Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2019-06-10

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Jun 10
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
596 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 607▲ 596 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 45▲ 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 73▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not reported this week. This is the last report issued for 06/10/2019.

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, bulls sold 1.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand on feeders good. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.89/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$118.89
120 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.12
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2477120.7257551
Medium and Large 1571117.9367343
Medium and Large 3453116.9053026
One grade step is worth $3.82/cwt here — about $46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale120 hd
118.89
—
AL average16 barns · 1,565 hd
117.77
+1.12
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,73281.661,4148thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37655.777676thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22055.6667928
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00747.304769thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 3—295130.00/cwt130.00–130.003841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533118.62/cwt115.00–120.0063211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477120.53/cwt120.00–122.0057511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421125.62/cwt122.00–128.005299
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572111.81/cwt107.00–115.006407
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366129.79/cwt129.00–130.004755
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326131.18/cwt130.00–132.004285
HeifersMedium and Large 2—658101.50/cwt101.00–102.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—405136.00/cwt136.00–136.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—657121.00/cwt121.00–121.007952
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—620121.00/cwt121.00–121.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672109.36/cwt105.00–110.0073511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566117.59/cwt115.00–120.006668
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423130.73/cwt130.00–132.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371134.15/cwt132.00–138.004984
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725102.00/cwt102.00–102.007403
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626111.97/cwt110.00–113.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525120.32/cwt120.00–121.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—492122.00/cwt122.00–122.006003
BullsMedium and Large 3—423128.18/cwt125.00–132.005428
BullsMedium and Large 3—373133.15/cwt132.00–135.004975
BullsMedium and Large 3—630106.25/cwt102.00–111.006693
BullsMedium and Large 3—520115.98/cwt114.00–117.006033
BullsMedium and Large 3—480118.60/cwt117.00–122.005693
BullsMedium and Large 3—670102.00/cwt102.00–102.006832
BullsMedium and Large 3—710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007101
BullsMedium and Large 3—585112.00/cwt112.00–112.006551
BullsMedium and Large 3—305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004271
BullsMedium and Large 2—524121.75/cwt119.00–125.0063810
BullsMedium and Large 2—467130.28/cwt126.00–132.006089
BullsMedium and Large 2—424134.44/cwt132.00–137.005708
BullsMedium and Large 2—371140.08/cwt137.00–142.005207
BullsMedium and Large 2—631111.46/cwt108.00–114.007034
BullsMedium and Large 2—323144.93/cwt142.00–148.004682
BullsMedium and Large 2—655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006881
BullsMedium and Large 2—565116.00/cwt116.00–116.006551
BullsMedium and Large 1—471135.07/cwt132.00–137.006368
BullsMedium and Large 1—426138.94/cwt137.00–143.005927
BullsMedium and Large 1—371146.79/cwt143.00–150.005457
BullsMedium and Large 1—535125.98/cwt125.00–127.006742
BullsMedium and Large 1—625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
BullsMedium and Large 1—325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02150.09/cwt48.00–51.005115
CowsLean 85-90%—99043.82/cwt42.00–45.004344
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37655.77/cwt53.00–57.007676
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19654.29/cwt52.00–56.0064919
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27258.55/cwt57.00–61.007459
Bulls——1,86786.39/cwt85.00–88.001,6133
Bulls——1,81880.35/cwt80.00–81.001,4613
Bulls——1,40076.51/cwt76.00–77.001,0712
Bred CowsSmall 3—800320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5601
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—813636.43/cwt630.00–640.005,1743
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—910775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,0531
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—893509.44/cwt470.00–550.004,5492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,068614.40/cwt550.00–675.006,5622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,188787.58/cwt725.00–825.009,3564
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,209909.08/cwt840.00–975.0010,9917
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,125709.64/cwt675.00–750.007,9833
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3—815625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,0942
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3—1,148913.28/cwt800.00–985.0010,4848
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,7502
SteersMedium and Large 3—730112.00/cwt112.00–112.008183
SteersMedium and Large 3—655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
SteersMedium and Large 3—620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330125.00/cwt125.00–125.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372122.28/cwt120.00–125.004553
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565105.99/cwt105.00–107.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513113.46/cwt110.00–115.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418119.13/cwt117.00–120.004986
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473116.36/cwt115.00–117.005508
SteersMedium and Large 1—330157.00/cwt157.00–157.005181
SteersMedium and Large 1—395150.00/cwt150.00–150.005931
SteersMedium and Large 1—560137.00/cwt137.00–137.007671
SteersMedium and Large 1—615131.00/cwt130.00–132.008062
SteersMedium and Large 1—417146.33/cwt145.00–147.006103
SteersMedium and Large 1—512138.98/cwt137.00–140.007123
SteersMedium and Large 1—673125.00/cwt125.00–125.008414
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007775
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—921115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,05912
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—765124.00/cwt124.00–124.0094921
SteersMedium and Large 2—685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
SteersMedium and Large 2—560131.00/cwt130.00–132.007342
SteersMedium and Large 2—525132.33/cwt132.00–133.006953
SteersMedium and Large 2—431141.48/cwt141.00–143.006104

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.