Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2025-02-03

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Feb 3
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,244 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 1,307▲ 41 vs year ago 1,203 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 121▼ 5 vs year ago 149 · −3.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 80▲ 86 vs year ago 65 · +132.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady with high yielding boning cows up to 149.00 cwt. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.83/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −105.92 against this barn's trailing median of $386.74.
Average price
$280.83
102 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.62
vs AL average
−18.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527283.841,4944thin
Medium and Large 1-2553283.501,56885
Medium and Large 2533269.451,4377thin
Medium and Large 3553254.201,4076thin
One grade step is worth $29.64/cwt here — about $88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale102 hd
280.83
—
AL average14 barns · 533 hd
276.21
+4.62
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−18.04
This barn, trailing median32 sales
386.74
−105.92
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—Low1,783146.652,6159thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,164133.701,55741
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,426133.231,90012
CowsLean 85-90%Low981114.561,12443

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)—$2,58621
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,28230
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,94218
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7305
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,6336
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$2,1252thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5926
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,1002thin

Every lot

106 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419360.59/cwt355.00–367.001,5114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430337.92/cwt337.50–340.001,4536
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5301
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6851
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6081
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5261
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620288.31/cwt285.00–295.001,7883
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663259.01/cwt257.00–260.001,7173
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2704255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7956
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1751255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9153
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,01767
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9081
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230350.00/cwt350.00–350.008051
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230340.00/cwt340.00–340.007822
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1236360.00/cwt360.00–360.008504
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0082
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3288332.48/cwt330.00–335.009582
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0822
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338335.05/cwt330.00–340.001,1323
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371335.77/cwt330.00–345.001,2467
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379312.49/cwt310.00–320.001,1846
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395298.33/cwt295.00–300.001,1783
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428318.81/cwt315.00–327.501,36511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428303.80/cwt300.00–310.001,3004
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3443290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2855
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462306.97/cwt297.00–315.001,4188
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475289.47/cwt285.00–295.001,3755
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3492274.97/cwt270.00–280.001,3536
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512288.45/cwt285.00–295.001,4773
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528271.52/cwt267.00–275.001,4346
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530262.57/cwt260.00–265.001,3922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,56885
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565250.01/cwt245.00–255.001,4134
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5391
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3619240.95/cwt237.00–245.001,4914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy623272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6954
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633259.32/cwt257.50–265.001,6419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673242.43/cwt240.00–245.001,6322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7001
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3690225.68/cwt222.00–230.001,5573
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3723218.36/cwt215.00–220.001,5793
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2736224.02/cwt222.00–227.001,6494
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy755236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7823
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2778210.98/cwt210.00–212.001,6412
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780228.96/cwt225.00–232.001,7863
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3205370.00/cwt370.00–370.007591
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1237427.84/cwt420.00–430.001,0144
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0011
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1282412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,1622
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328389.72/cwt385.00–400.001,2783
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330378.28/cwt375.00–380.001,2483
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1721
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370376.91/cwt370.00–385.001,3953
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3374342.53/cwt335.00–345.001,2814
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2381355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3536
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419345.42/cwt340.00–355.001,44710
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3419319.24/cwt317.00–320.001,3384
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438329.15/cwt325.00–335.001,4426
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468330.18/cwt325.00–340.001,5453
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473298.69/cwt290.00–305.001,4138
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517290.97/cwt287.00–300.001,50416
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518307.56/cwt305.00–310.001,5932
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523278.18/cwt275.00–290.001,45511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560266.00/cwt265.00–267.001,4902
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3572256.66/cwt255.00–260.001,4683
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5851
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3635248.48/cwt245.00–255.001,5788
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3658242.47/cwt240.00–245.001,5952
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2664247.77/cwt247.50–250.001,6459
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6201
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6722
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3775210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,631142.12/cwt140.00–145.002,3186
Bulls——2,055161.00/cwt161.00–161.003,3091
Bulls——2,103153.07/cwt150.00–156.003,2192
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%933105.86/cwt103.00–108.0098811
Cows—Lean 85-90%973113.43/cwt111.00–117.001,10413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014120.37/cwt118.00–124.001,22119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,102129.13/cwt127.00–133.001,42319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,186136.43/cwt134.00–140.001,61817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,327141.82/cwt141.00–142.001,8825
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345129.51/cwt128.00–131.001,7422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,353123.99/cwt122.00–126.001,6782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465136.47/cwt134.00–139.001,9998
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,437.50/head2,350.00–2,650.002,4384
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,907.14/head2,800.00–3,050.002,9077
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,550.00/head2,300.00–2,800.002,55015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,425.00/head2,250.00–2,650.002,42514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,013.33/head1,830.00–2,200.002,01315
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,941.67/head1,750.00–2,150.001,94218
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,650.00/head1,600.00–1,800.001,6504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,633.33/head1,500.00–1,750.001,6336
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2—2,125.00/head1,950.00–2,300.002,1252
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2—1,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.