Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-01-04

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jan 4
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
497 head
▼ 908 vs last sale 1,405▼ 341 vs year ago 838 · −40.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 207▼ 136 vs year ago 216 · −63.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 15▼ 16 vs year ago 22 · −72.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.96/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$139.96
172 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.95
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529143.8176192
Medium and Large 2468139.2365260
Medium and Large 3486124.5060520
One grade step is worth $19.31/cwt here — about $155 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 sale172 hd
139.96
—
AL average11 barns · 715 hd
137.02
+2.95
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—Average1,948104.522,0369thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33584.911,13418
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08579.348619thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01860.626178thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1—478183.02/cwt180.00–186.008752
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518144.10/cwt142.00–145.0074617
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—619141.03/cwt139.50–142.0087313
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—571141.00/cwt141.00–141.0080527
HeifersMedium and Large 1—441148.88/cwt147.00–151.0065716
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483147.59/cwt146.00–150.007135
SteersMedium and Large 3—575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008052
SteersMedium and Large 2—319177.90/cwt175.00–180.005687
SteersMedium and Large 3—372159.27/cwt154.00–164.005925
SteersMedium and Large 1—415184.54/cwt183.00–186.007662
SteersMedium and Large 1—379185.76/cwt184.00–188.007044
SteersMedium and Large 1—618155.48/cwt154.00–157.009612
SteersMedium and Large 2—377174.12/cwt170.00–180.0065610
SteersMedium and Large 2—428173.47/cwt168.00–178.007424
SteersMedium and Large 2—528166.02/cwt165.00–167.008772
SteersMedium and Large 2—633143.51/cwt142.00–145.009082
SteersMedium and Large 1—524176.08/cwt170.00–180.009238
SteersMedium and Large 2—470173.71/cwt170.00–176.008163
SteersMedium and Large 1—586161.48/cwt158.00–162.0094615
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—744145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0798
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—452188.50/cwt188.50–188.508529
BullsMedium and Large 2—538151.47/cwt149.00–154.008152
BullsMedium and Large 2—432172.60/cwt169.00–175.007463
BullsMedium and Large 2—625137.50/cwt135.00–140.008594
BullsMedium and Large 1—523166.15/cwt162.00–171.008695
BullsMedium and Large 1—473172.83/cwt170.00–178.008176
BullsMedium and Large 1—421179.96/cwt177.00–185.007589
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626123.39/cwt120.00–128.007725
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375146.80/cwt144.00–150.0055110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—723104.07/cwt100.00–108.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675119.99/cwt118.00–122.008104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479142.98/cwt139.00–145.006858
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720121.48/cwt120.00–123.008752
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521134.49/cwt130.00–140.007018
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329149.77/cwt145.00–155.004939
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575115.50/cwt111.00–120.006644
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425143.09/cwt140.00–146.0060811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—388133.96/cwt132.00–136.005202
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575129.42/cwt125.00–134.007445
BullsMedium and Large 2—468165.63/cwt164.00–168.007753
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566135.80/cwt134.00–138.007695
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379156.86/cwt154.00–159.005947
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460124.50/cwt120.00–129.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 3—662106.99/cwt105.00–110.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328140.27/cwt138.00–142.004607
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——762.50/cwt700.00–800.00—4
Bulls——1,90397.65/cwt95.00–103.001,8583
Bulls——1,970107.95/cwt105.00–111.002,1276
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46080.33/cwt79.00–82.001,1733
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31085.83/cwt83.00–88.001,12415
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05364.29/cwt63.00–65.006774
CowsLean 85-90%—98356.95/cwt55.00–59.005604
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06881.41/cwt79.00–84.008697
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14372.09/cwt69.00–75.008242

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.