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Florence Stockyards

Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Aug 31

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997

← Aug 24Aug 31Sep 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

455 head

▼ 255 vs last sale 710▲ 455 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

57 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 73▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 36▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Replacement cattle sold firm. Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $330.43/cwt on 31 head, down $2.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −70.70 against this barn's trailing median of $401.13.

Average price

$330.43

▼ 2.91 vs prior sale

31 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$18.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.35

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	333.39	1,808	26
Medium and Large 2	545	315.00	1,717	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $91 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

330.43

—

AL average15 barns · 383 hd

330.78

−0.35

This barn, trailing median32 sales

401.13

−70.70

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.66, low $330.43, median $401.13 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Average	2,017	187.79	3,787	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,530	152.83	2,339	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	152.60	1,922	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,053	139.38	1,467	25

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,117	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,550	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,200	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,700	1thin
Open Heifers	N/A	(<2 yrs)	—	$2,500	3thin

Every lot

61 lots · USDA AMS · Tennessee Valley Livestock - Florence, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,601	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	427.51/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,937	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	346.89/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,019	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	340.77/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,154	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	312.52/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,125	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	330.02/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,261	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,244	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	319.32/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,475	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	447.17/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,265	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	417.09/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,389	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	399.84/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,463	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	381.11/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,574	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	346.45/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,448	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	361.91/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,705	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	333.14/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,702	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,763	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	329.91/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,913	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	298.28/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,864	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	326.12/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,071	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	318.92/cwt	305.00–330.00	2,140	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	280.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,988	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	309.98/cwt	290.00–330.00	2,244	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,041	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,316	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	517.14/cwt	505.00–530.00	1,334	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	477.44/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,566	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	507.48/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,741	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	491.96/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,840	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	446.26/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,687	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	426.27/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,790	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	393.24/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,671	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	386.03/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,791	26
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	355.79/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,686	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	337.07/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,763	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	327.51/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,877	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	315.36/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,962	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	293.76/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,848	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	295.08/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,948	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	270.02/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,871	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,038	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,911	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,987	190.39/cwt	189.00–192.00	3,783	3
Bulls	—	—	2,105	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,789	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	853	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,087	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	136.84/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,464	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,106	145.28/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,607	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	150.82/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,897	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	155.80/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,968	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,519	156.07/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,371	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	150.67/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,317	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,116.67/head	2,800.00–3,450.00	3,117	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,550.00/head	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,550	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,200.00/head	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Open Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	3

This sale against other markets

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 →

Tennessee Valley Livestock - Florence, AL

Mon Aug 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 710Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 73Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 36Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Replacement cattle sold firm. Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	425.00–430.00	427.51
4	550–600	582	345.00–347.50	346.89
16	600–650	632	335.00–342.50	340.77
9	650–700	685	322.50–337.50	330.02
15	750–800	775	310.00–320.00	319.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
4	650–700	680	310.00–315.00	312.52
7	700–750	748	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	560.00	560.00
2	250–300	258	505.00–530.00	517.14
4	300–350	343	505.00–515.00	507.48
4	350–400	374	475.00–510.00	491.96
14	400–450	420	410.00–445.00	426.27
26	450–500	464	375.00–410.00	386.03
16	500–550	523	325.00–355.00	337.07
10	550–600	573	315.00–335.00	327.51
6	600–650	622	305.00–335.00	315.36
5	650–700	660	290.00–305.00	295.08
1	700–750	715	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	765	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	475.00–480.00	477.44
3	350–400	378	430.00–460.00	446.26
8	400–450	425	380.00–405.00	393.24
5	450–500	474	335.00–365.00	355.79
5	500–550	545	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	629	285.00–300.00	293.76
2	650–700	693	265.00–275.00	270.02
1	700–750	735	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	440.00–455.00	447.17
5	300–350	333	405.00–435.00	417.09
5	350–400	366	390.00–420.00	399.84
8	400–450	413	365.00–395.00	381.11
16	450–500	471	350.00–375.00	361.91
5	500–550	511	325.00–350.00	333.14
5	550–600	580	320.00–345.00	329.91
7	600–650	635	315.00–340.00	326.12
11	650–700	671	305.00–330.00	318.92
6	700–750	724	290.00–330.00	309.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	340.00–360.00	346.45
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	578	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	625	295.00–300.00	298.28
2	700–750	710	275.00–285.00	280.00
1	750–800	785	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	853	125.00–130.00	127.42
9	—	1,070	133.00–141.00	136.84
12	—	1,106	142.00–150.00	145.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,519	155.00–159.00	156.07
6	—	1,538	145.00–153.00	150.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,263	155.00–157.00	155.80
9	—	1,258	143.00–154.00	150.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,105	180.00	180.00
3	—	1,987	189.00–192.00	190.39

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,800.00–3,450.00	3,116.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00

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.