Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, bulls sold 3.00 higher. All feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand on feeders moderate. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.06/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −63.05 against this barn's trailing median of $203.11.

Average price

$140.06

127 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$5.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.05

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	141.97	685	33
Medium and Large 2	455	140.12	638	73
Medium and Large 3	435	136.82	596	21

One grade step is worth $5.15/cwt here — about $89 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

14 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $212.33, low $182.39, median $203.11 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale127 hd

140.06

—

AL average14 barns · 1,512 hd

138.01

+2.05

This barn, trailing median14 sales

203.11

−63.05

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	—	High	1,707	77.77	1,327	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	53.86	780	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	53.24	652	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	43.61	448	16

Every lot, as filed

100 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 3	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	117.65/cwt	115.00–120.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	155.98/cwt	155.00–157.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	243	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	115.29/cwt	113.00–118.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	127.30/cwt	122.00–130.00	472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	268	140.20/cwt	137.00–142.00	376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	107.99/cwt	107.00–110.00	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	124.96/cwt	122.00–128.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	130.26/cwt	128.00–131.00	603	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	115.45/cwt	112.00–117.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	139.49/cwt	139.00–140.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	830	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	12,279	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,085	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,680	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,015	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	884	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	829	778.89/cwt	750.00–825.00	6,457	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	892	496.62/cwt	450.00–595.00	4,430	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,085	621.69/cwt	585.00–675.00	6,745	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	987.56/cwt	925.00–1,050.00	11,189	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	638.70/cwt	625.00–665.00	6,962	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,990	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	883	414.45/cwt	350.00–475.00	3,660	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	790	323.40/cwt	290.00–350.00	2,555	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,145	704.74/cwt	675.00–725.00	8,069	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	834.05/cwt	775.00–900.00	9,441	9
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	857	652.68/cwt	625.00–750.00	5,593	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	238	164.42/cwt	162.00–167.00	391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	164.39/cwt	162.00–167.00	542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	174.36/cwt	172.00–177.00	471	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	773	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	123.19/cwt	122.00–125.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	482	132.94/cwt	132.00–135.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	131.33/cwt	130.00–132.00	703	3
Bulls	—	—	1,671	80.11/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,339	4
Bulls	—	—	1,778	73.08/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,299	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	805	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	255	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	144.45/cwt	140.00–147.00	610	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	158.36/cwt	152.00–162.00	507	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	129.08/cwt	125.00–132.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	150.41/cwt	147.00–152.00	555	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	122.96/cwt	121.00–125.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	724	106.49/cwt	105.00–107.00	771	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	220	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	389	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.61/cwt	132.00–137.00	704	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	126.44/cwt	125.00–132.00	743	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	137.24/cwt	135.00–140.00	652	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	215	183.98/cwt	182.00–185.00	396	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	135.77/cwt	135.00–137.00	581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	142.27/cwt	140.00–145.00	526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	474	132.83/cwt	132.00–135.00	630	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	123.46/cwt	122.00–125.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	743	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	54.63/cwt	54.00–56.00	794	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	710	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	52.79/cwt	50.00–54.00	625	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	56.47/cwt	55.00–59.00	723	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	149.34/cwt	147.00–152.00	623	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	142.60/cwt	140.00–146.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	129.63/cwt	127.00–132.00	551	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	124.42/cwt	122.00–127.00	584	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	139.51/cwt	137.00–142.00	442	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	45.78/cwt	45.00–47.00	578	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	41.93/cwt	40.00–43.00	416	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	45.76/cwt	45.00–48.00	491	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	135.54/cwt	132.00–137.00	500	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	109.42/cwt	107.00–112.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	327	133.54/cwt	132.00–137.00	437	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	105.49/cwt	105.00–107.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	119.75/cwt	119.00–120.00	495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	114.61/cwt	112.00–117.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	133.63/cwt	132.00–135.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	143.42/cwt	142.00–145.00	402	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 Feb 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 928Last week 796Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 80Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 73Last week 70Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	116.00	116.00
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
1	—	745	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	135.00	135.00
3	—	735	115.00–120.00	117.65
1	—	445	150.00	150.00
1	—	610	127.00	127.00
2	—	518	139.00–140.00	139.49
1	—	680	122.00	122.00
1	—	335	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	192.00	192.00
1	—	585	136.00	136.00
1	—	520	146.00	146.00
2	—	813	115.00–117.00	116.00
1	—	680	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	155.00–157.00	155.98
3	—	675	107.00–110.00	107.99
5	—	520	122.00–128.00	124.96
10	—	463	128.00–131.00	130.26
1	—	345	142.00	142.00
1	—	625	112.00	112.00
3	—	577	112.00–117.00	114.61
3	—	433	132.00–135.00	133.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
2	—	243	142.00	142.00
3	—	470	113.00–118.00	115.29
7	—	371	122.00–130.00	127.30
3	—	268	137.00–142.00	140.20
1	—	505	112.00	112.00
5	—	327	132.00–137.00	133.54
4	—	570	105.00–107.00	105.49
4	—	413	119.00–120.00	119.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	112.00–117.00	115.45
1	—	605	107.00	107.00
1	—	705	102.00	102.00
15	—	425	127.00–132.00	129.63
11	—	469	122.00–127.00	124.42
7	—	317	137.00–142.00	139.51
5	—	369	132.00–137.00	135.54
2	—	680	102.00	102.00
2	—	578	107.00–112.00	109.42
2	—	280	142.00–145.00	143.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	100.00–102.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	122.00–125.00	123.19
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
3	—	482	132.00–135.00	132.94
3	—	535	130.00–132.00	131.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	125.00–127.00	125.99
2	—	238	162.00–167.00	164.42
1	—	805	95.00	95.00
1	—	255	162.00	162.00
5	—	428	135.00–137.00	135.77
3	—	370	140.00–145.00	142.27
7	—	474	132.00–135.00	132.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	162.00–167.00	164.39
2	—	270	172.00–177.00	174.36
1	—	735	109.00	109.00
1	—	380	155.00	155.00
2	—	755	102.00	102.00
6	—	523	132.00–137.00	134.61
6	—	588	125.00–132.00	126.44
3	—	215	182.00–185.00	183.98
2	—	630	122.00–125.00	123.46
5	—	417	147.00–152.00	149.34
3	—	477	140.00–146.00	142.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	162.00	162.00
20	—	422	140.00–147.00	144.45
11	—	320	152.00–162.00	158.36
6	—	523	125.00–132.00	129.08
6	—	369	147.00–152.00	150.41
5	—	583	121.00–125.00	122.96
4	—	724	105.00–107.00	106.49
2	—	220	177.00	177.00
1	—	805	99.00	99.00
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
14	—	475	135.00–140.00	137.24
2	—	663	112.00	112.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,045	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,230	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,015	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	829	750.00–825.00	778.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	892	450.00–595.00	496.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	857	625.00–750.00	652.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,085	585.00–675.00	621.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,145	675.00–725.00	704.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,133	925.00–1,050.00	987.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,090	625.00–665.00	638.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,132	775.00–900.00	834.05
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	883	350.00–475.00	414.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	790	290.00–350.00	323.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,671	79.00–82.00	80.11
2	—	1,778	71.00–75.00	73.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,453	54.00–56.00	54.63
1	—	1,420	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,184	50.00–54.00	52.79
9	—	1,281	55.00–59.00	56.47
3	—	1,262	45.00–47.00	45.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	993	40.00–43.00	41.93
7	—	1,074	45.00–48.00	45.76

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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How this sale compares

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