Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2021-10-19

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Oct 19
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,853 head
▼ 205 vs last sale 2,058▲ 163 vs year ago 1,690 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 254▲ 118 vs year ago 202 · +58.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 61▼ 14 vs year ago 33 · −42.4%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.35/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$123.35
182 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.04
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594124.40739112
Medium and Large 2507122.6762259
Medium and Large 3478116.2655611thin
One grade step is worth $8.14/cwt here — about $182 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 sale182 hd
123.35
—
AL average15 barns · 1,511 hd
122.31
+1.04
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—High1,58375.931,20215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41559.8184638
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20759.0171238
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01750.8351747

Every lot, as filed

62 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—438153.50/cwt153.00–154.006722
SteersMedium and Large 3—372141.16/cwt140.00–146.005255
SteersMedium and Large 2—488146.05/cwt143.00–149.007132
SteersMedium and Large 2—539140.31/cwt140.00–148.0075625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669116.00/cwt116.00–116.0077624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378138.29/cwt136.00–145.005234
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425126.57/cwt122.00–130.005387
SteersMedium and Large 1—373164.99/cwt164.00–167.006153
SteersMedium and Large 1—425157.00/cwt157.00–157.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474122.49/cwt120.00–125.0058110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376130.99/cwt126.00–134.004938
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—558130.25/cwt130.25–130.2572712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—653133.50/cwt133.50–133.5087210
SteersMedium and Large 2—374155.80/cwt152.00–160.0058311
SteersMedium and Large 2—625133.20/cwt130.00–136.008335
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780110.52/cwt109.00–112.008622
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423135.02/cwt134.00–136.005712
SteersMedium and Large 1—615137.00/cwt137.00–137.008431
SteersMedium and Large 1—661133.81/cwt132.00–138.0088449
SteersMedium and Large 2—327158.01/cwt156.00–160.005175
SteersMedium and Large 2—783121.51/cwt119.00–124.009512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625118.00/cwt118.00–118.007383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573124.58/cwt124.00–126.0071453
SteersMedium and Large 2—695128.50/cwt128.00–129.008932
SteersMedium and Large 3—328148.98/cwt146.00–150.004894
BullsMedium and Large 2—628120.16/cwt118.00–121.007556
BullsMedium and Large 2—573128.82/cwt127.00–134.007386
BullsMedium and Large 2—721112.73/cwt110.00–116.008134
BullsMedium and Large 2—660118.49/cwt117.00–120.007822
BullsMedium and Large 1—627128.01/cwt127.00–129.008033
BullsMedium and Large 1—718121.47/cwt120.00–123.008722
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00647.83/cwt45.00–50.0048129
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49256.78/cwt55.00–58.0084718
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25367.34/cwt66.00–70.008443
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36261.69/cwt60.00–65.0084017
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19855.55/cwt53.00–58.0066518
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01459.43/cwt58.00–62.006035
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04254.20/cwt52.00–57.0056513
Bulls——1,67084.76/cwt82.00–87.001,4153
Bulls——1,54975.59/cwt75.00–77.001,1717
Bulls——1,57771.12/cwt69.00–74.001,1225
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25464.76/cwt64.00–66.008125
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20361.25/cwt59.00–63.0073715
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——617.86/cwt500.00–700.00—7
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——700.00/cwt700.00–700.00—2
BullsMedium and Large 3—523123.15/cwt120.00–129.006446
BullsMedium and Large 2—475141.39/cwt138.00–148.0067210
BullsMedium and Large 2—785107.25/cwt105.00–110.008424
BullsMedium and Large 3—675106.67/cwt100.00–110.007203
BullsMedium and Large 2—525135.38/cwt130.00–138.0071113
BullsMedium and Large 2—427146.51/cwt142.00–151.006268
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525122.10/cwt119.00–124.0064110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—770108.00/cwt108.00–108.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375122.00/cwt120.00–124.004582
HeifersMedium and Large 2—728109.49/cwt109.00–110.007972
BullsMedium and Large 3—420130.60/cwt128.00–136.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 3—583110.97/cwt109.00–113.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478116.13/cwt114.00–118.005557
HeifersMedium and Large 2—678114.00/cwt111.00–116.007736
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325130.97/cwt128.00–136.004264
HeifersMedium and Large 2—576120.28/cwt115.00–124.0069311

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.