Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2023-09-26

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Sep 26
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,888 head
▼ 647 vs last sale 2,535▲ 381 vs year ago 1,507 · +25.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 299 vs last sale 0▼ 34 vs year ago 333 · −10.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▼ 23 vs year ago 31 · −74.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No trends available on slaughter cows and bulls. 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 $216.73/cwt on 388 head.
Average price
$216.73
388 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,152
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.52
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566219.261,241132
Medium and Large 2520217.891,133199
Medium and Large 3490206.811,01457
One grade step is worth $12.45/cwt here — about $228 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 sale388 hd
216.73
—
AL average16 barns · 2,303 hd
218.24
−1.52
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—Average1,549112.991,75010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,399100.271,40310
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22396.361,17823
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06189.6395119

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)—$1,1632thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0233thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1—569219.86/cwt217.00–225.001,25127
HeifersMedium and Large 3—564196.31/cwt195.00–201.001,10714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481223.10/cwt216.00–225.001,07342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528224.54/cwt222.00–230.001,18627
SteersMedium and Large 3—375253.33/cwt250.00–260.009506
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423235.72/cwt234.00–240.009978
HeifersMedium and Large 1—662208.02/cwt205.00–211.001,37725
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363244.04/cwt242.00–246.008862
SteersMedium and Large 2—434262.77/cwt258.00–268.001,1408
SteersMedium and Large 1—666232.93/cwt232.00–233.001,55114
SteersMedium and Large 1—438276.59/cwt274.00–284.001,21113
SteersMedium and Large 1—581250.95/cwt246.00–255.001,45837
SteersMedium and Large 1—738228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,68313
SteersMedium and Large 1—614248.09/cwt241.00–250.001,52319
SteersMedium and Large 2—682228.55/cwt225.00–232.001,55929
SteersMedium and Large 3—325261.25/cwt260.00–265.008494
SteersMedium and Large 2—380272.18/cwt267.00–277.001,0344
SteersMedium and Large 2—325276.25/cwt270.00–280.008988
SteersMedium and Large 3—530232.40/cwt229.00–239.001,2323
SteersMedium and Large 3—625215.08/cwt210.00–220.001,3442
SteersMedium and Large 3—574229.60/cwt226.00–234.001,3185
SteersMedium and Large 2—768208.99/cwt208.00–210.001,6052
SteersMedium and Large 1—528260.01/cwt257.00–265.001,37332
SteersMedium and Large 2—732212.96/cwt209.00–215.001,5593
SteersMedium and Large 2—473256.59/cwt255.00–260.001,2145
SteersMedium and Large 2—571239.73/cwt235.00–245.001,36915
SteersMedium and Large 1—472267.17/cwt262.00–272.001,2617
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—482276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3309
SteersMedium and Large 1—323299.14/cwt295.00–305.009666
SteersMedium and Large 2—615230.58/cwt228.00–238.001,41811
SteersMedium and Large 2—524247.62/cwt240.00–251.001,29817
BullsMedium and Large 2—471240.43/cwt236.00–246.001,13214
BullsMedium and Large 2—575223.20/cwt220.00–228.001,2835
BullsMedium and Large 2—515232.30/cwt226.00–236.001,19622
BullsMedium and Large 2—726185.78/cwt184.00–190.001,3495
BullsMedium and Large 2—623212.67/cwt210.00–215.001,3253
BullsMedium and Large 1—715198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,41613
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05392.79/cwt90.00–95.0097712
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07484.20/cwt82.00–85.009047
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43596.05/cwt95.00–97.001,3782
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22392.91/cwt90.00–95.001,13611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,343102.47/cwt102.00–103.001,3762
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19998.93/cwt96.00–101.001,18610
Bulls——1,603114.71/cwt114.00–115.001,8393
Bulls——1,269106.37/cwt105.00–107.001,3504
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,390101.33/cwt99.00–103.001,4088
Bulls——1,868120.09/cwt118.00–122.002,2433
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——1,162.50/head1,100.00–1,225.001,1632
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——1,023.33/head900.00–1,100.001,0233
BullsMedium and Large 3—673194.26/cwt187.00–197.001,3074
BullsMedium and Large 3—427232.54/cwt227.00–237.009937
BullsMedium and Large 3—528217.49/cwt213.00–222.001,1488
BullsMedium and Large 3—476222.38/cwt220.00–230.001,0598
BullsMedium and Large 2—679204.37/cwt200.00–208.001,3885
BullsMedium and Large 3—577209.68/cwt205.00–215.001,21022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625212.04/cwt210.00–215.001,32520
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424212.52/cwt208.00–218.009017
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525205.00/cwt200.00–210.001,0769
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480210.79/cwt205.00–215.001,01214
BullsMedium and Large 3—625198.33/cwt195.00–205.001,2406
BullsMedium and Large 2—425243.80/cwt240.00–250.001,03620
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328222.33/cwt220.00–226.007296
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376230.67/cwt225.00–235.008679
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375216.67/cwt210.00–220.008133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—738205.72/cwt200.00–210.001,5183
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431225.54/cwt220.00–230.0097222
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523219.20/cwt214.00–222.001,14654
HeifersMedium and Large 1—487225.56/cwt225.00–232.001,09820
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324231.24/cwt230.00–237.007497
HeifersMedium and Large 3—633193.04/cwt190.00–197.001,2224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585213.66/cwt210.00–215.001,25035
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735187.79/cwt185.00–192.001,3804
HeifersMedium and Large 2—674196.67/cwt191.00–200.001,3266
SteersMedium and Large 1—379287.78/cwt282.00–290.001,0915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623204.38/cwt198.00–208.001,27320

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.