Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Replacement cattle sold firm. Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $330.43/cwt on 31 head, down $2.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −84.73 against this barn's trailing median of $415.15.

Average price

$330.43

▼ 2.91 vs prior sale

31 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$18.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.35

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	333.39	1,808	26
Medium and Large 2	545	315.00	1,717	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $91 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.66, low $330.43, median $415.15 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

330.43

—

AL average15 barns · 383 hd

330.78

−0.35

This barn, trailing median30 sales

415.15

−84.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	2,017	187.79	3,787	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,530	152.83	2,339	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	152.60	1,922	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,053	139.38	1,467	25

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,117	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,550	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,200	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,700	1thin
Open Heifers	N/A	(<2 yrs)	—	$2,500	3thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	340.77/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,154	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	318.92/cwt	305.00–330.00	2,140	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	309.98/cwt	290.00–330.00	2,244	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	447.17/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,265	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	386.03/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,791	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	426.27/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,790	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	491.96/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,840	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	315.36/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	417.09/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,389	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	337.07/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,763	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	381.11/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,574	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	517.14/cwt	505.00–530.00	1,334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	319.32/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,475	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	329.91/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,913	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	333.14/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	427.51/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	346.89/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,019	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	399.84/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,463	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	327.51/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,877	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	507.48/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,741	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,087	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	156.07/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,371	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	150.67/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,317	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	155.80/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,968	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	150.82/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,897	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	136.84/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,464	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	326.12/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,071	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	361.91/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,705	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	330.02/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,261	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	295.08/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,948	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	270.02/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	393.24/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	477.44/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	355.79/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	346.45/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	293.76/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	446.26/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	280.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	298.28/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,864	3
Bulls	—	—	2,105	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,789	1
Bulls	—	—	1,987	190.39/cwt	189.00–192.00	3,783	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	145.28/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,607	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	312.52/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,125	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,244	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,116.67/head	2,800.00–3,450.00	3,117	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,200.00/head	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,200	2
Open Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,550.00/head	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,550	2

How this sale compares

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tennessee Valley Livestock - Florence, AL

Mon Aug 31, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 710Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 73Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 36Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Replacement cattle sold firm. Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	425.00–430.00	427.51
4	550–600	582	345.00–347.50	346.89
16	600–650	632	335.00–342.50	340.77
9	650–700	685	322.50–337.50	330.02
15	750–800	775	310.00–320.00	319.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
4	650–700	680	310.00–315.00	312.52
7	700–750	748	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	560.00	560.00
2	250–300	258	505.00–530.00	517.14
4	300–350	343	505.00–515.00	507.48
4	350–400	374	475.00–510.00	491.96
14	400–450	420	410.00–445.00	426.27
26	450–500	464	375.00–410.00	386.03
16	500–550	523	325.00–355.00	337.07
10	550–600	573	315.00–335.00	327.51
6	600–650	622	305.00–335.00	315.36
5	650–700	660	290.00–305.00	295.08
1	700–750	715	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	765	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	475.00–480.00	477.44
3	350–400	378	430.00–460.00	446.26
8	400–450	425	380.00–405.00	393.24
5	450–500	474	335.00–365.00	355.79
5	500–550	545	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	629	285.00–300.00	293.76
2	650–700	693	265.00–275.00	270.02
1	700–750	735	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	440.00–455.00	447.17
5	300–350	333	405.00–435.00	417.09
5	350–400	366	390.00–420.00	399.84
8	400–450	413	365.00–395.00	381.11
16	450–500	471	350.00–375.00	361.91
5	500–550	511	325.00–350.00	333.14
5	550–600	580	320.00–345.00	329.91
7	600–650	635	315.00–340.00	326.12
11	650–700	671	305.00–330.00	318.92
6	700–750	724	290.00–330.00	309.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	340.00–360.00	346.45
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	578	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	625	295.00–300.00	298.28
2	700–750	710	275.00–285.00	280.00
1	750–800	785	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	853	125.00–130.00	127.42
9	—	1,070	133.00–141.00	136.84
12	—	1,106	142.00–150.00	145.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,519	155.00–159.00	156.07
6	—	1,538	145.00–153.00	150.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,263	155.00–157.00	155.80
9	—	1,258	143.00–154.00	150.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,105	180.00	180.00
3	—	1,987	189.00–192.00	190.39

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,800.00–3,450.00	3,116.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Tennessee Valley Livestock - Florence, AL

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