Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2024-12-09

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Dec 9
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,454 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 1,224▲ 924 vs year ago 530 · +174.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 100▼ 63 vs year ago 150 · −42.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 55▲ 50 vs year ago 74 · +67.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.11/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −126.64 against this barn's trailing median of $386.74.
Average price
$260.11
61 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,422
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.54
vs AL average
−20.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547269.811,47738
Medium and Large 2535249.301,33412thin
Medium and Large 3557238.371,32711thin
One grade step is worth $31.45/cwt here — about $150 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 sale61 hd
260.11
—
AL average15 barns · 622 hd
252.57
+7.54
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−20.19
This barn, trailing median32 sales
386.74
−126.64
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
445396347298median 386.7403/0205/0407/1309/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.03, low $311.82, median $386.74 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,754139.992,4556thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,234111.151,37229
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,359110.451,5017thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99993.1793124

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)—$2,3569
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,92715
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,5002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,0002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,9252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,55418

Every lot

111 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1261
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1662
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4042
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460321.50/cwt320.00–327.001,4796
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506317.74/cwt317.00–320.001,6084
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527296.09/cwt295.00–305.001,5609
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567305.87/cwt292.00–315.001,73416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570288.27/cwt285.00–290.001,6433
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5951
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3610252.48/cwt250.00–255.001,5402
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2619268.48/cwt265.00–275.001,6625
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620288.71/cwt285.00–291.001,79049
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659276.44/cwt270.00–279.001,8227
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6541
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,904148
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7162
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3720235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6921
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736260.56/cwt251.00–262.001,91832
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240300.00/cwt300.00–300.007201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280318.42/cwt315.00–320.008923
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3314286.71/cwt285.00–290.009004
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy315324.92/cwt320.00–330.001,0232
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323299.01/cwt295.00–300.009665
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330308.88/cwt305.00–315.001,0194
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0623
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3364272.51/cwt270.00–275.009924
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368286.65/cwt280.00–290.001,0553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy390310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2091
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3422261.99/cwt260.00–265.001,1065
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426286.67/cwt285.00–297.001,22110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427275.39/cwt270.00–277.501,17611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463282.24/cwt275.00–287.001,3078
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473252.39/cwt250.00–257.001,1943
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485266.26/cwt260.00–270.001,2918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511264.75/cwt260.00–275.001,3537
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520284.92/cwt277.00–287.501,4824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524251.29/cwt250.00–257.001,3179
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528244.26/cwt242.00–245.001,2904
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558258.57/cwt255.00–260.001,4437
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy562272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,53120
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568243.32/cwt242.00–245.001,3823
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3573235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3477
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610248.47/cwt245.00–252.001,5162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623233.99/cwt230.00–240.001,45810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4401
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,721292
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675223.54/cwt222.00–225.001,5092
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680242.39/cwt235.00–246.001,6483
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733213.32/cwt210.00–215.001,5643
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778212.44/cwt210.00–215.001,6532
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3795195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy230440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0121
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235400.00/cwt400.00–400.009401
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290350.09/cwt345.00–355.001,0152
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3290335.00/cwt335.00–335.009721
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318350.12/cwt345.00–355.001,1132
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0561
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350332.50/cwt330.00–335.001,1642
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361322.51/cwt315.00–325.001,1644
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3381303.99/cwt300.00–310.001,1585
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy385365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4052
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413289.85/cwt285.00–295.001,1972
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415303.49/cwt300.00–310.001,2598
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420323.35/cwt315.00–332.001,3585
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466297.27/cwt290.00–302.001,38510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472312.80/cwt305.00–320.001,4765
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3477280.72/cwt280.00–285.001,3397
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515298.33/cwt295.00–305.001,5363
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3527263.29/cwt260.00–270.001,3883
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6702
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530277.48/cwt275.00–280.001,4712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553284.98/cwt280.00–290.001,5762
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570260.83/cwt260.00–265.001,4876
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573254.17/cwt250.00–255.001,4566
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623250.02/cwt245.00–255.001,5582
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630238.29/cwt235.00–240.001,5013
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5916
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3718215.66/cwt215.00–217.001,5483
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3770210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,0182
Bulls——1,883142.48/cwt140.00–145.002,6834
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94187.52/cwt85.00–90.0082410
Cows—Lean 85-90%996100.00/cwt100.00–100.009967
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08594.41/cwt92.00–95.001,0247
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207108.21/cwt105.00–110.001,30616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241113.82/cwt111.00–116.001,41311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,308102.66/cwt100.00–105.001,3432
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,376114.46/cwt112.00–118.001,5754
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,415120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6982
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,490.00/head2,350.00–2,550.002,4905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,187.50/head2,100.00–2,300.002,1884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,110.00/head2,050.00–2,200.002,1105
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,835.00/head1,700.00–1,950.001,83510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,516.67/head1,300.00–1,650.001,5173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,500.00/head1,450.00–1,550.001,5002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,000.00/head2,950.00–3,050.003,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,925.00/head2,900.00–2,950.002,9252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,787.50/head2,500.00–2,950.002,7884
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,766.67/head2,700.00–2,850.002,7673
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,475.00/head2,250.00–2,650.002,4756
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,025.00/head1,875.00–2,250.002,0253

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.