Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2021-01-18

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Jan 18
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,289 head
▲ 742 vs last sale 547▲ 673 vs year ago 616 · +109.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 146▲ 80 vs year ago 73 · +109.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 34▲ 21 vs year ago 54 · +38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle and replacement cattle sold mostly steady with good demand on replacements. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.41/cwt on 180 head.
Average price
$124.41
180 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.60
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499126.83632103
Medium and Large 3409122.8550240
Medium and Large 2509119.3660837
One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $24 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 sale180 hd
124.41
—
AL average15 barns · 1,636 hd
122.81
+1.60
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—High1,50375.331,13311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,34854.9174036
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15954.3262941
CowsLean 85-90%Average96646.0044424

Every lot, as filed

90 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—635126.03/cwt122.00–130.008002
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475122.28/cwt120.00–125.005817
BullsMedium and Large 2—429143.60/cwt140.00–145.0061610
SteersMedium and Large 2—685117.00/cwt117.00–117.008011
SteersMedium and Large 2—479145.96/cwt142.00–149.0069910
BullsMedium and Large 2—476137.02/cwt135.00–140.006526
BullsMedium and Large 2—615113.67/cwt112.00–117.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574113.15/cwt112.00–115.006497
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523118.00/cwt117.00–120.006176
BullsMedium and Large 2—665111.00/cwt111.00–111.007382
BullsMedium and Large 2—518129.49/cwt127.00–132.0067110
BullsMedium and Large 1—628120.66/cwt118.00–122.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433134.95/cwt132.00–136.0058418
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310137.00/cwt137.00–137.004251
SteersMedium and Large 2—520131.98/cwt130.00–137.0068617
BullsMedium and Large 1—471145.00/cwt142.00–147.0068314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660110.28/cwt110.00–112.007287
SteersMedium and Large 1—585137.00/cwt137.00–137.008012
SteersMedium and Large 1—468152.52/cwt151.00–155.007144
BullsMedium and Large 2—585118.00/cwt117.00–120.006903
BullsMedium and Large 2—385147.03/cwt145.00–150.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 1—636112.53/cwt112.00–115.0071611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566119.34/cwt117.00–122.006759
SteersMedium and Large 1—514144.31/cwt140.00–150.007426
SteersMedium and Large 1—328177.20/cwt175.00–180.005815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369136.06/cwt135.00–137.0050217
BullsMedium and Large 1—511139.37/cwt135.00–142.0071214
SteersMedium and Large 1—425158.18/cwt157.00–162.006724
SteersMedium and Large 1—295182.00/cwt182.00–182.005371
SteersMedium and Large 1—710114.46/cwt112.00–117.008132
SteersMedium and Large 1—665124.50/cwt122.00–127.008282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—487130.12/cwt125.00–132.0063423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521124.72/cwt121.00–127.0065018
BullsMedium and Large 1—564126.70/cwt125.00–132.0071514
BullsMedium and Large 1—663117.10/cwt115.00–120.0077610
BullsMedium and Large 1—424151.46/cwt146.00–156.006427
BullsMedium and Large 1—313165.93/cwt162.00–167.005195
SteersMedium and Large 1—362169.99/cwt167.00–175.006159
SteersMedium and Large 1—613135.50/cwt135.00–136.008312
Bulls——1,65383.47/cwt82.00–86.001,3803
Bulls——1,56476.41/cwt73.00–79.001,1955
CowsLean 85-90%—96046.47/cwt45.00–48.0044610
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42352.21/cwt52.00–53.007439
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16955.34/cwt54.00–58.0064717
Bulls——1,25365.39/cwt64.00–66.008193
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13951.95/cwt50.00–53.0059219
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19859.82/cwt59.00–61.007175
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00642.96/cwt40.00–44.004328
CowsLean 85-90%—92249.29/cwt49.00–51.004546
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,24959.73/cwt59.00–60.007464
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33655.13/cwt54.00–58.0073723
BullsMedium and Large 1—771104.00/cwt104.00–104.008023
BullsMedium and Large 1—379161.66/cwt155.00–165.0061317
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,052791.92/cwt775.00–825.008,3317
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—950850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,165890.32/cwt840.00–985.0010,3729
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2081,193.94/cwt1,125.00–1,275.0014,4238
BullsMedium and Large 3—425137.05/cwt135.00–139.005823
BullsMedium and Large 3—365140.67/cwt138.00–142.005133
SteersMedium and Large 3—644117.00/cwt117.00–117.007535
SteersMedium and Large 3—350155.00/cwt155.00–155.005431
HeifersMedium and Large 3—427119.14/cwt117.50–122.005097
HeifersMedium and Large 3—531111.99/cwt111.00–113.005954
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625107.00/cwt107.00–107.006692
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480115.98/cwt115.00–117.005572
SteersMedium and Large 3—435146.26/cwt145.00–147.006364
SteersMedium and Large 3—530127.00/cwt127.00–127.006731
SteersMedium and Large 2—331168.12/cwt165.00–172.005566
SteersMedium and Large 2—559128.33/cwt127.00–132.007176
SteersMedium and Large 2—424152.83/cwt152.00–155.006487
BullsMedium and Large 3—491128.57/cwt125.00–133.006317
BullsMedium and Large 3—585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623110.00/cwt110.00–110.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670107.00/cwt107.00–107.007172
SteersMedium and Large 2—380163.02/cwt160.00–165.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715102.00/cwt102.00–102.007291
SteersMedium and Large 3—491130.57/cwt128.00–135.006417
HeifersMedium and Large 3—655102.00/cwt102.00–102.006681
BullsMedium and Large 2—333153.47/cwt150.00–157.005112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366130.98/cwt130.00–132.004794
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419127.22/cwt125.00–130.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323130.09/cwt127.00–132.004206
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373124.67/cwt120.00–127.004656
BullsMedium and Large 3—680104.01/cwt103.00–105.007072
BullsMedium and Large 3—322143.04/cwt140.00–147.004613
BullsMedium and Large 3—633106.75/cwt105.00–110.006764
BullsMedium and Large 3—526121.51/cwt117.00–125.006394
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278136.18/cwt135.00–137.003799
HeifersMedium and Large 3—567110.00/cwt110.00–110.006243

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.