Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2025-06-16

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Jun 16
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
788 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 824▲ 788 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 72▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 92▲ 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.40/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −69.35 against this barn's trailing median of $386.74.
Average price
$317.40
51 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.55
vs AL average
−16.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2543319.991,73843
Medium and Large 3511303.481,5518thin
One grade step is worth $16.51/cwt here — about $187 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale51 hd
317.40
—
AL average13 barns · 472 hd
326.94
−9.55
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−16.71
This barn, trailing median32 sales
386.74
−69.35
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—Average1,633190.293,10712
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,396164.652,2994thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,148153.511,76337
CowsLean 85-90%High865122.001,0552thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,60032
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7717
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,29433

Every lot

63 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200495.00/cwt495.00–495.009901
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,1761
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5541
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3405360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4581
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407401.84/cwt400.00–407.501,63510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430387.53/cwt385.00–390.001,6662
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467367.87/cwt360.00–375.001,7185
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1493407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,00912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513381.22/cwt380.00–387.501,9566
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3566321.23/cwt320.00–325.001,8184
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580355.76/cwt347.50–362.502,06315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0701
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,10823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245405.00/cwt405.00–405.009921
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2661
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2191
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326387.75/cwt385.00–390.001,2644
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4631
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385375.00/cwt365.00–385.001,4443
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5052
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470340.54/cwt330.00–355.001,6019
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5601
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3511303.48/cwt302.50–310.001,5518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517326.30/cwt320.00–331.001,68724
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576312.01/cwt305.00–320.001,79719
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2642298.35/cwt290.00–302.501,9153
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,06559
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy200520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,0401
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,0052
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275438.24/cwt430.00–445.001,2053
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2541
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2301
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4031
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3360310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1161
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368411.65/cwt405.00–420.001,5153
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2921
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415377.50/cwt375.00–380.001,5672
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465376.26/cwt375.00–377.501,7502
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473353.27/cwt345.00–360.001,6716
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3490295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4461
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526336.22/cwt330.00–345.001,7695
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570323.67/cwt315.00–332.501,8452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618307.30/cwt300.00–320.001,8993
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663291.26/cwt290.00–292.501,9312
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780276.03/cwt265.00–287.502,1532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,195168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,0081
Bulls——1,505186.45/cwt181.00–190.002,8066
Bulls——1,874199.36/cwt193.00–205.003,7365
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%765134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0251
Cows—Lean 85-90%965110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,063145.31/cwt140.00–149.001,54513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177155.82/cwt150.00–168.001,83421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,220170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318172.93/cwt169.00–176.002,2793
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455162.86/cwt160.00–168.002,3703
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,894.44/head3,700.00–4,300.003,8949
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,268.42/head2,700.00–3,650.003,26819
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,310.00/head2,100.00–2,400.002,3105
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,007.14/head2,900.00–3,100.003,0077
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,486.00/head2,000.00–2,800.002,48625
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,771.43/head1,400.00–1,900.001,7717

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.