Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-09-07

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Sep 7
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,639 head
▲ 1,121 vs last sale 518▲ 340 vs year ago 1,299 · +26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 94▲ 42 vs year ago 183 · +23.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 21▲ 40 vs year ago 30 · +133.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes 1.00-3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.89/cwt on 358 head.
Average price
$128.89
358 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.09
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538130.94704286
Medium and Large 2498121.2260365
Medium and Large 3454115.965267thin
One grade step is worth $14.98/cwt here — about $178 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 sale358 hd
128.89
—
AL average9 barns · 950 hd
130.97
−2.09
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—Low1,61684.381,36416
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26469.4487841
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13067.95768110
CowsLean 85-90%Average98456.0655139

Every lot, as filed

85 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—433119.93/cwt116.00–124.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460111.00/cwt111.00–111.005112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532129.10/cwt123.00–134.0068710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632128.67/cwt123.00–133.0081326
HeifersMedium and Large 1—777111.61/cwt103.00–115.0086713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—763101.52/cwt100.00–103.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320140.13/cwt136.00–144.004484
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477122.34/cwt120.00–125.0058413
SteersMedium and Large 1—616142.47/cwt139.00–148.0087857
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620109.75/cwt105.00–119.0068010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570116.67/cwt115.00–118.006656
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365132.42/cwt128.00–135.004837
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425138.05/cwt130.00–142.0058727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362143.78/cwt135.00–148.0052027
SteersMedium and Large 2—424160.27/cwt156.00–163.006806
HeifersMedium and Large 1—311154.23/cwt146.00–160.0048010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—726120.16/cwt115.00–124.0087228
SteersMedium and Large 3—395154.00/cwt154.00–154.006081
SteersMedium and Large 3—415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006231
SteersMedium and Large 2—678130.00/cwt130.00–130.008816
SteersMedium and Large 1—428167.40/cwt165.50–175.0071626
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—615150.00/cwt150.00–150.009231
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—460142.00/cwt142.00–142.006531
SteersMedium and Large 1—516159.33/cwt154.00–164.0082233
SteersMedium and Large 2—555143.00/cwt143.00–143.007943
SteersMedium and Large 2—488152.45/cwt149.00–156.007444
SteersMedium and Large 1—464166.67/cwt163.00–170.0077325
SteersMedium and Large 3—460142.00/cwt142.00–142.006533
SteersMedium and Large 2—638132.51/cwt132.00–133.008456
SteersMedium and Large 1—895128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1462
SteersMedium and Large 1—820132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0822
SteersMedium and Large 1—678136.17/cwt134.00–140.0092354
SteersMedium and Large 1—715133.55/cwt130.00–135.0095518
SteersMedium and Large 1—386174.92/cwt170.00–176.0067530
SteersMedium and Large 1—568147.27/cwt146.00–155.0083653
SteersMedium and Large 1—773130.90/cwt128.00–133.001,01210
BullsMedium and Large 1—815122.00/cwt122.00–122.009941
BullsMedium and Large 1—424160.43/cwt155.00–167.0068020
BullsMedium and Large 1—775124.00/cwt124.00–124.009613
BullsMedium and Large 1—631131.55/cwt126.00–135.5083029
BullsMedium and Large 1—517139.75/cwt135.00–149.0072327
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
CowsLean 85-90%—99456.40/cwt52.00–61.0056129
CowsLean 85-90%—78148.74/cwt46.00–51.003815
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27573.58/cwt73.00–75.0093812
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25967.73/cwt63.00–70.0085329
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13868.04/cwt63.00–73.0077497
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22275.40/cwt74.00–79.009215
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12661.40/cwt61.00–62.006915
CowsBoner 80-85%—97462.16/cwt60.00–64.006058
Bulls——1,34678.72/cwt75.00–80.001,0604
Bulls——1,61096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5461
Bulls——1,71585.38/cwt82.00–93.001,46411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——790.00/cwt750.00–850.00—10
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——700.00/cwt700.00–700.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——530.00/cwt400.00–600.00—10
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——900.00/cwt850.00–1,000.00—9
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,025.00/cwt900.00–1,175.00—6
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——722.22/cwt600.00–800.00—18
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——625.00/cwt600.00–650.00—6
BullsMedium and Large 3—380141.92/cwt136.00–148.005394
BullsMedium and Large 1—331174.42/cwt170.00–180.0057712
BullsMedium and Large 2—339165.39/cwt162.50–170.005619
BullsMedium and Large 3—484130.38/cwt128.00–132.006315
BullsMedium and Large 2—578126.35/cwt122.00–131.007307
BullsMedium and Large 2—474141.23/cwt136.00–145.0066915
BullsMedium and Large 2—361151.71/cwt134.00–162.005487
BullsMedium and Large 2—613115.85/cwt113.00–120.007105
BullsMedium and Large 2—416151.68/cwt148.00–154.0063114
BullsMedium and Large 2—517132.28/cwt129.00–135.0068411
BullsMedium and Large 3—421140.01/cwt138.00–142.005897
BullsMedium and Large 3—550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006382
BullsMedium and Large 1—380170.61/cwt164.00–175.0064818
BullsMedium and Large 1—682124.39/cwt119.00–128.0084812
BullsMedium and Large 1—474151.30/cwt148.00–157.5071745
BullsMedium and Large 1—724120.00/cwt118.00–124.008694
BullsMedium and Large 2—670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007372
BullsMedium and Large 3—500118.00/cwt118.00–118.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674123.85/cwt120.00–132.0083513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575127.79/cwt123.00–133.0073565
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462132.89/cwt125.00–137.5061465
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425126.01/cwt121.00–130.0053613
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1—565135.28/cwt131.00–138.0076421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—514119.98/cwt118.00–121.006178

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.