Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-02-02

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Feb 2
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
543 head
▼ 158 vs last sale 701▼ 251 vs year ago 794 · −31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 134▼ 137 vs year ago 239 · −57.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 8▼ 39 vs year ago 46 · −84.8%
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 7.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.24/cwt on 174 head.
Average price
$124.24
174 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.60
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2483127.8961774
Medium and Large 1605122.8874372
Medium and Large 3449118.0553028
One grade step is worth $9.85/cwt here — about $87 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 sale174 hd
124.24
—
AL average16 barns · 1,271 hd
125.83
−1.60
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—Low1,65283.731,38310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18370.9783928
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52166.901,01828
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02361.8563314

Every lot, as filed

69 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—575139.28/cwt133.00–143.0080121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725108.73/cwt108.00–110.007884
SteersMedium and Large 2—478150.32/cwt140.00–155.007197
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368145.96/cwt144.00–148.005372
SteersMedium and Large 2—677126.50/cwt120.00–130.0085616
BullsMedium and Large 2—470140.33/cwt139.00–142.006603
BullsMedium and Large 2—633122.45/cwt120.00–125.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1—420164.65/cwt164.00–166.006923
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571117.99/cwt114.00–123.006749
SteersMedium and Large 1—325183.00/cwt182.00–184.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 2—633114.48/cwt110.00–118.007254
SteersMedium and Large 1—812118.00/cwt118.00–118.009588
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668119.18/cwt117.00–120.0079616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—801106.00/cwt106.00–106.008495
BullsMedium and Large 1—425160.48/cwt158.00–164.006824
SteersMedium and Large 1—370174.47/cwt172.00–177.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 2—512122.01/cwt120.00–124.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571128.15/cwt124.00–130.007327
SteersMedium and Large 1—475157.34/cwt156.00–160.0074712
BullsMedium and Large 1—633130.49/cwt129.00–132.008262
SteersMedium and Large 1—775121.00/cwt121.00–121.009382
SteersMedium and Large 1—532152.63/cwt150.00–154.008123
BullsMedium and Large 2—417151.82/cwt146.00–156.006339
SteersMedium and Large 1—574146.24/cwt145.00–147.008394
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425139.60/cwt139.00–140.005935
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625119.54/cwt119.00–120.0074720
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520129.70/cwt128.00–131.0067410
BullsMedium and Large 1—673122.01/cwt121.00–123.008212
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49567.85/cwt65.00–71.001,01413
Bulls——1,53378.36/cwt75.00–81.001,2016
Bulls——1,89895.20/cwt94.00–96.001,8072
Bulls——1,76388.35/cwt87.00–90.001,5582
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15966.98/cwt65.00–69.007768
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44579.45/cwt77.00–82.001,1484
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19174.32/cwt71.00–77.0088517
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19762.65/cwt60.00–64.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 3—63899.53/cwt97.00–102.006352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——812.50/cwt800.00–825.00—2
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,100.00/cwt1,050.00–1,150.00—4
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02853.68/cwt52.00–57.005524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468133.65/cwt133.00–135.006253
BullsMedium and Large 1—531140.98/cwt138.00–144.007495
HeifersMedium and Large 3—526112.58/cwt107.00–115.005927
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06670.23/cwt69.00–71.007494
CowsLean 85-90%—99161.71/cwt60.00–63.006126
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58061.22/cwt59.00–64.0096711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—666114.39/cwt110.00–117.007629
HeifersMedium and Large 3—322130.65/cwt130.00–132.004213
BullsMedium and Large 2—538135.03/cwt133.00–137.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 3—476115.43/cwt110.00–120.005495
BullsMedium and Large 1—468148.98/cwt148.00–150.006972
BullsMedium and Large 1—576138.51/cwt136.00–146.007988
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375138.92/cwt134.00–142.0052113
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422119.67/cwt119.00–120.005053
SteersMedium and Large 2—720118.52/cwt117.00–120.008532
SteersMedium and Large 3—379151.43/cwt146.00–155.005744
BullsMedium and Large 3—433138.98/cwt138.00–140.006022
SteersMedium and Large 2—374163.06/cwt160.00–167.0061014
SteersMedium and Large 2—628133.08/cwt130.00–136.008362
SteersMedium and Large 2—428157.12/cwt154.00–160.006722
HeifersMedium and Large 2—732102.33/cwt100.00–105.007493
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375123.76/cwt118.00–127.004648
SteersMedium and Large 2—535142.89/cwt140.00–147.0076411
SteersMedium and Large 2—331173.69/cwt168.00–178.005756
BullsMedium and Large 2—575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327143.30/cwt140.00–148.0046911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477127.56/cwt125.00–130.006089
BullsMedium and Large 3—482132.97/cwt130.00–135.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427131.65/cwt126.00–142.0056213

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.