Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2025-02-10

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Feb 10
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,023 head
▼ 221 vs last sale 1,244▼ 132 vs year ago 1,155 · −11.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 144▼ 35 vs year ago 127 · −27.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 151▲ 42 vs year ago 34 · +123.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with moderated to good demand on feeder cattle. There was one load of heifers sold via video and are represented in the report as Medium and Large 1-2. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.49/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −131.25 against this barn's trailing median of $386.74.
Average price
$255.49
65 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,419
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.15
vs AL average
−41.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511272.501,3928thin
Medium and Large 2568255.861,45537
Medium and Large 3549248.011,36020
One grade step is worth $24.49/cwt here — about $32 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 sale65 hd
255.49
—
AL average15 barns · 491 hd
265.64
−10.15
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−41.51
This barn, trailing median32 sales
386.74
−131.25
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—High1,627151.292,46217
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,521138.692,1095thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205135.231,62937
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025118.711,21724

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)—$2,0333thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9609
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,8173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,5705
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5596
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2759
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,7583thin

Every lot

87 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2961
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3461
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405364.94/cwt360.00–370.001,4782
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3413327.58/cwt325.00–330.001,3532
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424340.08/cwt335.00–345.001,4425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5954
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3488311.19/cwt305.00–315.001,5194
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4541
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512302.02/cwt300.00–305.001,5465
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536317.98/cwt310.00–320.001,7047
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574287.45/cwt282.00–295.001,6505
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615287.50/cwt285.00–290.001,7682
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,86177
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3283320.00/cwt320.00–320.009063
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330312.54/cwt310.00–315.001,0312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335326.54/cwt325.00–330.001,0943
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362323.32/cwt320.00–330.001,1703
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372311.91/cwt310.00–315.001,1605
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375298.56/cwt295.00–305.001,1207
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405301.99/cwt295.00–305.001,2235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428287.92/cwt285.00–290.001,23216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460283.61/cwt280.00–287.001,30513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470292.53/cwt290.00–295.001,3752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474269.86/cwt265.00–275.001,27920
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3928
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3531252.73/cwt250.00–255.001,34211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532260.68/cwt260.00–265.001,3877
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570242.24/cwt240.00–245.001,3819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577254.74/cwt250.00–260.001,47030
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,65080
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6071
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635230.99/cwt230.00–232.001,4672
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665248.52/cwt247.00–250.001,6532
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3674213.73/cwt210.00–215.001,4414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy677255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7262
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278397.57/cwt395.00–400.001,1052
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320375.23/cwt370.00–380.001,2012
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326391.21/cwt385.00–400.001,2754
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3343351.67/cwt350.00–355.001,2063
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360379.86/cwt375.00–385.001,3672
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374349.18/cwt345.00–352.001,3067
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378334.90/cwt330.00–340.001,2664
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410339.88/cwt335.00–345.001,3942
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3418309.11/cwt305.00–315.001,29211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430325.28/cwt320.00–330.001,3996
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455321.65/cwt320.00–325.001,4643
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3463297.97/cwt290.00–302.501,3808
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473311.55/cwt307.00–317.001,47412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520264.54/cwt260.00–270.001,3766
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527274.94/cwt272.50–280.001,44910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565265.01/cwt260.00–270.001,4977
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3567254.48/cwt250.00–257.501,44312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5121
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3624242.19/cwt237.00–247.001,5117
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663242.31/cwt240.00–245.001,6073
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3686223.69/cwt220.00–235.001,5354
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5842
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3733215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5762
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3750210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5751
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2768217.44/cwt215.00–220.001,6702
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,461143.76/cwt141.00–146.002,1007
Bulls——1,712152.86/cwt151.00–156.002,6176
Bulls——1,791162.12/cwt160.00–165.002,9044
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%905109.36/cwt106.00–111.009903
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041121.79/cwt119.00–125.001,26815
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044115.70/cwt113.00–117.001,2086
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139127.74/cwt125.00–131.001,4559
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180134.36/cwt132.00–138.001,58517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297142.71/cwt139.00–146.001,85111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470142.79/cwt141.00–145.002,0992
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555135.95/cwt133.00–138.002,1143
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,412.50/head2,250.00–2,600.002,4134
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,993.75/head1,900.00–2,150.001,9944
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,758.33/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7583
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,200.00/head2,150.00–2,250.002,2003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,033.33/head2,000.00–2,100.002,0333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,840.00/head1,700.00–1,950.001,8406
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,816.67/head1,750.00–1,950.001,8173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,570.00/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5705
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,481.00/head1,330.00–1,600.001,4815
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2—2,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501

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.