Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2020-09-15

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Sep 15
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,322 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 1,299▲ 229 vs year ago 1,093 · +21.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 183▲ 26 vs year ago 214 · +12.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 30▼ 1 vs year ago 15 · −6.7%
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 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.21/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$112.21
221 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.01
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1597118.3370729
Medium and Large 2537112.62605144
Medium and Large 3496107.2953248
One grade step is worth $11.04/cwt here — about $175 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 sale221 hd
112.21
—
AL average13 barns · 1,253 hd
117.22
−5.01
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—Average1,60583.691,34416
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42558.7683723
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16156.5965744
CowsLean 85-90%Average99053.2952850

Every lot, as filed

81 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—63798.24/cwt96.00–102.006267
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475108.97/cwt106.00–112.005185
HeifersMedium and Large 3—334121.19/cwt118.00–125.004055
HeifersMedium and Large 3—579102.02/cwt100.00–105.005914
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378114.74/cwt112.00–116.004344
HeifersMedium and Large 3—69089.53/cwt86.00–93.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—619107.70/cwt105.00–113.0066745
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518113.62/cwt109.00–117.0058945
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474114.93/cwt112.00–119.0054516
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424116.71/cwt114.00–123.0049514
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575112.67/cwt110.00–116.006489
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329132.40/cwt128.00–137.004365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388123.98/cwt122.00–126.004814
HeifersMedium and Large 2—77099.50/cwt99.00–100.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72099.99/cwt98.00–102.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 2—658106.99/cwt105.00–109.007042
SteersMedium and Large 1—476149.24/cwt147.00–155.0071011
SteersMedium and Large 1—566133.80/cwt132.00–134.0075710
SteersMedium and Large 1—756123.00/cwt123.00–123.009306
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530123.00/cwt123.00–123.006523
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378131.85/cwt129.00–137.004983
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673113.50/cwt113.00–114.007642
BullsMedium and Large 3—529115.98/cwt113.00–120.006148
BullsMedium and Large 3—575111.57/cwt109.00–115.006427
BullsMedium and Large 3—482120.75/cwt118.00–127.005825
BullsMedium and Large 3—625109.67/cwt105.00–112.006853
BullsMedium and Large 3—71097.50/cwt95.00–100.006922
BullsMedium and Large 3—663104.99/cwt103.00–107.006962
BullsMedium and Large 2—574119.90/cwt117.00–123.0068829
BullsMedium and Large 2—668112.14/cwt108.00–115.0074918
BullsMedium and Large 2—525122.09/cwt120.00–127.0064111
BullsMedium and Large 2—477134.62/cwt130.00–140.006428
BullsMedium and Large 2—428139.37/cwt135.00–145.005978
BullsMedium and Large 2—630116.83/cwt115.00–118.007366
BullsMedium and Large 2—779105.73/cwt104.00–108.008244
BullsMedium and Large 2—728109.99/cwt109.00–111.008012
BullsMedium and Large 1—432152.07/cwt145.00–157.0065712
BullsMedium and Large 1—618121.39/cwt119.00–125.007505
BullsMedium and Large 1—468142.57/cwt140.00–147.006675
BullsMedium and Large 1—735112.97/cwt111.00–115.008302
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——737.50/cwt700.00–775.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——710.00/cwt700.00–720.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,165.00/cwt1,000.00–1,225.00—5
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00855.72/cwt54.00–57.0056221
CowsLean 85-90%—96048.40/cwt45.00–51.0046521
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02159.74/cwt58.00–61.006108
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46157.98/cwt56.00–60.008479
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36862.29/cwt61.00–66.008529
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46453.79/cwt52.00–55.007875
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626117.28/cwt115.00–123.0073411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576119.00/cwt119.00–119.006856
HeifersMedium and Large 1—728108.98/cwt106.00–112.007934
Bulls——1,57085.19/cwt83.00–87.001,33710
Bulls——1,98289.37/cwt89.00–90.001,7713
Bulls——1,34773.01/cwt70.00–75.009833
SteersMedium and Large 3—659114.92/cwt112.00–117.0075715
SteersMedium and Large 3—381138.00/cwt138.00–138.0052614
SteersMedium and Large 3—618118.38/cwt118.00–119.007328
SteersMedium and Large 3—468128.00/cwt128.00–128.005994
SteersMedium and Large 3—335149.49/cwt146.00–152.005014
SteersMedium and Large 2—375151.26/cwt146.00–155.0056711
SteersMedium and Large 2—324161.30/cwt155.00–164.005237
SteersMedium and Large 2—761116.00/cwt116.00–116.008836
SteersMedium and Large 2—630123.00/cwt121.00–125.007756
SteersMedium and Large 2—417144.50/cwt140.00–150.006036
SteersMedium and Large 2—587130.00/cwt130.00–130.007635
SteersMedium and Large 2—484138.55/cwt133.00–143.006715
SteersMedium and Large 2—680119.24/cwt118.00–120.008114
SteersMedium and Large 2—531130.74/cwt129.00–134.006944
SteersMedium and Large 2—708118.50/cwt118.00–119.008392
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—721135.00/cwt135.00–135.009736
SteersMedium and Large 1—635128.07/cwt128.00–129.0081313
SteersMedium and Large 1—426154.69/cwt150.00–159.0065913
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13452.95/cwt51.00–55.0060021
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17957.98/cwt56.00–60.0068415
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20063.56/cwt62.00–66.007638
SteersMedium and Large 1—325170.50/cwt167.00–175.005544
SteersMedium and Large 1—535139.61/cwt136.00–145.007473
SteersMedium and Large 1—365157.48/cwt156.00–159.005752
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520105.67/cwt104.00–108.0054912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—427110.79/cwt108.00–113.004739

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.