Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2023-07-11

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jul 11
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,949 head
▲ 305 vs last sale 1,644▲ 167 vs year ago 1,782 · +9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
318 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 316▼ 82 vs year ago 400 · −20.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 41▲ 122 vs year ago 38 · +321.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trends, all sales closed last week for 4th of July holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.60/cwt on 485 head.
Average price
$216.60
485 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.75
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516218.641,128363
Medium and Large 3454214.149737thin
Medium and Large 2492210.311,034115
One grade step is worth $8.34/cwt here — about $94 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 sale485 hd
216.60
—
AL average11 barns · 1,544 hd
218.35
−1.75
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—Low1,516114.601,73723
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,137101.431,153145
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,17498.201,15327
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05492.4297481

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,46715
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,24260
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,22919

Every lot, as filed

78 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—379224.32/cwt215.00–230.0085013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470206.33/cwt200.00–215.0097012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626189.82/cwt188.00–192.001,18811
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—580258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4966
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425228.12/cwt210.00–235.0097041
HeifersMedium and Large 1—661198.53/cwt195.00–208.001,31232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617204.75/cwt199.50–209.001,26358
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326249.08/cwt245.00–257.5081221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577209.93/cwt204.00–216.001,21157
SteersMedium and Large 2—667221.94/cwt220.00–228.001,48013
SteersMedium and Large 3—440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005723
SteersMedium and Large 1—655241.88/cwt230.00–245.001,58452
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—478263.01/cwt260.00–265.001,2575
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—542263.32/cwt260.00–265.001,4273
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—403280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1286
SteersMedium and Large 2—368250.26/cwt240.00–256.0092122
SteersMedium and Large 2—485244.54/cwt237.50–250.001,18617
SteersMedium and Large 1—326271.01/cwt270.00–275.0088310
SteersMedium and Large 2—431238.99/cwt234.00–250.001,03013
SteersMedium and Large 2—327252.53/cwt250.00–255.0082615
SteersMedium and Large 2—740209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,54714
SteersMedium and Large 1—581248.58/cwt245.00–255.001,44455
SteersMedium and Large 1—755220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6611
SteersMedium and Large 2—630232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4623
SteersMedium and Large 1—715220.70/cwt220.00–228.001,57823
SteersMedium and Large 1—471253.53/cwt250.00–255.001,19425
SteersMedium and Large 2—532248.19/cwt237.50–250.001,32036
SteersMedium and Large 1—285285.00/cwt285.00–285.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1—630242.87/cwt238.00–250.001,53025
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—670249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6681
SteersMedium and Large 1—429260.82/cwt252.50–270.001,11914
SteersMedium and Large 1—375270.04/cwt265.00–275.001,0139
SteersMedium and Large 1—517252.58/cwt245.00–256.001,30632
BullsMedium and Large 1—463230.77/cwt226.00–240.001,06830
BullsMedium and Large 1—571220.01/cwt214.00–225.001,25626
BullsMedium and Large 1—650205.60/cwt200.00–214.001,3365
BullsMedium and Large 1—720192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3821
BullsMedium and Large 1—376250.78/cwt245.00–256.0094322
BullsMedium and Large 1—319267.91/cwt260.00–275.0085511
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05492.42/cwt90.00–95.0097481
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,17498.20/cwt95.00–105.001,15327
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11296.95/cwt95.00–98.001,07855
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,055125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3191
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,153103.93/cwt101.00–108.001,19889
Bulls——1,227102.68/cwt102.00–103.001,2603
Bulls——1,653119.26/cwt116.00–125.001,97114
Bulls——1,339109.68/cwt105.00–115.001,4696
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,241.67/head1,050.00–1,400.001,24260
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,466.67/head1,350.00–1,575.001,46715
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——1,173.08/head1,000.00–1,275.001,17313
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,350.00/head1,200.00–1,500.001,3506
BullsMedium and Large 2—367238.98/cwt230.00–245.0087714
BullsMedium and Large 2—333251.62/cwt240.00–255.0083811
BullsMedium and Large 2—478219.74/cwt215.00–224.001,05010
BullsMedium and Large 3—875121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0593
BullsMedium and Large 3—520194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0091
BullsMedium and Large 3—360218.75/cwt210.00–228.007886
BullsMedium and Large 1—430243.99/cwt240.00–250.001,04926
BullsMedium and Large 1—624214.38/cwt210.00–220.001,3388
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—465247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1511
BullsMedium and Large 3—485206.08/cwt198.00–210.009993
BullsMedium and Large 3—310233.63/cwt230.00–235.007248
BullsMedium and Large 2—567205.68/cwt200.00–210.001,1669
HeifersMedium and Large 3—445218.00/cwt218.00–218.009706
HeifersMedium and Large 3—510191.00/cwt191.00–191.009741
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—529227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,20323
BullsMedium and Large 2—532207.76/cwt200.00–212.001,1057
BullsMedium and Large 2—435230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0014
BullsMedium and Large 1—526224.01/cwt216.00–230.001,17833
HeifersMedium and Large 2—709186.57/cwt185.00–192.001,3239
HeifersMedium and Large 2—561200.50/cwt200.00–202.001,1258
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529204.35/cwt195.00–209.001,08129
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685168.56/cwt167.00–171.001,1555
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326239.12/cwt230.00–248.0078025
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430225.00/cwt225.00–225.009683
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475222.75/cwt218.00–228.001,05846
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515216.63/cwt210.00–225.001,11651
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379237.13/cwt230.00–243.0089934

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.