Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2022-11-08

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Nov 8
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,289 head
▲ 662 vs last sale 1,627▲ 451 vs year ago 1,838 · +24.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
299 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 328▲ 59 vs year ago 240 · +24.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 6▼ 24 vs year ago 50 · −48.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.28/cwt on 292 head.
Average price
$140.28
292 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.33
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2501143.79721111
Medium and Large 1640142.87914128
Medium and Large 3492126.6862353
One grade step is worth $17.11/cwt here — about $98 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 sale292 hd
140.28
—
AL average14 barns · 1,877 hd
141.61
−1.33
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—High1,47782.791,22327
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41970.1499526
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19267.6380644
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05059.3662372

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)—$1,0294thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$75712

Every lot, as filed

79 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—618129.37/cwt126.00–131.008003
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477146.19/cwt139.00–149.0069732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417149.51/cwt142.00–152.0062326
SteersMedium and Large 1—733164.10/cwt160.00–165.001,20311
HeifersMedium and Large 3—628117.95/cwt115.00–120.007413
SteersMedium and Large 1—533176.19/cwt174.00–180.009396
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580147.04/cwt144.00–149.0085323
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—640149.50/cwt149.50–149.5095721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472150.66/cwt150.00–152.007113
SteersMedium and Large 2—528170.59/cwt167.00–172.009015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675140.45/cwt135.00–141.0094811
SteersMedium and Large 3—328178.17/cwt175.00–180.005845
SteersMedium and Large 3—634142.29/cwt140.00–145.009024
SteersMedium and Large 3—778129.99/cwt129.00–131.001,0113
SteersMedium and Large 1—486180.68/cwt178.00–185.0087816
SteersMedium and Large 2—425177.65/cwt172.00–180.007558
SteersMedium and Large 1—681167.00/cwt159.00–168.001,13733
SteersMedium and Large 1—425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007862
SteersMedium and Large 1—567175.70/cwt172.00–178.0099634
SteersMedium and Large 3—375171.78/cwt168.00–174.006449
SteersMedium and Large 2—331186.29/cwt182.00–190.006176
SteersMedium and Large 2—473170.97/cwt170.00–175.008097
SteersMedium and Large 2—675148.75/cwt145.00–150.001,0044
SteersMedium and Large 1—624171.75/cwt165.00–173.001,07216
SteersMedium and Large 2—375182.46/cwt180.00–190.0068411
SteersMedium and Large 2—588169.03/cwt162.00–170.0099414
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—686174.35/cwt172.00–175.001,19635
SteersMedium and Large 2—775148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1472
SteersMedium and Large 3—423164.97/cwt160.00–170.006982
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—644179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1538
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—705168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1842
SteersMedium and Large 2—725150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0882
SteersMedium and Large 2—635162.48/cwt160.00–165.001,0322
BullsMedium and Large 2—429161.00/cwt157.00–167.006917
BullsMedium and Large 2—525157.67/cwt156.00–159.008286
BullsMedium and Large 2—580149.99/cwt148.00–152.008703
BullsMedium and Large 2—713121.51/cwt120.00–123.008662
BullsMedium and Large 1—406172.29/cwt172.00–174.006997
BullsMedium and Large 2—620144.67/cwt144.00–145.008973
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21169.10/cwt67.00–72.0083724
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14962.54/cwt60.00–65.0071914
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03856.19/cwt55.00–60.0058343
CowsLean 85-90%—97068.00/cwt68.00–68.006602
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07563.78/cwt62.00–66.0068627
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51463.49/cwt62.00–67.009617
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38076.31/cwt74.00–79.001,0538
Bulls——1,81991.84/cwt90.00–94.001,6718
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21373.60/cwt73.00–75.008936
Bulls——1,31484.50/cwt82.00–86.001,1108
Bulls——1,34774.96/cwt72.00–77.001,01011
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38769.89/cwt68.00–73.0096911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——909.17/head775.00–980.009096
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,028.75/head975.00–1,075.001,0294
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——604.17/head550.00–675.006046
BullsMedium and Large 2—480158.92/cwt156.00–165.0076311
BullsMedium and Large 3—420149.52/cwt149.00–150.006282
BullsMedium and Large 3—594129.23/cwt128.00–135.0076811
BullsMedium and Large 3—626127.38/cwt122.00–130.007975
BullsMedium and Large 3—508143.68/cwt140.00–148.007303
BullsMedium and Large 2—782116.43/cwt116.00–120.009109
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633143.65/cwt138.00–145.0090928
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420156.67/cwt156.00–157.006583
HeifersMedium and Large 2—679125.23/cwt120.00–130.008505
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422130.26/cwt128.00–134.005507
BullsMedium and Large 3—473147.54/cwt145.00–150.006982
BullsMedium and Large 3—675116.80/cwt115.00–120.007885
HeifersMedium and Large 3—474128.23/cwt124.00–134.006088
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534145.02/cwt136.00–146.0077422
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378150.98/cwt148.00–155.005718
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730121.14/cwt117.00–126.008846
HeifersMedium and Large 1—737131.66/cwt128.00–133.0097017
HeifersMedium and Large 3—573121.31/cwt118.00–128.006956
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318141.81/cwt135.00–145.004513
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675112.50/cwt110.00–115.007594
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373135.38/cwt132.00–140.005058
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571139.55/cwt135.00–144.007979
HeifersMedium and Large 1—774129.01/cwt122.00–130.0099913
HeifersMedium and Large 3—526124.00/cwt120.00–130.0065214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526151.22/cwt147.00–152.007959

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.