Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-04-19

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Apr 19
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
774 head
96 vs last sale 870 299 vs year ago 1,073 · 27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
73 vs last sale 199 145 vs year ago 271 · 53.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
35 vs last sale 39 59 vs year ago 63 · 93.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 9.00 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 $141.48/cwt on 304 head.
Average price
$141.48
304 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$250
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.86
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2633142.7290388
Medium and Large 2515142.6673595
Medium and Large 1657140.81926105
Medium and Large 3495132.1165316thin
One grade step is worth $10.61/cwt here — about $250 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 sale304 hd
141.48
AL average14 barns · 1,223 hd
143.34
−1.86
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
BullsHigh1,53494.941,45613
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37982.641,14025
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14679.2890827
CowsLean 85-90%Low96968.1466020

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1Value Added758138.49/cwt133.50–145.001,05030
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added614147.00/cwt147.00–147.009039
HeifersMedium and Large 2725121.49/cwt120.00–123.008812
HeifersMedium and Large 2376156.00/cwt152.00–159.0058714
HeifersMedium and Large 2627131.82/cwt128.00–135.008276
HeifersMedium and Large 1375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006002
SteersMedium and Large 3418156.35/cwt152.00–162.006543
SteersMedium and Large 2627146.59/cwt142.00–152.009195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added640142.00/cwt142.00–142.0090979
HeifersMedium and Large 1425158.33/cwt158.00–159.006733
HeifersMedium and Large 1568143.00/cwt142.00–144.008124
SteersMedium and Large 1728143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0417
SteersMedium and Large 2727136.66/cwt134.00–138.009943
SteersMedium and Large 2472164.20/cwt159.00–169.007756
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added724132.50/cwt132.50–132.5095912
HeifersMedium and Large 1470155.07/cwt153.00–158.0072912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added568149.00/cwt149.00–149.008469
SteersMedium and Large 3488148.98/cwt148.00–150.007272
SteersMedium and Large 2371170.73/cwt168.00–177.006334
SteersMedium and Large 2415166.49/cwt166.00–167.006912
SteersMedium and Large 3380160.49/cwt156.00–165.006103
SteersMedium and Large 1525167.33/cwt167.00–168.008783
SteersMedium and Large 1473171.32/cwt170.00–174.008103
SteersMedium and Large 2517158.14/cwt155.00–163.0081821
SteersMedium and Large 3733120.53/cwt119.00–122.008832
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added837137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,15324
SteersMedium and Large 3631135.47/cwt132.00–138.008554
SteersMedium and Large 3524148.24/cwt145.00–150.007774
SteersMedium and Large 3331167.18/cwt162.00–170.005535
SteersMedium and Large 2671144.90/cwt138.00–148.0097213
SteersMedium and Large 2578156.15/cwt154.00–159.009036
BullsMedium and Large 2630136.76/cwt135.00–139.008624
BullsMedium and Large 1568151.48/cwt150.00–154.008604
BullsMedium and Large 2474152.98/cwt151.00–161.007255
BullsMedium and Large 1623140.66/cwt140.00–142.008763
BullsMedium and Large 1723132.44/cwt130.00–135.009582
BullsMedium and Large 1518154.35/cwt153.00–155.008003
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34885.10/cwt83.00–88.001,14716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18871.35/cwt70.00–73.008483
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15882.19/cwt80.00–85.0095215
CowsLean 85-90%97166.07/cwt63.00–68.0064212
CowsLean 85-90%96571.24/cwt70.00–73.006878
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37479.82/cwt79.00–81.001,0977
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64372.86/cwt70.00–75.001,1972
Bulls1,586100.77/cwt99.00–104.001,5986
Bulls1,72093.05/cwt91.00–95.001,6002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11177.06/cwt75.00–79.008569
Bulls1,39688.71/cwt85.00–90.001,2385
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2812.50/cwt750.00–875.004
BullsMedium and Large 2573142.57/cwt137.00–147.008174
BullsMedium and Large 2690134.51/cwt133.00–136.009282
BullsMedium and Large 3472147.16/cwt143.00–150.006957
BullsMedium and Large 3532135.68/cwt135.00–137.007223
BullsMedium and Large 3438157.53/cwt156.00–159.006902
BullsMedium and Large 1660141.00/cwt139.00–143.009312
HeifersMedium and Large 2476147.86/cwt142.00–152.0070421
HeifersMedium and Large 2426151.25/cwt146.00–155.0064412
HeifersMedium and Large 3680115.04/cwt110.00–120.007822
HeifersMedium and Large 3533126.48/cwt123.00–130.006742
BullsMedium and Large 2427163.36/cwt160.00–170.006983
BullsMedium and Large 2523148.99/cwt148.00–150.007792
HeifersMedium and Large 3582123.64/cwt120.00–126.007203
HeifersMedium and Large 3479133.72/cwt130.00–135.006414
HeifersMedium and Large 2335157.52/cwt156.00–159.005282
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added846126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0668
HeifersMedium and Large 1670132.73/cwt132.00–135.008894
HeifersMedium and Large 1533148.54/cwt146.00–151.0079211
HeifersMedium and Large 3420136.44/cwt134.00–139.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 1722128.01/cwt126.00–130.009246
HeifersMedium and Large 2525140.64/cwt135.00–145.0073811
HeifersMedium and Large 2660128.64/cwt123.00–130.0084916
HeifersMedium and Large 3328150.68/cwt150.00–152.004943
HeifersMedium and Large 2575135.82/cwt130.00–139.0078111
HeifersMedium and Large 1620137.23/cwt135.00–140.008514

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.