Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-01-21

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jan 21
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,143 head
153 vs last sale 990 1,143 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
2 vs last sale 137 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
19 vs last sale 13 32 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 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.97/cwt on 297 head.
Average price
$132.97
297 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.81
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531135.05717206
Medium and Large 2469129.5560882
Medium and Large 3488116.335689thin
One grade step is worth $18.72/cwt here — about $148 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 sale297 hd
132.97
AL average15 barns · 1,960 hd
133.77
−0.81
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
BullsHigh1,69376.291,29216
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40461.0085715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19660.4872310
CowsLean 85-90%Low98949.9349423

Every lot, as filed

68 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 1528135.29/cwt129.00–137.0071444
HeifersMedium and Large 1481136.65/cwt131.00–140.0065739
SteersMedium and Large 1374179.92/cwt177.00–186.006734
HeifersMedium and Large 1730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1770109.67/cwt109.00–110.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 1675124.49/cwt124.00–125.008402
HeifersMedium and Large 2628110.23/cwt108.00–113.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 2775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1566147.91/cwt147.00–148.0083711
SteersMedium and Large 2374172.30/cwt165.00–175.0064420
SteersMedium and Large 2430164.75/cwt163.00–165.0070812
SteersMedium and Large 2614126.58/cwt125.00–130.007779
SteersMedium and Large 2514151.06/cwt146.00–153.007769
SteersMedium and Large 2325178.20/cwt177.00–180.005794
SteersMedium and Large 1420172.29/cwt165.00–174.0072426
SteersMedium and Large 2730125.00/cwt124.00–126.009133
SteersMedium and Large 2663130.50/cwt130.00–131.008652
SteersMedium and Large 1676137.02/cwt133.00–142.0092646
SteersMedium and Large 3378156.37/cwt152.00–162.005916
SteersMedium and Large 1617140.98/cwt137.00–144.0087025
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850.00/cwt775.00–925.004
SteersMedium and Large 1479164.34/cwt160.00–170.007878
SteersMedium and Large 1325184.93/cwt182.00–190.006017
SteersMedium and Large 2575143.20/cwt142.00–144.008235
SteersMedium and Large 2483156.15/cwt152.00–160.007545
SteersMedium and Large 1533161.49/cwt154.00–164.0086139
Bred CowsSmall 1-2594.23/cwt475.00–675.0013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2912.50/cwt825.00–1,025.006
BullsMedium and Large 2588137.95/cwt135.00–142.008113
Bulls1,70781.89/cwt80.00–84.001,3985
Bulls1,40765.65/cwt63.00–68.009243
BullsMedium and Large 1424165.78/cwt162.00–168.007039
BullsMedium and Large 1530150.15/cwt148.00–153.007967
Bulls1,79276.78/cwt75.00–79.001,3768
BullsMedium and Large 3533125.52/cwt121.00–130.006692
BullsMedium and Large 2428158.48/cwt155.00–160.0067810
BullsMedium and Large 2526144.74/cwt140.00–148.007618
BullsMedium and Large 2471153.50/cwt150.00–156.007234
BullsMedium and Large 2725114.00/cwt114.00–114.008272
BullsMedium and Large 2675123.00/cwt123.00–123.008302
BullsMedium and Large 1476161.29/cwt156.00–166.0076814
BullsMedium and Large 1574144.99/cwt142.00–148.008329
BullsMedium and Large 3425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006383
BullsMedium and Large 1665126.98/cwt124.00–130.008442
BullsMedium and Large 1613136.52/cwt135.00–138.008372
BullsMedium and Large 2630124.66/cwt124.00–125.007853
CowsLean 85-90%97746.39/cwt45.00–49.004539
CowsLean 85-90%97556.05/cwt55.00–57.005462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40764.32/cwt61.00–66.009059
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40056.01/cwt54.00–59.007846
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21261.72/cwt61.00–63.007488
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13055.50/cwt53.00–58.006272
HeifersMedium and Large 3425122.00/cwt121.00–123.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 3575108.67/cwt106.00–110.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 3485116.47/cwt115.00–118.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 2425131.71/cwt128.00–136.0056021
HeifersMedium and Large 2384139.76/cwt136.00–144.0053716
CowsLean 85-90%1,00051.57/cwt50.00–53.0051612
HeifersMedium and Large 1374148.40/cwt145.00–153.0055512
HeifersMedium and Large 1330152.96/cwt151.00–156.005055
HeifersMedium and Large 2583119.75/cwt113.00–122.0069812
HeifersMedium and Large 2523124.38/cwt120.00–129.0065110
HeifersMedium and Large 2322145.58/cwt140.00–150.004699
HeifersMedium and Large 2477127.34/cwt123.00–129.006076
HeifersMedium and Large 1425142.73/cwt138.00–146.0060727
HeifersMedium and Large 1573129.89/cwt126.00–134.0074422
HeifersMedium and Large 2680112.49/cwt112.00–113.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 1641129.19/cwt118.00–130.0082851

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.