Name: Letohatchee Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls were not covered. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.60/cwt on 193 head.

Average price

$215.60

193 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,105

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$10.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.86

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	221.67	1,245	9thin
Medium and Large 2	520	218.45	1,137	105
Medium and Large 3	496	211.12	1,048	79

One grade step is worth $10.55/cwt here — about $197 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 sale193 hd

215.60

—

AL average13 barns · 1,550 hd

219.46

−3.86

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

47 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	260.98/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,091	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	241.01/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,147	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	713	203.03/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	249.92/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,055	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	216.82/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,242	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	228.31/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,194	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	236.80/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,357	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	270.00/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	283.83/cwt	280.00–290.00	922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	285.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	242.24/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,269	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	531	231.74/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,231	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	231.29/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,453	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	226.50/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	195.80/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,420	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	251.01/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,197	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	199.14/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,344	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	217.39/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,250	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	319.96/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	278.50/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,184	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	326	229.28/cwt	225.00–232.00	747	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	223.82/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	219.58/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,153	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	220.00/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,045	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	238.51/cwt	236.00–242.00	997	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	215.81/cwt	210.00–220.00	924	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	203.13/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,272	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	239.94/cwt	236.00–244.00	785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	210.81/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	184.90/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	576	206.14/cwt	201.00–210.00	1,187	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	232.23/cwt	228.00–238.00	866	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,281	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	225.67/cwt	222.00–232.00	955	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	216.00/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	677	193.67/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,311	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	224.12/cwt	220.00–226.00	843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	199.74/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,252	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	209.43/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,204	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	211.85/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,006	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	212.40/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,328	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	239.14/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,019	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	219.00/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,150	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	723	185.99/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	232.18/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,103	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	203.01/cwt	201.00–204.00	1,466	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mid State Stockyards LLP - Letohatchee, AL

Tue Sep 12, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Receipts 2,696Last week 1,733Year ago 1,520

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls were not covered. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	260.00–262.00	260.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	476	238.00–248.00	241.01
2	—	713	200.00–206.00	203.03
5	—	422	247.00–255.00	249.92
6	—	573	215.00–220.00	216.82
15	—	523	225.00–236.00	228.31
5	—	625	210.00–216.00	212.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	205.00	205.00
7	—	575	205.00–213.00	209.43
6	—	426	235.00–242.00	239.14
4	—	525	218.00–220.00	219.00
3	—	723	184.00–190.00	185.99
11	—	475	228.00–236.00	232.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	233.00–240.00	236.80
6	—	375	265.00–275.00	270.00
4	—	325	280.00–290.00	283.83
4	—	524	240.00–245.00	242.24
7	—	628	229.00–233.00	231.29
8	—	477	247.00–256.00	251.01
5	—	722	219.00–226.00	223.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	225.00	225.00
4	—	531	230.00–233.00	231.74
4	—	575	225.00–228.00	226.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	280.00–290.00	285.00
2	—	343	315.00–325.00	319.96
8	—	425	275.00–280.00	278.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	725	195.00–197.00	195.80
7	—	675	198.00–200.00	199.14
23	—	575	215.00–222.00	217.39
24	—	525	216.00–224.00	219.58
14	—	475	218.00–226.00	220.00
6	—	626	200.00–206.00	203.13
3	—	327	236.00–244.00	239.94
13	—	373	228.00–238.00	232.23
10	—	423	222.00–232.00	225.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	326	225.00–232.00	229.28
10	—	428	210.00–220.00	215.81
5	—	524	207.00–215.00	210.81
2	—	730	180.00–190.00	184.90
7	—	576	201.00–210.00	206.14
6	—	677	190.00–196.00	193.67
7	—	376	220.00–226.00	224.12
8	—	627	198.00–200.00	199.74
27	—	475	207.00–217.00	211.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	236.00–242.00	238.51
2	—	608	215.00–217.00	216.00
3	—	722	201.00–204.00	203.01

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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