Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2020-11-09

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Nov 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,016 head
300 vs last sale 716 258 vs year ago 1,274 · 20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
15 vs last sale 98 17 vs year ago 130 · 13.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
45 vs last sale 26 46 vs year ago 117 · 39.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.22/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 67.11 against this barn's trailing median of $202.33.
Average price
$135.22
108 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.85
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513139.0671336
Medium and Large 2499133.7666863
Medium and Large 3452130.115889thin
One grade step is worth $8.95/cwt here — about $125 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

15 sales
226207187167median 202.3301/0502/1604/1306/0107/27
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $212.33, low $181.39, median $202.33 across 15 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 sale108 hd
135.22
AL average11 barns · 830 hd
128.37
+6.85
This barn, trailing median15 sales
202.33
−67.11
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
BullsLow1,68878.521,3268thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26652.4266445
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53950.497777thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06548.935212thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
BullsMedium and Large 2526125.52/cwt124.00–130.0066014
BullsMedium and Large 2421147.62/cwt142.00–150.0062115
BullsMedium and Large 2635116.42/cwt116.00–118.0073914
HeifersMedium and Large 2564114.84/cwt112.00–118.006485
HeifersMedium and Large 1488126.90/cwt126.00–127.006199
BullsMedium and Large 1465140.65/cwt140.00–142.006543
SteersMedium and Large 1608133.51/cwt132.00–135.008122
BullsMedium and Large 2560121.48/cwt120.00–122.006804
SteersMedium and Large 2440155.00/cwt155.00–155.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 1620117.97/cwt117.00–121.007316
SteersMedium and Large 1725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009061
HeifersMedium and Large 1421130.48/cwt130.00–132.005494
BullsMedium and Large 1424153.63/cwt152.00–160.0065113
BullsMedium and Large 2464134.64/cwt130.00–137.006256
BullsMedium and Large 2331161.35/cwt160.00–163.005345
HeifersMedium and Large 1582121.63/cwt120.00–125.007089
BullsMedium and Large 1721111.00/cwt111.00–111.008008
HeifersMedium and Large 1728106.49/cwt106.00–107.007752
HeifersMedium and Large 1673112.35/cwt110.00–113.007566
BullsMedium and Large 1280175.00/cwt175.00–175.004901
BullsMedium and Large 1560125.67/cwt125.00–127.007043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,047910.00/cwt850.00–950.009,5285
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1751,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,5131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1771,100.00/cwt1,050.00–1,175.0012,9473
BullsMedium and Large 2379153.78/cwt150.00–155.005834
HeifersMedium and Large 2411126.83/cwt125.00–128.005217
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24347.41/cwt46.00–48.005898
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40548.00/cwt48.00–48.006741
Bulls1,14570.00/cwt70.00–70.008021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21456.76/cwt56.00–59.006897
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28452.75/cwt50.00–55.0067730
CowsLean 85-90%1,06548.93/cwt48.00–50.005212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56150.90/cwt50.00–52.007956
Bulls1,76679.74/cwt77.00–82.001,4087
SteersMedium and Large 2463148.96/cwt147.00–150.006903
BullsMedium and Large 3575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
BullsMedium and Large 3420135.98/cwt135.00–137.005712
BullsMedium and Large 3358143.49/cwt142.00–145.005142
BullsMedium and Large 2695110.00/cwt110.00–110.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 3525112.00/cwt112.00–112.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2300135.00/cwt135.00–135.004053
SteersMedium and Large 2585134.50/cwt133.00–136.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 3433122.00/cwt122.00–122.005282
HeifersMedium and Large 3465118.98/cwt118.00–120.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 2466122.66/cwt120.00–125.0057210
HeifersMedium and Large 2379130.89/cwt130.00–135.0049610
BullsMedium and Large 1360161.46/cwt160.00–166.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 2517119.29/cwt115.00–123.0061714
BullsMedium and Large 3505122.00/cwt122.00–122.006162
BullsMedium and Large 3463126.02/cwt125.00–127.005832
BullsMedium and Large 1540132.00/cwt132.00–132.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007761
BullsMedium and Large 1625122.00/cwt122.00–122.007631

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.