Name: Letohatchee Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.88/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −91.12 against this barn's trailing median of $428.99.

Average price

$337.88

88 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$13.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.25

vs AL average

−40.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	343.95	1,891	48
Medium and Large 3	543	330.59	1,796	40

One grade step is worth $13.35/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.04, low $360.12, median $428.99 across 27 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 sale88 hd

337.88

—

AL average13 barns · 317 hd

344.12

−6.25

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−40.70

This barn, trailing median27 sales

428.99

−91.12

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,521	173.69	2,642	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,261	153.17	1,932	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,273	150.25	1,913	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	137.85	1,377	17

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,138	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,590	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,377	30

Every lot, as filed

72 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 2	500–550	525	339.52/cwt	334.00–348.00	1,782	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	422.50/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,373	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	145.81/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,786	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	157.35/cwt	157.00–158.00	1,833	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	153.09/cwt	150.00–156.00	2,024	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	133.00/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,418	7
Bulls	—	—	1,895	189.53/cwt	188.00–191.00	3,592	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,246	151.82/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,892	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	2,980.00/head	2,800.00–3,200.00	2,980	10
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,898.33/head	1,750.00–1,995.00	1,898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	323.44/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,711	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	272.23/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,867	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	365.77/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	298.49/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,883	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	320.70/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,504	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	383.82/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,643	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	313.10/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,966	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	353.85/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,500	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	279.68/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,991	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	757	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,104	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	341.38/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,925	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	320.16/cwt	317.00–332.00	2,046	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	398.82/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,488	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	303.01/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,009	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	320.99/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,875	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	375.05/cwt	370.00–386.00	1,811	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	396.28/cwt	394.00–400.00	1,664	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	261.52/cwt	258.00–262.00	2,071	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	377.50/cwt	377.00–378.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	334.01/cwt	332.00–336.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	351.46/cwt	348.00–355.00	1,617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	236.79/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	336.68/cwt	336.00–338.00	1,778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	412.35/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	508.95/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,160	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	294.45/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	349.48/cwt	348.00–351.00	2,156	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,590.00/head	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,590	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,575.00/head	3,400.00–3,750.00	3,575	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,497.50/head	2,400.00–2,595.00	2,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	386.98/cwt	382.00–394.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	408.47/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,707	3
Bulls	—	—	1,467	168.34/cwt	167.00–170.00	2,470	11
Bulls	—	—	1,502	177.09/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,660	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	141.25/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,345	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	157.83/cwt	157.00–160.00	2,075	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	348.81/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,671	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	326.31/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	311.12/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,652	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	310.00/cwt	306.00–322.00	1,903	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	439.85/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	688	256.68/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	350.45/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,311	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	334.97/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,420	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	303.04/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	331.35/cwt	328.00–340.00	1,779	34
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,043	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	303.84/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,726	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	329.89/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,570	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	319.47/cwt	318.00–324.00	1,696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	341.07/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	355.09/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	312.12/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,835	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	348.22/cwt	344.00–360.00	1,832	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	400.75/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,094	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	338.53/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,578	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	391.75/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,626	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	371.16/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,399	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	368.30/cwt	360.00–377.00	1,724	25

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 Jun 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,313Last week 695Year ago 1,482

Slaughter CattleReceipts 222Last week 119Year ago 244

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 45Year ago 10

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	428	375.00–390.00	383.82
25	450–500	468	360.00–377.00	368.30
20	500–550	525	334.00–348.00	339.52
28	550–600	584	314.00–330.00	320.99
9	600–650	628	310.00–318.00	313.10
4	650–700	663	300.00–306.00	303.01
5	700–750	712	270.00–284.00	279.68
2	750–800	775	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	420	394.00–400.00	396.28
2	500–550	510	377.00–378.00	377.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	335.00–350.00	341.07
8	450–500	476	320.00–335.00	329.89
7	500–550	531	318.00–324.00	319.47
9	550–600	568	302.00–312.00	303.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	420.00–430.00	422.50
30	350–400	373	390.00–410.00	398.82
22	400–450	415	385.00–400.00	391.75
23	450–500	483	370.00–386.00	375.05
18	500–550	526	344.00–360.00	348.22
30	550–600	564	336.00–350.00	341.38
36	600–650	639	317.00–332.00	320.16
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
9	350–400	377	370.00–380.00	371.16
4	400–450	428	350.00–370.00	355.09
12	450–500	479	345.00–355.00	348.81
34	500–550	537	328.00–340.00	331.35
6	550–600	579	324.00–330.00	326.31
1	650–700	695	294.00	294.00
5	750–800	757	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	228	500.00–515.00	508.95
3	300–350	325	435.00–445.00	439.85
7	350–400	362	410.00–420.00	412.35
3	400–450	418	405.00–415.00	408.47
6	600–650	617	348.00–351.00	349.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	395.00–410.00	400.75
6	350–400	388	360.00–370.00	365.77
13	400–450	424	350.00–360.00	353.85
36	450–500	466	330.00–345.00	338.53
35	500–550	529	316.00–335.00	323.44
20	550–600	588	310.00–318.00	312.12
4	600–650	631	290.00–304.00	298.49
8	650–700	686	268.00–278.00	272.23
5	750–800	769	236.00–240.00	236.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	374	350.00–354.00	350.45
9	400–450	424	330.00–345.00	334.97
16	450–500	469	317.00–330.00	320.70
21	500–550	531	305.00–316.00	311.12
5	550–600	575	300.00–310.00	303.04
3	600–650	635	278.00–282.00	280.00
3	650–700	688	250.00–260.00	256.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	382.00–394.00	386.98
2	450–500	460	348.00–355.00	351.46
3	500–550	528	336.00–338.00	336.68
2	550–600	563	332.00–336.00	334.01
19	600–650	614	306.00–322.00	310.00
3	650–700	668	284.00–300.00	294.45
8	750–800	792	258.00–262.00	261.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,225	143.00–148.00	145.81
3	—	1,165	157.00–158.00	157.35
30	—	1,322	150.00–156.00	153.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,066	131.00–135.00	133.00
10	—	952	139.00–144.00	141.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,246	150.00–156.00	151.82
11	—	1,315	157.00–160.00	157.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,895	188.00–191.00	189.53
11	—	1,467	167.00–170.00	168.34
8	—	1,502	173.00–183.00	177.09

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	2,800.00–3,200.00	2,980.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	—	3,400.00–3,750.00	3,575.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,750.00–1,995.00	1,898.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,590.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,400.00–2,595.00	2,497.50

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid State Stockyards LLP - Letohatchee, AL

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