Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2022-08-29

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Aug 29
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,073 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 1,038▲ 307 vs year ago 766 · +40.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
184 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 152▲ 67 vs year ago 117 · +57.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 34▼ 75 vs year ago 118 · −63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher with high dressing boning cows up to 98.00 cwt and high dressing bulls up to 125.00 cwt. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $172.09/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −30.24 against this barn's trailing median of $202.33.
Average price
$172.09
100 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.46
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502176.1488452
Medium and Large 2490168.5182544
Medium and Large 3494158.757844thin
One grade step is worth $17.39/cwt here — about $101 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 sale100 hd
172.09
—
AL average15 barns · 1,572 hd
160.63
+11.46
This barn, trailing median15 sales
202.33
−30.24
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 0–100 lb

15 sales
226199171144median 202.3303/0204/2706/1509/2810/26
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $212.33, low $158.01, median $202.33 across 15 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,819110.472,0098thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27385.511,08851
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01382.918406thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57081.771,2849thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2051thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9814thin

Every lot

67 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1408215.98/cwt215.00–217.008812
Steers—Medium and Large 1450197.00/cwt197.00–197.008871
Steers—Medium and Large 2470185.00/cwt185.00–185.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 2518176.03/cwt175.00–177.009122
Steers—Medium and Large 2578172.58/cwt170.00–175.009982
Steers—Medium and Large 1596181.67/cwt180.00–182.001,0836
Steers—Medium and Large 2610162.84/cwt160.00–168.009935
Steers—Medium and Large 1620177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0971
Steers—Medium and Large 2655158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0351
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added685180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,23314
Steers—Medium and Large 2705152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0721
Steers—Medium and Large 1715167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1941
Steers—Medium and Large 1763165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2592
Steers—Medium and Large 2778150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1678
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275176.07/cwt175.00–177.004842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370166.00/cwt165.00–167.006142
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395162.00/cwt162.00–162.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409170.47/cwt168.00–172.006974
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423162.36/cwt160.00–165.006878
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431157.00/cwt157.00–157.006774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461161.54/cwt160.00–168.007459
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464153.50/cwt150.00–157.0071212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475147.00/cwt147.00–147.006981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516158.83/cwt157.00–161.008205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530147.67/cwt145.00–152.007837
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565142.00/cwt142.00–142.008021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570152.26/cwt147.00–155.008684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added575160.00/cwt160.00–160.009206
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622141.31/cwt140.00–142.008793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668137.55/cwt135.00–140.009192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added671148.69/cwt146.00–154.009989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added705147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2738122.47/cwt120.00–125.009042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323226.37/cwt222.00–230.007313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325215.00/cwt215.00–215.006991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375205.00/cwt205.00–205.007692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377217.38/cwt215.00–220.008203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411202.58/cwt197.00–207.008336
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424183.81/cwt172.00–192.0077911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463174.06/cwt170.00–177.0080611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473166.02/cwt164.00–170.0078512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505150.00/cwt150.00–150.007581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525168.54/cwt165.00–173.0088516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2534157.63/cwt155.00–160.0084210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558155.81/cwt153.00–157.008695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568162.00/cwt160.00–165.009204
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618154.77/cwt152.00–160.009564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1661146.85/cwt142.00–150.009715
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668140.00/cwt140.00–140.009353
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,720109.60/cwt108.00–111.001,8854
Bulls——1,905105.01/cwt104.00–106.002,0002
Bulls——1,930117.66/cwt116.00–120.002,2712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01382.91/cwt81.00–85.008406
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20882.54/cwt80.00–84.0099719
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28593.06/cwt91.00–95.001,1964
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31586.45/cwt85.00–89.001,13728
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53383.65/cwt83.00–84.001,2823
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58880.83/cwt80.00–82.001,2846
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,205.00/head1,205.00–1,205.001,2051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—981.25/head950.00–1,075.009814

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.