Sale reports / Alabama / Letohatchee Stockyards / 2024-01-09

Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Jan 9
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,237 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 1,081▼ 887 vs year ago 2,124 · −41.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
230 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 371▼ 24 vs year ago 254 · −9.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 28▼ 12 vs year ago 22 · −54.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.69/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$224.69
341 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,234
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.62/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 1563229.841,295221
Medium and Large 2532217.031,15595
Medium and Large 3486208.231,01125
One grade step is worth $21.62/cwt here — about $284 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 sale341 hd
224.69
—
AL average11 barns · 1,351 hd
223.36
+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—Average1,605110.631,77623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41896.711,37122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25293.611,17246
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06685.9691638

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)—$9064thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2756

Every lot, as filed

62 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—455243.86/cwt238.00–245.001,11011
SteersMedium and Large 2—668215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4363
SteersMedium and Large 3—626220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3778
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425218.00/cwt210.00–220.009275
HeifersMedium and Large 3—571198.77/cwt195.00–200.001,1354
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330231.57/cwt225.00–235.007643
SteersMedium and Large 1—425280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1902
SteersMedium and Large 3—532238.97/cwt237.00–240.001,2713
SteersMedium and Large 2—530248.61/cwt244.00–252.001,3185
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424233.10/cwt228.00–238.0098822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575216.54/cwt210.00–224.001,24515
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528222.18/cwt218.00–228.001,17312
SteersMedium and Large 2—371278.02/cwt275.00–285.001,03111
SteersMedium and Large 1—544266.14/cwt266.00–270.001,44827
SteersMedium and Large 2—422271.64/cwt270.00–275.001,1463
SteersMedium and Large 1—472271.58/cwt270.00–274.001,2825
SteersMedium and Large 1—373293.30/cwt290.00–300.001,0943
SteersMedium and Large 1—615247.97/cwt246.00–250.001,5252
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—464282.77/cwt282.00–286.001,31244
SteersMedium and Large 2—586246.30/cwt242.00–250.001,4436
SteersMedium and Large 2—328289.17/cwt285.00–295.009486
SteersMedium and Large 2—471263.61/cwt260.00–268.001,2425
SteersMedium and Large 2—761209.85/cwt208.00–210.001,59714
SteersMedium and Large 2—721209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,50719
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—852206.75/cwt206.75–206.751,76260
BullsMedium and Large 3—668188.37/cwt185.00–190.001,2583
BullsMedium and Large 3—628202.51/cwt202.00–203.001,2722
BullsMedium and Large 2—574227.86/cwt226.00–236.001,30814
BullsMedium and Large 2—423251.70/cwt248.00–255.001,0656
BullsMedium and Large 1—480255.51/cwt255.00–256.001,2262
BullsMedium and Large 2—529237.32/cwt234.00–245.001,2555
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376238.87/cwt235.00–242.008988
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477230.88/cwt225.00–235.001,10110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320242.58/cwt240.00–245.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—495244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,20881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2881
HeifersMedium and Large 3—622181.22/cwt178.00–184.001,1275
BullsMedium and Large 3—430238.71/cwt235.00–240.001,0264
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533209.00/cwt205.00–215.001,1144
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375220.94/cwt219.00–225.008294
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675189.28/cwt185.00–193.001,27823
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516233.34/cwt230.00–236.001,20421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—775172.33/cwt171.00–173.001,3363
BullsMedium and Large 3—575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2653
BullsMedium and Large 2—615212.95/cwt210.00–218.001,3104
BullsMedium and Large 3—528225.52/cwt225.00–226.001,1912
BullsMedium and Large 2—474246.58/cwt242.00–252.001,16910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—405251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,01739
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—768197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,51768
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——1,275.00/head1,125.00–1,400.001,2756
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——906.25/head850.00–950.009064
Bulls——1,752113.43/cwt112.00–116.001,98714
Bulls——1,376106.28/cwt102.00–109.001,4629
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44691.35/cwt90.00–94.001,3216
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14489.18/cwt87.00–92.001,02012
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07394.64/cwt94.00–96.001,0153
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02483.15/cwt81.00–86.0085123
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,400104.50/cwt104.00–105.001,4632
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23694.22/cwt91.00–96.001,16516
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,196100.03/cwt98.00–103.001,19615
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32586.55/cwt85.00–90.001,14715
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40897.89/cwt96.00–101.001,37814

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.