072010
HeifersMedium and Large 2332145.79/cwt144.00–147.004845
HeifersMedium and Large 2583120.72/cwt115.00–123.007044
HeifersMedium and Large 2523126.02/cwt124.00–127.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 3423120.74/cwt120.00–122.005114
HeifersMedium and Large 3576110.20/cwt109.00–112.006355
HeifersMedium and Large 3528112.00/cwt110.00–116.005915
HeifersMedium and Large 1477134.75/cwt130.00–140.0064322
HeifersMedium and Large 1377144.20/cwt142.00–150.0054417
HeifersMedium and Large 2624115.28/cwt110.00–120.007197
HeifersMedium and Large 3333130.61/cwt126.00–136.004353
HeifersMedium and Large 3375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004692
HeifersMedium and Large 2671108.42/cwt105.00–111.007277
HeifersMedium and Large 1783105.97/cwt104.00–108.008302
HeifersMedium and Large 1660115.50/cwt115.00–116.007622
HeifersMedium and Large 2425127.63/cwt126.00–130.005423
HeifersMedium and Large 2480125.68/cwt125.00–127.006033

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.