Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-04-05

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Apr 5
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
607 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 782▼ 302 vs year ago 909 · −33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▼ 128 vs last sale 266▼ 92 vs year ago 230 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▼ 59 vs year ago 69 · −85.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.92/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$156.92
191 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.89
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566168.2695357
Medium and Large 3413165.2468221
Medium and Large 2514165.0584951
Medium and Large 1-2803137.001,10062
One grade step is worth $31.26/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale191 hd
156.92
—
AL average14 barns · 716 hd
157.81
−0.89
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—Average1,757105.201,84910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41883.981,19125
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22282.381,00740
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01172.4473321

Every lot, as filed

66 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 2—384155.07/cwt150.00–160.0059516
HeifersMedium and Large 2—680121.02/cwt120.00–122.008232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571146.56/cwt142.00–149.008377
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476146.10/cwt143.00–150.006959
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426152.42/cwt149.00–154.006497
SteersMedium and Large 3—375172.18/cwt170.00–175.006464
SteersMedium and Large 3—524148.26/cwt143.00–150.007774
SteersMedium and Large 3—590139.02/cwt137.00–141.008202
SteersMedium and Large 3—325177.25/cwt172.00–180.005768
SteersMedium and Large 1—613160.00/cwt159.00–161.009812
SteersMedium and Large 1—375190.00/cwt190.00–190.007132
SteersMedium and Large 2—635145.00/cwt145.00–145.009211
SteersMedium and Large 2—317187.35/cwt185.00–190.005943
SteersMedium and Large 2—575157.50/cwt153.00–162.009064
SteersMedium and Large 3—430164.05/cwt162.00–168.007053
SteersMedium and Large 2—543161.82/cwt158.00–163.0087911
SteersMedium and Large 2—654145.10/cwt144.00–147.0094910
SteersMedium and Large 1—739143.75/cwt140.00–144.001,06216
SteersMedium and Large 2—384184.64/cwt180.00–187.007099
SteersMedium and Large 1—556168.83/cwt167.00–169.0093912
SteersMedium and Large 1—486184.53/cwt180.00–188.0089710
SteersMedium and Large 2—425178.66/cwt175.00–182.007596
SteersMedium and Large 2—479168.57/cwt165.00–171.008075
SteersMedium and Large 2—713136.51/cwt136.00–137.009732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—803137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,10062
SteersMedium and Large 1—428187.93/cwt184.00–193.0080410
SteersMedium and Large 1—533168.00/cwt168.00–168.008955
BullsMedium and Large 2—623139.35/cwt137.00–143.008683
BullsMedium and Large 2—725122.94/cwt121.00–125.008912
BullsMedium and Large 2—572149.65/cwt148.00–151.008563
BullsMedium and Large 2—522159.67/cwt159.00–160.008333
BullsMedium and Large 2—423172.31/cwt170.00–178.007299
BullsMedium and Large 1—560159.00/cwt157.00–161.008902
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05766.73/cwt65.00–69.007057
CowsLean 85-90%—98677.92/cwt76.00–81.007687
CowsLean 85-90%—99172.67/cwt70.00–75.007207
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38983.39/cwt81.00–86.001,15812
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54377.21/cwt76.00–80.001,1915
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38489.09/cwt88.00–90.001,2338
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24975.79/cwt74.00–77.009478
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23686.13/cwt85.00–88.001,06515
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19782.17/cwt79.00–84.0098417
Bulls——1,996107.33/cwt104.00–109.002,1424
Bulls——1,808112.59/cwt111.00–114.002,0362
Bulls——1,49399.37/cwt97.00–102.001,4844
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——912.50/cwt900.00–925.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——875.00/cwt875.00–875.00—3
BullsMedium and Large 3—608131.51/cwt130.00–133.008002
BullsMedium and Large 3—518143.94/cwt140.00–148.007462
BullsMedium and Large 3—479152.23/cwt149.00–158.007295
BullsMedium and Large 3—795106.00/cwt106.00–106.008431
BullsMedium and Large 2—474166.66/cwt165.00–169.007906
BullsMedium and Large 3—425159.50/cwt155.00–164.006784
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371142.24/cwt140.00–145.005284
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574136.49/cwt134.00–141.007834
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429157.79/cwt157.00–158.006775
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461156.65/cwt154.00–157.007229
HeifersMedium and Large 1—643133.50/cwt133.00–134.008582
BullsMedium and Large 3—571139.28/cwt135.00–142.007954
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430138.29/cwt135.00–140.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 3—332146.53/cwt140.00–150.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 3—576125.35/cwt120.00–129.007226
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522128.13/cwt125.00–134.006696
HeifersMedium and Large 3—678112.36/cwt110.00–117.007623
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477134.17/cwt130.00–136.006406
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522151.20/cwt148.00–155.007899

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.