Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-08-17

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Aug 17
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,584 head
95 vs last sale 1,679 93 vs year ago 1,491 · +6.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
38 vs last sale 180 22 vs year ago 240 · 9.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
12 vs last sale 31 32 vs year ago 11 · +290.9%
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 6.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.69/cwt on 311 head.
Average price
$148.69
311 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2531149.72794190
Medium and Large 1604147.21889105
Medium and Large 3478146.1869916thin
One grade step is worth $3.54/cwt here — about $95 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 sale311 hd
148.69
AL average13 barns · 1,477 hd
147.55
+1.14
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
BullsHigh1,75989.571,57613
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33770.8594745
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16568.7680138
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03764.1566545

Every lot, as filed

77 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 2431134.48/cwt130.00–140.0058018
BullsMedium and Large 2638130.68/cwt129.00–133.008343
BullsMedium and Large 2673130.67/cwt128.00–132.008796
SteersMedium and Large 2472156.23/cwt151.00–159.0073717
SteersMedium and Large 2377167.52/cwt162.00–170.006329
BullsMedium and Large 2430157.24/cwt153.00–160.006767
HeifersMedium and Large 2484131.21/cwt129.00–135.0063526
SteersMedium and Large 2631139.73/cwt135.00–143.0088247
HeifersMedium and Large 2733113.02/cwt112.00–114.008282
BullsMedium and Large 2476146.80/cwt142.00–150.0069910
BullsMedium and Large 2710128.50/cwt128.00–129.009122
SteersMedium and Large 1618145.42/cwt143.00–147.0089937
SteersMedium and Large 2521148.70/cwt144.00–152.007757
SteersMedium and Large 2436159.33/cwt155.00–165.0069528
SteersMedium and Large 2571144.12/cwt139.00–147.0082370
HeifersMedium and Large 1705122.01/cwt121.00–124.008609
HeifersMedium and Large 1524132.58/cwt132.00–136.006957
SteersMedium and Large 1374176.26/cwt175.00–178.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 2378140.95/cwt139.00–145.0053323
HeifersMedium and Large 2326144.67/cwt140.00–150.004729
BullsMedium and Large 2583137.08/cwt133.00–139.0079916
HeifersMedium and Large 1758121.00/cwt121.00–121.009172
SteersMedium and Large 1577148.68/cwt147.00–152.008583
HeifersMedium and Large 1588129.23/cwt129.00–131.0076013
SteersMedium and Large 1529154.36/cwt153.00–157.0081711
HeifersMedium and Large 1471137.75/cwt136.00–138.006498
SteersMedium and Large 1426168.27/cwt165.00–173.007178
BullsMedium and Large 1423166.04/cwt164.00–168.007022
SteersMedium and Large 1325185.00/cwt185.00–185.006012
SteersMedium and Large 1736132.00/cwt132.00–132.0097225
SteersMedium and Large 1689137.49/cwt136.00–144.009479
SteersMedium and Large 1473162.33/cwt160.00–165.007686
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,21274.83/cwt74.00–76.009078
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17872.39/cwt72.00–73.0085313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12363.96/cwt62.00–65.0071811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18569.17/cwt67.00–70.0082014
Bulls1,99497.77/cwt96.00–101.001,9504
Bulls1,83391.81/cwt90.00–94.001,6832
CowsLean 85-90%1,04266.95/cwt64.00–69.0069819
Bred CowsSmall 1-2750.00/cwt725.00–775.002
Stock CowsSmall 1-2772.92/cwt700.00–925.0012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,356.25/cwt1,250.00–1,450.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,091.67/cwt1,000.00–1,150.006
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200.00/cwt1,075.00–1,275.007
BullsMedium and Large 1468152.62/cwt151.00–156.007143
Stock CowsLarge 3900.00/cwt900.00–900.002
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50867.25/cwt65.00–68.001,01410
Bulls1,60484.24/cwt81.00–87.001,3517
CowsLean 85-90%1,01759.99/cwt57.00–62.0061021
CowsLean 85-90%1,10271.02/cwt70.00–72.007835
HeifersMedium and Large 3572117.98/cwt115.00–122.006755
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31071.00/cwt69.00–73.0093027
HeifersMedium and Large 3670108.99/cwt108.00–110.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 3475124.00/cwt119.00–127.0058913
SteersMedium and Large 3382156.59/cwt152.00–159.005983
HeifersMedium and Large 1617129.16/cwt127.00–135.007978
SteersMedium and Large 3678125.97/cwt125.00–127.008542
BullsMedium and Large 1628137.64/cwt136.00–139.008643
HeifersMedium and Large 3629115.99/cwt114.00–118.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 3510122.00/cwt120.00–124.006222
SteersMedium and Large 3625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008132
HeifersMedium and Large 3434128.22/cwt125.00–130.0055625
BullsMedium and Large 3670117.48/cwt115.00–120.007872
BullsMedium and Large 3526129.11/cwt125.00–132.006799
BullsMedium and Large 3428143.68/cwt140.00–148.006156
SteersMedium and Large 3319164.66/cwt160.00–167.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 3375131.29/cwt127.00–135.004927
SteersMedium and Large 3576133.47/cwt130.00–136.007694
HeifersMedium and Large 2784108.00/cwt108.00–108.008476
BullsMedium and Large 2523138.81/cwt135.00–145.007266
HeifersMedium and Large 2524128.10/cwt125.00–131.0067169
HeifersMedium and Large 3340135.00/cwt132.00–138.004592
BullsMedium and Large 3578129.99/cwt129.00–131.007512
BullsMedium and Large 3475132.50/cwt130.00–135.006296
SteersMedium and Large 2325177.17/cwt172.00–182.0057612
HeifersMedium and Large 2631122.50/cwt120.00–125.007734
HeifersMedium and Large 2574126.65/cwt122.00–129.0072726

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.