Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2026-04-13

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Apr 13
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
705 head
▲ 190 vs last sale 515▼ 218 vs year ago 923 · −23.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 53▼ 48 vs year ago 127 · −37.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 17▼ 71 vs year ago 110 · −64.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $441.49/cwt on 74 head, up $4.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 32 comparable sales and sits +40.36 against this barn's trailing median of $401.13.
Average price
$441.49
▲ 4.26 vs prior sale
74 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,454
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.05
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554452.682,50845
Medium and Large 2561426.922,39423
Medium and Large 3550413.382,2726thin
One grade step is worth $39.30/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale74 hd
441.49
—
AL average16 barns · 337 hd
434.44
+7.05
This barn, trailing median32 sales
401.13
+40.36
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
464415366316median 401.1303/0205/0407/1309/1411/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.66, low $330.43, median $401.13 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—Low1,717207.733,56612
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,350178.842,41416
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,172167.441,96225
CowsLean 85-90%High936146.421,37016

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)—$3,0205
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5717
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4,0884thin

Every lot

98 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,1111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,1241
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417544.51/cwt540.00–555.002,27110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466527.20/cwt525.00–530.002,4577
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470514.55/cwt510.00–517.502,4185
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505497.50/cwt495.00–500.002,5122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511509.93/cwt505.00–520.002,6064
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,6923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561461.30/cwt455.00–470.002,5884
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631432.51/cwt430.00–440.002,72916
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,7678
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688371.66/cwt370.00–375.002,5573
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725387.40/cwt380.00–395.002,8092
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6091
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788348.69/cwt347.50–355.002,7486
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827330.05/cwt325.00–340.002,7303
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,1601
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,3202
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2263550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4472
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,4841
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3295510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319546.61/cwt540.00–550.001,7446
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320523.28/cwt520.00–530.001,6743
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372503.18/cwt490.00–515.001,87211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374532.41/cwt530.00–540.001,9914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378475.04/cwt470.00–480.001,7963
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403513.71/cwt500.00–520.002,0708
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412476.30/cwt470.00–490.001,96211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427453.34/cwt450.00–465.001,9366
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462467.49/cwt465.00–470.002,16016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483432.46/cwt430.00–435.002,0894
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487445.48/cwt440.00–455.002,16912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1506447.96/cwt440.00–460.002,26712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524417.24/cwt410.00–430.002,18617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3524395.05/cwt390.00–400.002,0704
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568393.05/cwt380.00–415.002,23316
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571412.33/cwt400.00–415.002,35413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613367.55/cwt360.00–380.002,2534
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618395.01/cwt390.00–400.002,4413
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665371.48/cwt365.00–375.002,47010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2669352.11/cwt340.00–360.002,3567
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement720380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,7361
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4651
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767355.01/cwt345.00–360.002,7233
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775333.44/cwt332.50–340.002,5848
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1223759.66/cwt750.00–770.001,6942
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,4722
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3258600.10/cwt590.00–610.001,5482
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,8843
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2274632.01/cwt620.00–650.001,7325
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332558.42/cwt550.00–570.001,8546
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333590.15/cwt580.00–610.001,9654
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366567.34/cwt560.00–580.002,0764
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3377513.23/cwt510.00–520.001,9356
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380534.66/cwt530.00–550.002,0329
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422523.27/cwt510.00–530.002,20815
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430470.13/cwt460.00–475.002,0224
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437493.24/cwt480.00–500.002,1556
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477492.18/cwt490.00–505.002,34811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477474.95/cwt465.00–485.002,26613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3484455.80/cwt450.00–460.002,2067
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524445.83/cwt440.00–455.002,3367
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528469.46/cwt460.00–485.002,47919
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528422.55/cwt410.00–430.002,2314
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573440.42/cwt435.00–445.002,52426
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577418.64/cwt412.50–430.002,41616
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3593395.04/cwt385.00–405.002,3432
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1614407.12/cwt395.00–415.002,5007
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2631377.68/cwt365.00–390.002,3839
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4385
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683337.42/cwt330.00–345.002,3052
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723337.52/cwt335.00–340.002,4405
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730312.52/cwt310.00–315.002,2812
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4321
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3401
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5201
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6051
Bulls——1,549200.71/cwt194.00–205.003,1094
Bulls——1,846216.28/cwt210.00–224.003,9937
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%906138.93/cwt132.00–141.001,2597
Cows—Lean 85-90%957155.22/cwt153.00–158.001,4855
Cows—Lean 85-90%961148.54/cwt147.00–150.001,4274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,095158.18/cwt155.00–160.001,7325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185177.05/cwt173.00–184.002,0988
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195164.90/cwt162.00–169.001,97112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,299173.28/cwt170.00–176.002,2517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380182.31/cwt179.00–185.002,5168
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,7741
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,020.00/head2,900.00–3,100.003,0205
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,571.43/head2,400.00–2,900.002,5717
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,450.00/head2,400.00–2,550.002,4503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,087.50/head3,800.00–4,350.004,0884

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.