Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-02-11

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Feb 11
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
851 head
57 vs last sale 794 851 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
93 vs last sale 239 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
11 vs last sale 46 35 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 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.40/cwt on 390 head.
Average price
$126.40
390 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$213
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.62
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2471135.98641139
Medium and Large 1596128.2376466
Medium and Large 3485122.1859329
Medium and Large 1-2724117.87853156
One grade step is worth $18.11/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 sale390 hd
126.40
AL average12 barns · 1,167 hd
129.02
−2.62
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
BullsAverage1,58078.461,23914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45960.4188115
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17957.9068328
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02652.3953843

Every lot, as filed

67 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 3342144.00/cwt144.00–144.004923
HeifersMedium and Large 3575111.50/cwt110.00–113.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 3378133.14/cwt130.00–136.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 2474132.84/cwt130.00–137.0063030
HeifersMedium and Large 2380149.10/cwt146.00–152.0056729
HeifersMedium and Large 2326154.39/cwt150.00–160.0050322
HeifersMedium and Large 2628118.32/cwt112.00–120.0074316
HeifersMedium and Large 2428138.33/cwt134.00–141.0059213
HeifersMedium and Large 2667115.36/cwt110.00–117.0076911
HeifersMedium and Large 2526129.72/cwt128.00–131.0068211
HeifersMedium and Large 2580118.37/cwt114.00–120.006875
HeifersMedium and Large 2715108.49/cwt107.00–110.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added724117.87/cwt117.75–118.75853156
HeifersMedium and Large 1638123.00/cwt123.00–123.0078555
HeifersMedium and Large 1429148.05/cwt145.00–152.006355
HeifersMedium and Large 1372158.02/cwt156.00–161.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 1325161.33/cwt160.00–164.005243
BullsMedium and Large 377290.67/cwt88.00–94.007003
BullsMedium and Large 3567104.93/cwt100.00–110.005953
BullsMedium and Large 3487133.71/cwt130.00–136.006513
BullsMedium and Large 371091.98/cwt89.00–95.006532
BullsMedium and Large 3523120.10/cwt116.00–124.006282
BullsMedium and Large 2428150.57/cwt148.00–158.006449
BullsMedium and Large 2479143.96/cwt138.00–148.006908
BullsMedium and Large 2571128.55/cwt125.00–135.007345
BullsMedium and Large 2632122.04/cwt117.00–125.007713
BullsMedium and Large 2725117.00/cwt117.00–117.008482
BullsMedium and Large 2523141.02/cwt140.00–142.007382
BullsMedium and Large 1477151.82/cwt150.00–158.0072411
BullsMedium and Large 1419165.45/cwt162.00–172.006936
BullsMedium and Large 1571136.98/cwt136.00–140.007824
BullsMedium and Large 1523145.66/cwt144.00–148.007623
BullsMedium and Large 1673127.50/cwt127.00–128.008582
CowsLean 85-90%1,01752.11/cwt49.00–54.0053017
CowsLean 85-90%1,03658.40/cwt56.00–61.0060514
CowsLean 85-90%1,02745.79/cwt44.00–48.0047012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39961.62/cwt61.00–64.008629
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54958.59/cwt56.00–60.009086
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20157.36/cwt55.00–60.0068912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20064.54/cwt62.00–67.0077410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10247.90/cwt45.00–50.005286
Bulls1,55180.91/cwt78.00–82.001,2556
Bulls1,39073.00/cwt70.00–75.001,0156
Bulls2,23587.46/cwt86.00–89.001,9552
Bred CowsSmall 1-2493.75/cwt400.00–575.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2575.00/cwt525.00–650.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2741.67/cwt675.00–850.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2650.00/cwt625.00–675.004
SteersMedium and Large 3328159.89/cwt158.00–162.005242
SteersMedium and Large 2374167.51/cwt160.00–169.0062630
SteersMedium and Large 2629132.74/cwt131.00–135.0083518
SteersMedium and Large 2476149.57/cwt145.00–154.007127
SteersMedium and Large 2325170.29/cwt166.00–172.005537
SteersMedium and Large 2523146.98/cwt144.00–151.007695
SteersMedium and Large 2580137.98/cwt134.00–141.008004
SteersMedium and Large 2420153.96/cwt152.00–156.006473
SteersMedium and Large 2680129.02/cwt128.00–130.008772
SteersMedium and Large 1455166.81/cwt160.00–168.0075912
SteersMedium and Large 1580149.72/cwt148.00–150.008687
SteersMedium and Large 1426164.22/cwt163.00–166.007004
SteersMedium and Large 1371172.99/cwt172.00–175.006424
SteersMedium and Large 1515155.65/cwt154.00–157.008023
SteersMedium and Large 1320175.95/cwt175.00–177.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 3428127.86/cwt124.00–130.005478
HeifersMedium and Large 3625105.00/cwt100.00–110.006566
HeifersMedium and Large 3475121.84/cwt120.00–125.005795
HeifersMedium and Large 3528119.98/cwt119.00–121.006333

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.