Mid State Stockyards LLP Market Report

Letohatchee, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 4, 2021

976 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $109.90/cwt -8.10 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 655 lb · 50 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $107.03/cwt ≈ $815/hd at 761 lb · 42 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $116.71/cwt -5.28 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 574 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	976	936	914
Feeder cattle	729	678	687
Slaughter cattle	187	232	193
Replacement cattle	60	26	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes 2.00-5.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	409	7	145.00–152.00	$148.03	$605	—
460–495	481	10	139.00–148.00	$141.96	$683	—
570–595	580	17	130.00–141.00	$133.51	$774	—
605–630	619	7	130.00–135.00	$132.89	$823	-5.11
650–680	668	19	124.00–132.00	$127.16	$849	—
730–740	737	3	107.00–124.00	$112.62	$830	—
765–770	768	3	110.00–117.00	$112.32	$863	—
865–875	866	8	104.00–115.00	$113.61	$984	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	176.00	$176.00	$405	—
300–315	308	2	135.00–140.00	$137.56	$424	—
365–385	376	5	130.00–140.00	$134.07	$504	—
445	445	4	130.00–138.00	$134.00	$596	-12.63
465–490	478	7	130.00–139.00	$134.12	$641	-9.94
520–535	528	2	124.00–129.00	$126.54	$668	-13.95
600–615	605	3	120.00–124.00	$122.64	$742	-7.29

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	126.00	$126.00	$403	-16.40
355–395	370	4	119.00–127.00	$124.36	$460	-14.75
400	400	2	120.00	$120.00	$480	—
515	515	1	112.00	$112.00	$577	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	423	18	125.00–138.00	$128.69	$544	-9.31
430	430	1	154.00	$154.00	$662	+16.00
470–495	482	12	123.00–133.00	$128.30	$618	-7.21
525–545	540	21	117.00–127.00	$123.46	$667	-4.54
555–595	574	29	113.00–121.00	$116.71	$670	-5.28
600–645	628	14	111.00–119.00	$113.45	$712	-3.54
650–680	655	50	107.00–112.00	$109.90	$720	—
725–740	732	12	102.00–108.50	$104.33	$764	—
753–765	757	29	98.00–108.25	$106.59	$807	—
771 value added	771	13	108.00	$108.00	$833	—
825–845	829	13	95.00–105.50	$103.27	$856	—
900–935	918	2	95.00–97.00	$96.02	$881	—
960	960	11	103.50	$103.50	$994	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	129.00	$129.00	$387	-7.82
355–390	369	13	120.00–126.00	$121.50	$448	-13.13
415–420	416	7	117.00–120.00	$119.14	$496	-9.48
455–495	475	20	110.00–117.00	$114.38	$543	-11.78
515–535	523	12	110.00–115.00	$112.15	$587	-11.00
565–585	573	5	105.00–112.00	$107.86	$618	-8.48
615–640	623	3	109.00–123.00	$118.21	$736	+7.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	120.00	$120.00	$414	-6.30
365	365	2	112.00	$112.00	$409	-11.28
435–445	440	4	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$488	-7.69
480	480	2	109.00	$109.00	$523	-8.29
530	530	4	100.00–108.00	$104.00	$551	-7.43

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	180.00	$180.00	$450	—
300–345	319	5	155.00–158.00	$156.87	$500	—
355–380	370	10	150.00–157.00	$154.24	$571	—
410–430	418	18	140.00–152.00	$146.10	$611	—
450–480	467	22	130.00–142.00	$135.73	$634	—
500–540	512	20	122.00–133.00	$126.00	$645	—
550–595	578	16	120.00–130.00	$122.70	$709	—
605–645	626	12	113.00–122.00	$118.89	$744	—
660–670	665	11	109.00–117.00	$112.38	$747	—
705–715	708	6	105.00–115.00	$110.00	$779	—
765–795	781	8	95.00–105.00	$100.77	$787	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	326	8	138.00–150.00	$147.56	$481	—
370–385	378	8	131.00–144.00	$137.82	$521	—
407–440	419	19	127.00–133.00	$130.85	$548	-8.14
465–490	481	15	120.00–130.00	$124.52	$599	-8.56
505–545	523	16	114.00–121.00	$117.62	$615	-13.70
580	580	7	110.00–115.00	$112.86	$655	-9.54
610–645	626	9	100.00–110.00	$104.03	$651	-14.97
650–680	664	11	100.00–105.00	$101.76	$676	-12.43
770	770	2	95.00	$95.00	$732	—
835	835	1	86.00	$86.00	$718	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	126.00	$126.00	$435	—
400	400	4	112.00–116.00	$114.00	$456	-18.27
455–480	468	4	113.00–116.00	$114.46	$536	-7.21
515	515	2	110.00	$110.00	$566	-10.80

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1450	1148	80-85%	15	74.00–85.00	$76.90	$883	—
985–1275	1172	80-85%	11	58.00–63.00	$60.61	$710	-11.91
970–1715	1193	80-85%	98	65.00–73.00	$68.63	$819	+6.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1045	991	85-90%	5	63.00–64.00	$63.58	$630	+4.12
830–1175	997	85-90%	23	47.00–53.00	$51.61	$515	-7.85
945–1285	1094	85-90%	33	55.00–61.00	$57.09	$625	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1260	1215	75-80%	3	61.00–62.00	$61.69	$750	—
1215–1650	1391	75-80%	21	63.00–69.00	$66.50	$925	-0.57
1250–1695	1473	75-80%	10	70.00–76.00	$71.65	$1,055	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1720	1339	4	73.00–79.00	$76.56	$1,025	—
1205–1855	1512	9	82.00–90.00	$86.35	$1,306	—
1595–2020	1768	3	91.00–99.00	$94.45	$1,670	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	750.00–900.00	$829.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	575.00–775.00	$683.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	320.00–400.00	$360.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	480.00–550.00	$508.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	525.00–550.00	$537.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,425.00	$1,387.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,189.29	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.