Name: Letohatchee Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: No cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.28/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −170.04 against this barn's trailing median of $392.32.

Average price

$222.28

76 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$21.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.77

vs AL average

−38.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	233.32	1,255	9thin
Medium and Large 2	543	222.96	1,210	54
Medium and Large 3	538	211.83	1,140	13thin

One grade step is worth $21.49/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.64, low $331.35, median $392.32 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale76 hd

222.28

—

AL average14 barns · 551 hd

224.05

−1.77

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−38.18

This barn, trailing median31 sales

392.32

−170.04

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

67 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 3	450–500	475	237.57/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,128	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	297.55/cwt	295.00–300.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	214.12/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,340	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	210.96/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	224.97/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,181	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	224.20/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,287	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	204.71/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,482	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	215.00/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,129	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	201.91/cwt	195.00–208.00	1,262	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	191.65/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,290	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	188.40/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,366	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	287.32/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,072	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	209.80/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,206	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	212.38/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,119	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	298.00/cwt	295.00–300.00	969	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	626	230.49/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,443	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	237.09/cwt	230.00–240.00	889	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	254.80/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	226.00/cwt	220.00–230.00	961	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	241.37/cwt	236.00–246.00	1,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	247.33/cwt	242.00–250.00	804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	205.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	266.57/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,285	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	217.75/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,032	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	194.02/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,218	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	282.55/cwt	280.00–285.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	260.65/cwt	256.00–264.00	1,595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	235.66/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,233	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	213.12/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	204.01/cwt	202.00–206.00	1,455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	222.61/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	264.00/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	344.82/cwt	340.00–350.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	296.96/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	196.59/cwt	193.00–200.00	1,431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	272.36/cwt	270.00–280.00	869	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	241.07/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,268	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	276.00/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,449	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	322.90/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,056	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	315.41/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,331	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	303.80/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,139	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	228.65/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,299	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	277.54/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,318	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	258.18/cwt	254.00–267.00	834	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	274.11/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,168	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	193.03/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	253.67/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,459	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	258.44/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,228	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	223.25/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	240.95/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,496	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	266.94/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,412	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	310.96/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,017	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	265.56/cwt	260.00–270.00	717	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	233.28/cwt	229.00–238.00	1,565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	219.26/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,261	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	322.36/cwt	320.00–325.00	886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	211.11/cwt	205.00–218.00	1,315	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	249.42/cwt	244.00–256.00	930	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	290.40/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,234	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	220.51/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	231.57/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,100	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	241.15/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,022	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	204.63/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,377	16

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 Oct 29, 2024

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

Receipts 2,215Last week 1,523Year ago 1,357

Compared to two weeks ago: No cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	475	230.00–240.00	237.57
7	500–550	525	210.00–220.00	215.00
10	550–600	575	205.00–214.00	209.80
12	600–650	625	195.00–208.00	201.91
6	650–700	673	190.00–200.00	191.65
5	700–750	725	186.00–190.00	188.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	426	268.00–280.00	274.11
25	450–500	475	250.00–268.00	258.44
18	500–550	526	234.00–250.00	241.07
19	550–600	574	220.00–232.00	224.20
15	600–650	626	208.00–220.00	214.12
5	650–700	673	205.00–216.00	210.96
7	700–750	724	200.00–210.00	204.71
2	750–800	773	190.00–196.00	193.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	295.00–300.00	297.55
4	250–300	270	260.00–270.00	265.56
4	300–350	323	254.00–267.00	258.18
10	350–400	373	244.00–256.00	249.42
17	400–450	424	236.00–250.00	241.15
21	450–500	475	226.00–240.00	231.57
35	500–550	525	220.00–232.00	224.97
19	550–600	575	214.00–224.00	219.26
16	600–650	623	205.00–218.00	211.11
16	650–700	673	200.00–210.00	204.63
5	700–750	728	193.00–200.00	196.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	242.00–250.00	247.33
11	350–400	375	230.00–240.00	237.09
15	400–450	425	220.00–230.00	226.00
15	450–500	474	211.00–220.00	217.75
10	500–550	527	206.00–216.00	212.38
3	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
6	600–650	628	190.00–200.00	194.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	280.00–285.00	282.55
7	300–350	319	270.00–280.00	272.36
6	500–550	523	234.00–238.00	235.66
3	550–600	568	228.00–230.00	228.65
5	600–650	620	219.00–226.00	222.61
6	650–700	673	210.00–223.00	213.12
2	700–750	713	202.00–206.00	204.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	295.00–300.00	298.00
8	350–400	373	284.00–295.00	287.32
3	450–500	482	260.00–270.00	266.57
5	500–550	523	250.00–260.00	254.80
3	550–600	570	236.00–246.00	241.37
8	600–650	626	226.00–234.00	230.49
2	700–750	725	216.00	216.00
4	750–800	775	200.00–210.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	380.00	380.00
2	250–300	285	340.00–350.00	344.82
7	300–350	327	320.00–330.00	322.90
3	400–450	422	312.00–318.00	315.41
2	450–500	458	290.00–304.00	296.96
3	500–550	525	274.00–278.00	276.00
8	550–600	574	260.00–270.00	264.00
3	600–650	612	256.00–264.00	260.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	350.00	350.00
2	250–300	275	320.00–325.00	322.36
5	300–350	327	305.00–315.00	310.96
10	350–400	375	300.00–310.00	303.80
10	400–450	425	285.00–300.00	290.40
13	450–500	475	270.00–284.00	277.54
6	500–550	529	262.00–272.00	266.94
18	550–600	575	248.00–258.00	253.67
7	600–650	621	238.00–250.00	240.95
7	650–700	671	229.00–238.00	233.28
8	700–750	725	220.00–227.00	223.25
6	750–800	773	217.00–222.00	220.51

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