Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-01-12

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jan 12
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
800 head
38 vs last sale 838 190 vs year ago 990 · 19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
197 vs last sale 216 118 vs year ago 137 · 86.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. 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 $123.15/cwt on 217 head.
Average price
$123.15
217 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.88
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459134.8161941
Medium and Large 2504121.0161064
Medium and Large 1-2679120.62819100
Medium and Large 3396115.7345812thin
One grade step is worth $19.08/cwt here — about $160 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 sale217 hd
123.15
AL average16 barns · 1,471 hd
122.27
+0.88
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
BullsLow1,46673.511,07711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32361.008076thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20260.8673118
CowsLean 85-90%High96749.8748213

Every lot, as filed

55 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
BullsMedium and Large 2476139.21/cwt134.00–144.0066310
HeifersMedium and Large 3382119.31/cwt118.00–120.004563
BullsMedium and Large 2671115.74/cwt114.00–117.007774
BullsMedium and Large 2615119.92/cwt114.00–124.007383
BullsMedium and Large 2423154.06/cwt152.00–156.006522
SteersMedium and Large 2430153.93/cwt152.00–156.006622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added754115.50/cwt115.50–115.5087111
HeifersMedium and Large 272698.24/cwt95.00–100.007134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added619138.00/cwt138.00–138.0085421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added674121.25/cwt121.25–121.2581775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added748126.75/cwt126.75–126.7594867
HeifersMedium and Large 2378136.29/cwt132.00–138.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 1509125.00/cwt125.00–125.006367
SteersMedium and Large 2468149.35/cwt148.00–150.006993
SteersMedium and Large 1440158.49/cwt158.00–159.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 1620116.02/cwt114.00–117.007193
HeifersMedium and Large 1427141.95/cwt136.00–146.0060611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added644121.25/cwt121.25–121.2578114
SteersMedium and Large 1375165.67/cwt163.00–168.006216
HeifersMedium and Large 2680102.99/cwt102.00–104.007002
BullsMedium and Large 2573126.66/cwt123.00–132.007269
CowsLean 85-90%92556.03/cwt55.00–57.005183
CowsLean 85-90%93446.38/cwt42.00–48.004337
Bulls1,37170.49/cwt69.00–72.009666
Bulls1,57977.14/cwt75.00–79.001,2185
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42364.39/cwt62.00–67.009162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13865.30/cwt63.00–67.007438
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27359.31/cwt58.00–61.007554
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24959.34/cwt57.00–61.007417
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26052.58/cwt51.00–54.006633
CowsLean 85-90%1,08551.85/cwt49.00–54.005633
BullsMedium and Large 3528122.52/cwt122.00–123.006472
SteersMedium and Large 1326169.71/cwt168.00–171.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 1575118.95/cwt117.00–122.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 1472131.84/cwt130.00–134.006226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added753124.50/cwt124.50–124.5093732
BullsMedium and Large 1428158.91/cwt156.00–162.006802
BullsMedium and Large 2529132.43/cwt128.00–136.0070111
HeifersMedium and Large 1376144.98/cwt140.00–148.0054511
SteersMedium and Large 2623127.47/cwt125.00–130.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 2622106.65/cwt105.00–110.006633
HeifersMedium and Large 2526118.63/cwt113.00–122.0062414
BullsMedium and Large 3623110.01/cwt107.00–113.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 2429130.17/cwt128.00–133.005587
HeifersMedium and Large 3320120.95/cwt120.00–122.003872
SteersMedium and Large 2770112.99/cwt112.00–114.008702
SteersMedium and Large 2723118.26/cwt115.00–120.008554
SteersMedium and Large 2583134.24/cwt133.00–135.007834
HeifersMedium and Large 2478121.89/cwt118.00–126.0058310
SteersMedium and Large 2682121.99/cwt121.00–123.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 3424112.71/cwt108.00–118.004787
SteersMedium and Large 2374159.68/cwt154.00–162.005979
SteersMedium and Large 2325164.00/cwt161.00–167.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 2573113.66/cwt109.00–117.0065112
HeifersMedium and Large 2324140.74/cwt136.00–144.004568

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.