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Florence Stockyards

Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Sep 16

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

685 head

▼ 445 vs last sale 1,130▼ 649 vs year ago 1,334 · −48.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

119 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 173▼ 32 vs year ago 151 · −21.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

51 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 65▲ 8 vs year ago 43 · +18.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. There were three loads of steers sold via video and are represented in the report as Medium and Large 1-2. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $248.02/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −188.96 against this barn's trailing median of $436.98.

Average price

$248.02

12 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,353

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$15.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs AL average

−18.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	257.50	1,391	2thin
Medium and Large 2	553	252.27	1,394	4thin
Medium and Large 3	543	242.02	1,313	6thin

One grade step is worth $15.48/cwt here — about $78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale12 hd

248.02

—

AL average12 barns · 227 hd

243.77

+4.25

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−18.62

This barn, trailing median21 sales

436.98

−188.96

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

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.72, low $366.21, median $436.98 across 21 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	—	High	1,766	152.76	2,697	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	119.24	1,403	61
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,391	115.05	1,600	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	108.35	1,152	31

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)	—	$1,852	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,595	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,586	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,173	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,100	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,000	2thin

Every lot

93 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fancy	223	408.99/cwt	400.00–420.00	912	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	931	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	337.45/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,087	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	292.52/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,179	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	422	276.66/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,168	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,222	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,348	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	522	251.71/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,314	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,362	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,403	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	563	232.33/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,308	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	247.54/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,423	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	247.40/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,514	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	613	221.66/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,359	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	239.72/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,486	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	652	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,402	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	669	224.68/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,503	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,599	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,920	190
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	312.56/cwt	310.00–315.00	656	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	303	266.65/cwt	265.00–270.00	808	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	880	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	990	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	986	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	379	252.75/cwt	250.00–257.00	958	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,008	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	242.84/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,020	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,193	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	257.53/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,200	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	469	230.50/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,081	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	236.47/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,121	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	233.14/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,250	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	237.46/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,330	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	215.33/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,223	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	223.42/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,280	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	620	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,469	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	233.39/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,447	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	623	205.06/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,278	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	216.20/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,360	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	666	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,565	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	866	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	813	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	854	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	339.00/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,003	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	320.06/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,018	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	302.38/cwt	300.00–305.00	983	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	287.41/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,081	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	268.29/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,020	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,200	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,180	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	419	260.93/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,093	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	275.47/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,162	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,247	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	469	250.34/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,174	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	259.01/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,230	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	516	231.58/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,195	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,243	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,299	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	572	224.03/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,281	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	213.64/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,335	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	671	200.49/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,345	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	191.27/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,387	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,435	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,653	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,397	2
Bulls	—	—	1,792	152.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,735	7
Bulls	—	—	1,805	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	3,050	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	986	99.47/cwt	97.00–101.00	981	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	106.42/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,143	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	111.29/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,196	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,144	115.86/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,325	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	122.09/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,475	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	130.64/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,643	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,260	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,537	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,334	111.41/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,486	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	117.58/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,775	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,892.50/head	1,780.00–1,990.00	1,893	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,852.00/head	1,725.00–2,035.00	1,852	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,812.50/head	1,775.00–1,850.00	1,813	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,433.13/head	1,350.00–1,600.00	1,433	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,172.50/head	1,075.00–1,270.00	1,173	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	2,000.00/head	1,950.00–2,050.00	2,000	2

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 Sep 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 685Last week 1,130Year ago 1,334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 173Year ago 151

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 65Year ago 43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	325.00	325.00
2	300–350	325	300.00–305.00	302.38
4	350–400	376	280.00–290.00	287.41
9	400–450	422	272.00–280.00	275.47
3	450–500	475	257.00–260.00	259.01
2	500–550	518	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	560	232.00	232.00
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	755	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	305.00	305.00
1	300–350	330	285.00	285.00
3	350–400	380	265.00–275.00	268.29
7	400–450	419	255.00–265.00	260.93
10	450–500	469	245.00–255.00	250.34
12	500–550	516	230.00–235.00	231.58
10	550–600	572	220.00–227.00	224.03
10	600–650	625	210.00–217.00	213.64
4	650–700	671	200.00–202.00	200.49
4	700–750	725	190.00–195.00	191.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	385.00	385.00
5	250–300	296	335.00–340.00	339.00
4	300–350	318	315.00–330.00	320.06
4	350–400	387	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	400	295.00	295.00
1	450–500	450	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	275.00	275.00
3	350–400	365	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	408	247.00	247.00
10	450–500	474	235.00–245.00	236.47
7	500–550	536	232.00–235.00	233.14
10	550–600	573	220.00–230.00	223.42
6	600–650	629	212.00–220.00	216.20
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	265.00–270.00	266.65
5	350–400	379	250.00–257.00	252.75
7	400–450	420	235.00–245.00	242.84
4	450–500	469	230.00–232.00	230.50
6	550–600	568	215.00–217.00	215.33
2	600–650	623	200.00–210.00	205.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	310.00–315.00	312.56
2	350–400	360	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	445	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	466	250.00–260.00	257.53
1	500–550	500	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	560	235.00–240.00	237.46
8	600–650	620	230.00–235.00	233.39
1	650–700	665	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	620	237.00	237.00
6	650–700	666	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	530	257.00	257.00
2	550–600	575	245.00–250.00	247.54
11	600–650	620	237.00–240.00	239.72
9	650–700	669	220.00–230.00	224.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
190	750–800	790	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	275.00–277.50	276.66
2	450–500	470	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	522	245.00–255.00	251.71
3	550–600	563	230.00–235.00	232.33
3	600–650	613	220.00–222.50	221.66
2	650–700	652	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	365.00	365.00
4	300–350	322	335.00–345.00	337.45
1	350–400	380	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	403	290.00–295.00	292.52
1	500–550	530	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	550	255.00	255.00
5	600–650	612	245.00–248.00	247.40
1	650–700	650	240.00	240.00
5	700–750	727	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	400.00–420.00	408.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	169.00	169.00
7	—	1,792	150.00–155.00	152.65
2	—	1,653	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	116.00–120.00	117.58
4	—	1,334	110.00–115.00	111.41
1	—	1,260	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,258	128.00–133.00	130.64
26	—	1,208	120.00–126.00	122.09
32	—	1,144	114.00–119.00	115.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	986	97.00–101.00	99.47
9	—	1,074	105.00–108.00	106.42
18	—	1,075	109.00–114.00	111.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,075.00–1,270.00	1,172.50

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,160.00	1,160.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	1,350.00–1,600.00	1,433.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,725.00–2,035.00	1,852.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,775.00–1,850.00	1,812.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,780.00–1,990.00	1,892.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,950.00–2,050.00	2,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00

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.