Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-08-09

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Aug 9
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,274 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 1,363▼ 405 vs year ago 1,679 · −24.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 173▼ 36 vs year ago 180 · −20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 34▲ 49 vs year ago 31 · +158.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.22/cwt on 275 head.
Average price
$146.22
275 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.33
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610147.81902112
Medium and Large 2509147.32750135
Medium and Large 3534134.5971828
One grade step is worth $13.21/cwt here — about $184 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 sale275 hd
146.22
—
AL average14 barns · 1,877 hd
145.89
+0.33
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—Low1,55997.721,52314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40084.651,18534
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16584.2498125
CowsLean 85-90%Low96471.6369043

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,19017
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,09018
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,24716

Every lot, as filed

72 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—329161.26/cwt157.00–165.005318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538152.45/cwt150.00–157.0082010
HeifersMedium and Large 3—630126.61/cwt120.00–130.007983
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525138.13/cwt135.00–140.007257
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377153.54/cwt150.00–160.0057916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—429149.54/cwt146.00–155.0064216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—663150.00/cwt150.00–150.0099525
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626141.09/cwt135.00–142.0088321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578144.66/cwt140.00–148.0083629
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683143.28/cwt143.00–146.0097924
SteersMedium and Large 2—525169.73/cwt164.00–175.0089111
SteersMedium and Large 3—525155.00/cwt155.00–155.008142
SteersMedium and Large 3—377171.68/cwt170.00–175.006473
SteersMedium and Large 1—376207.18/cwt200.00–210.007795
SteersMedium and Large 1—615167.42/cwt165.00–170.001,03020
HeifersMedium and Large 2—688128.99/cwt128.00–130.008872
SteersMedium and Large 3—577151.68/cwt150.00–155.008753
SteersMedium and Large 2—331194.48/cwt190.00–200.006446
SteersMedium and Large 2—419186.33/cwt180.00–190.007814
SteersMedium and Large 2—745144.37/cwt142.00–145.001,07614
SteersMedium and Large 2—675151.99/cwt145.00–155.001,0265
SteersMedium and Large 3—627138.32/cwt135.00–140.008673
SteersMedium and Large 1—675160.55/cwt160.00–164.001,0847
SteersMedium and Large 2—482176.73/cwt170.00–180.0085239
SteersMedium and Large 2—375189.20/cwt185.00–195.007105
SteersMedium and Large 2—622159.49/cwt155.00–165.0099222
SteersMedium and Large 1—421196.29/cwt192.00–202.0082612
SteersMedium and Large 2—572166.81/cwt165.00–170.009546
SteersMedium and Large 1—523179.66/cwt176.00–180.0094015
SteersMedium and Large 1—704150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0566
BullsMedium and Large 1—423192.61/cwt189.00–199.008155
BullsMedium and Large 1—575155.77/cwt154.00–158.0089613
BullsMedium and Large 1—470170.28/cwt168.00–175.008003
BullsMedium and Large 1—525159.50/cwt159.00–160.008374
BullsMedium and Large 1—665145.50/cwt145.00–146.009682
BullsMedium and Large 1—718137.00/cwt136.00–138.009842
CowsLean 85-90%—95166.89/cwt65.00–69.0063616
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02178.55/cwt77.00–80.008027
CowsLean 85-90%—95473.01/cwt71.00–76.0069720
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49382.87/cwt81.00–85.001,23715
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38577.17/cwt77.00–78.001,0696
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29990.16/cwt87.00–93.001,17113
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13187.96/cwt86.00–91.0099511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19181.32/cwt79.00–84.0096914
Bulls——1,34288.88/cwt85.00–90.001,1935
Bulls——1,793105.92/cwt104.00–108.001,8995
Bulls——1,53698.52/cwt97.00–100.001,5134
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——1,131.25/head1,075.00–1,175.001,1314
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,207.69/head1,125.00–1,300.001,20813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,090.28/head1,000.00–1,200.001,09018
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,406.25/head1,325.00–1,575.001,4068
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——1,087.50/head1,000.00–1,150.001,0888
BullsMedium and Large 2—423170.42/cwt168.00–176.007219
BullsMedium and Large 2—578148.52/cwt145.00–154.008588
BullsMedium and Large 1—626152.03/cwt149.00–155.009525
BullsMedium and Large 2—743126.67/cwt123.00–132.009413
BullsMedium and Large 2—623145.97/cwt145.00–147.009092
BullsMedium and Large 2—472160.44/cwt156.00–166.0075720
HeifersMedium and Large 1—589152.32/cwt149.00–153.0089713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710133.00/cwt133.00–133.0094415
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375164.00/cwt162.00–166.006154
BullsMedium and Large 2—529153.00/cwt149.00–158.008098
BullsMedium and Large 3—573139.68/cwt135.00–142.008003
BullsMedium and Large 2—668136.00/cwt133.00–138.009083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525147.07/cwt142.00–150.0077230
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675116.67/cwt110.00–120.007883
HeifersMedium and Large 3—572131.56/cwt128.00–136.007535
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478140.03/cwt138.00–144.006695
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421142.79/cwt140.00–145.006015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622145.99/cwt145.00–148.009083
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464154.01/cwt153.00–157.0071518
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476147.76/cwt145.00–150.0070313

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.