Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-06-29

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jun 29
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
916 head
▲ 235 vs last sale 681▲ 916 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
351 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 237▲ 351 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 19▲ 27 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 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.99/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$146.99
170 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.91
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553154.1985384
Medium and Large 3416143.455969thin
Medium and Large 2591139.5682577
One grade step is worth $14.63/cwt here — about $28 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 sale170 hd
146.99
—
AL average14 barns · 1,019 hd
146.09
+0.91
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—High1,56285.931,34223
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37569.9696248
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18067.2779463
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00361.4561664

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 3—432127.25/cwt123.00–130.005507
BullsMedium and Large 3—440140.51/cwt140.00–141.006182
BullsMedium and Large 2—475139.92/cwt136.00–145.0066513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760117.49/cwt116.00–119.008932
BullsMedium and Large 2—732119.32/cwt118.00–120.008733
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476134.07/cwt129.00–137.0063815
SteersMedium and Large 2—476149.68/cwt147.00–156.007126
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525130.71/cwt127.00–135.0068617
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563134.54/cwt133.00–135.0075722
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328155.05/cwt153.00–157.005092
SteersMedium and Large 1—420173.48/cwt172.00–177.007294
BullsMedium and Large 2—424147.38/cwt145.00–154.0062510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—677116.65/cwt113.00–119.007903
SteersMedium and Large 2—514145.64/cwt144.00–150.0074915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525137.24/cwt135.00–139.007214
SteersMedium and Large 1—386176.50/cwt174.00–181.006814
SteersMedium and Large 1—632142.35/cwt140.00–144.0090022
SteersMedium and Large 1—695135.00/cwt135.00–135.009385
SteersMedium and Large 2—737122.00/cwt122.00–122.0089916
SteersMedium and Large 2—621138.11/cwt137.00–139.0085820
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474138.71/cwt138.00–140.006577
SteersMedium and Large 1—509159.53/cwt158.00–160.008129
SteersMedium and Large 1—478165.63/cwt160.00–170.007928
HeifersMedium and Large 1—445140.50/cwt140.00–141.006252
BullsMedium and Large 2—770113.63/cwt110.00–116.008753
BullsMedium and Large 2—675119.68/cwt117.00–125.008089
SteersMedium and Large 1—557154.62/cwt149.00–155.0086125
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740117.50/cwt117.00–118.008702
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20968.79/cwt67.00–71.0083226
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01862.05/cwt59.00–65.0063230
CowsLean 85-90%—99854.81/cwt53.00–58.0054719
CowsLean 85-90%—97968.66/cwt66.00–71.0067215
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44567.49/cwt65.00–69.0097518
Bulls——1,59691.17/cwt90.00–92.001,4557
BullsMedium and Large 1—621138.56/cwt136.00–141.008605
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17363.77/cwt60.00–66.0074828
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12173.74/cwt73.00–75.008279
Bulls——1,60686.88/cwt85.00–90.001,3959
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——671.43/cwt600.00–800.00—7
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,006.25/cwt950.00–1,075.00—4
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372129.21/cwt126.00–133.004815
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582128.73/cwt125.00–132.0074911
BullsMedium and Large 3—465129.76/cwt126.00–133.006034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675126.62/cwt120.00–129.008559
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——870.00/cwt775.00–975.00—5
Stock CowsLarge 1-2——900.00/cwt900.00–900.00—2
BullsMedium and Large 3—525125.23/cwt120.00–130.0065713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—712115.00/cwt115.00–115.0081910
BullsMedium and Large 3—635120.50/cwt119.00–122.007652
SteersMedium and Large 3—326151.21/cwt148.00–155.004935
Bulls——1,47179.48/cwt77.00–83.001,1697
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33371.45/cwt70.00–75.0095230
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625122.00/cwt117.00–125.007638
SteersMedium and Large 2—381167.12/cwt160.00–170.006375
BullsMedium and Large 2—577134.89/cwt130.00–138.0077811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480123.47/cwt122.00–125.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619129.00/cwt128.00–130.0079914
SteersMedium and Large 1—725133.33/cwt130.00–135.009673
SteersMedium and Large 2—588140.91/cwt138.00–145.0082915
BullsMedium and Large 2—521136.19/cwt133.00–143.007109
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427136.51/cwt134.00–139.0058310
BullsMedium and Large 3—573123.49/cwt122.00–125.007082
SteersMedium and Large 3—395147.00/cwt146.00–148.005812
SteersMedium and Large 3—660120.50/cwt120.00–121.007952
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327140.27/cwt138.00–142.004593
SteersMedium and Large 1—335179.74/cwt178.00–181.006024
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383136.70/cwt135.00–140.005246
BullsMedium and Large 2—626126.80/cwt123.00–130.0079410

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.