Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2019-07-15

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Jul 15
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
615 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 694▲ 615 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 102▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 25▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: All slaughter classes sold 1.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand on feeders moderate. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.70/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$119.70
126 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$2.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.25
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563120.9268159
Medium and Large 2502118.7059650
Medium and Large 3425118.4350317thin
One grade step is worth $2.49/cwt here — about $177 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 sale126 hd
119.70
—
AL average15 barns · 1,805 hd
119.46
+0.25
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—Average1,77685.431,5179thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36058.007891thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28355.6171420
CowsLean 85-90%Average98948.754825thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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 2—366126.47/cwt125.00–127.004634
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325130.11/cwt127.00–135.004234
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608111.33/cwt110.00–112.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 2—718100.99/cwt100.00–102.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 2—690102.00/cwt102.00–102.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—646122.38/cwt121.00–122.5079112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—672112.00/cwt112.00–112.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—585124.00/cwt124.00–124.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—560121.80/cwt121.00–122.006825
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—525124.13/cwt122.00–127.006525
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—668113.96/cwt112.00–116.007612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—470128.97/cwt128.00–130.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469123.39/cwt120.00–125.005797
HeifersMedium and Large 1—559117.79/cwt117.00–119.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528119.38/cwt119.00–120.006305
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620116.00/cwt116.00–116.007193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427126.63/cwt125.00–128.005413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387130.23/cwt128.00–135.005043
HeifersMedium and Large 1—773101.49/cwt101.00–102.007852
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690107.00/cwt107.00–107.007381
BullsMedium and Large 3—516119.80/cwt117.00–122.006187
BullsMedium and Large 3—425128.52/cwt127.00–130.005467
BullsMedium and Large 3—474124.52/cwt122.00–127.005905
BullsMedium and Large 3—623108.47/cwt107.00–110.006764
BullsMedium and Large 3—370132.90/cwt130.00–137.004924
BullsMedium and Large 3—663104.64/cwt102.00–107.006943
BullsMedium and Large 3—568114.29/cwt112.00–116.006493
BullsMedium and Large 2—476132.21/cwt130.00–135.0062912
BullsMedium and Large 2—426136.21/cwt135.00–138.005808
BullsMedium and Large 2—518126.82/cwt124.00–129.006577
BullsMedium and Large 2—619116.39/cwt115.00–117.007205
BullsMedium and Large 2—693107.50/cwt107.00–108.007452
BullsMedium and Large 2—78098.00/cwt98.00–98.007641
BullsMedium and Large 2—595117.00/cwt117.00–117.006961
BullsMedium and Large 2—395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005451
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—552135.00/cwt135.00–135.007455
BullsMedium and Large 1—531131.48/cwt130.00–136.0069813
BullsMedium and Large 1—419140.81/cwt138.00–142.005907
BullsMedium and Large 1—472136.36/cwt135.00–138.006445
BullsMedium and Large 1—610119.50/cwt119.00–120.007292
BullsMedium and Large 1—585127.00/cwt127.00–127.007431
CowsLean 85-90%—98948.75/cwt47.00–52.004825
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36058.00/cwt58.00–58.007891
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23654.01/cwt52.00–56.0066811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32659.74/cwt58.00–62.007927
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39350.00/cwt50.00–50.006972
Bulls——1,75084.72/cwt82.00–87.001,4835
Bulls——1,91089.75/cwt88.00–91.001,7143
Bulls——1,50076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,1401
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—865625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,4061
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—815554.63/cwt525.00–615.004,5203
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,220600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,3201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,235775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,5711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,115515.00/cwt515.00–515.005,7421
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,210925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,1931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,157765.54/cwt685.00–850.008,8575
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3—1,180925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,9152
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2851,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0016,3842
SteersMedium and Large 3—540127.00/cwt127.00–127.006862
SteersMedium and Large 3—560127.00/cwt127.00–127.007111
SteersMedium and Large 2—750115.00/cwt115.00–115.008633
SteersMedium and Large 2—522132.99/cwt132.00–135.006943
SteersMedium and Large 2—420139.47/cwt137.00–142.005862
SteersMedium and Large 2—570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
SteersMedium and Large 2—470137.00/cwt137.00–137.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—673127.00/cwt127.00–127.0085512
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—790120.00/cwt120.00–120.009485
SteersMedium and Large 1—625127.42/cwt125.00–130.007962
SteersMedium and Large 1—583133.49/cwt132.00–135.007782
SteersMedium and Large 1—528140.45/cwt139.00–142.007422
SteersMedium and Large 1—445145.00/cwt145.00–145.006451
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374122.93/cwt120.00–125.004605
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420118.71/cwt117.00–120.004994
HeifersMedium and Large 3—567106.63/cwt105.00–110.006053
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330126.31/cwt125.00–127.004173
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455115.00/cwt115.00–115.005231
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—642116.00/cwt116.00–116.007457
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421123.86/cwt122.00–125.0052110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474118.73/cwt116.00–122.005639
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521116.32/cwt115.00–117.006066
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571113.46/cwt112.00–115.006484

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.