Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder bulls and steers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $137.12/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −65.99 against this barn's trailing median of $203.11.

Average price

$137.12

92 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$13.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.27

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	141.31	725	36
Medium and Large 2	485	138.08	670	36
Medium and Large 3	499	127.85	638	20

One grade step is worth $13.45/cwt here — about $88 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 sale92 hd

137.12

—

AL average16 barns · 1,446 hd

127.85

+9.27

This barn, trailing median14 sales

203.11

−65.99

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	1,506	77.92	1,173	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,327	56.99	756	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,080	54.02	584	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	960	47.37	455	13

Every lot, as filed

68 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 2	—	515	138.50/cwt	135.00–142.00	713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	122.97/cwt	120.00–125.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	126.33/cwt	125.00–130.00	587	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	688	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	118.00/cwt	117.00–120.00	622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	155.67/cwt	155.00–157.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	169.31/cwt	167.00–175.00	547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	154.05/cwt	150.00–157.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	148.81/cwt	147.00–150.00	702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	122.66/cwt	119.00–125.00	710	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	130.74/cwt	128.00–135.00	671	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	145.84/cwt	145.00–147.00	626	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	129.72/cwt	127.00–135.00	686	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	139.67/cwt	139.00–140.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	923	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	175.65/cwt	175.00–177.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	762	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	168.10/cwt	167.00–170.00	632	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.34/cwt	150.00–151.00	782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	906	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	150.66/cwt	150.00–152.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	126.88/cwt	126.00–127.00	863	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	142.29/cwt	140.00–145.00	733	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	783	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	384	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	49.63/cwt	49.00–51.00	480	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,217	53.24/cwt	52.00–54.00	648	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	51.86/cwt	51.00–53.00	541	14
Bulls	—	—	1,827	85.70/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,566	3
Bulls	—	—	1,176	73.52/cwt	72.00–75.00	865	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,061	54.83/cwt	54.00–57.00	582	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	58.62/cwt	58.00–59.00	715	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	121.77/cwt	120.00–125.00	750	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	129.61/cwt	127.00–135.00	721	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	46.00/cwt	44.00–48.00	441	6
Bulls	—	—	1,550	77.20/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,197	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,275	1,031.37/cwt	1,000.00–1,050.00	13,150	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	1,157.17/cwt	1,050.00–1,275.00	15,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	110.69/cwt	110.00–112.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	593	109.98/cwt	105.00–115.00	652	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	60.02/cwt	59.00–62.00	795	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	56.89/cwt	56.00–58.00	777	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	268	173.46/cwt	172.00–175.00	465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	144.75/cwt	140.00–147.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	156.33/cwt	155.00–157.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	138.54/cwt	137.00–140.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.37/cwt	145.00–150.00	705	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,348	1,326.76/cwt	1,150.00–1,425.00	17,885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	128.78/cwt	127.00–130.00	482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	133.20/cwt	132.00–135.00	437	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	119.63/cwt	117.00–122.00	628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	137.78/cwt	135.00–142.00	592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	163.52/cwt	162.00–165.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	121.86/cwt	120.00–125.00	511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	128.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	616	114.78/cwt	110.00–117.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	112.40/cwt	112.00–114.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	118.69/cwt	117.00–120.00	554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	382	144.67/cwt	142.00–147.00	553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	170.72/cwt	167.00–172.00	623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	130.67/cwt	127.00–135.00	755	3

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 Jan 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 499Last week 1,289Year ago 796

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 153Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 75Year ago 70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	135.00–142.00	138.50
3	—	412	150.00–157.00	154.05
5	—	472	147.00–150.00	148.81
4	—	365	167.00–172.00	170.72
3	—	578	127.00–135.00	130.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	187.00	187.00
5	—	744	124.00	124.00
1	—	565	148.00	148.00
3	—	357	175.00–177.00	175.65
3	—	520	150.00–151.00	150.34
2	—	788	115.00	115.00
8	—	680	126.00–127.00	126.88
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	172.00–175.00	173.46
4	—	441	140.00–147.00	144.75
3	—	372	155.00–157.00	156.33
4	—	465	137.00–140.00	138.54
3	—	528	125.00–130.00	128.30
2	—	563	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	120.00–125.00	122.97
2	—	665	110.00–112.00	110.99
3	—	363	155.00–157.00	155.67
5	—	323	167.00–175.00	169.31
7	—	429	145.00–147.00	145.84
9	—	529	127.00–135.00	129.72
3	—	483	139.00–140.00	139.67
4	—	616	110.00–117.00	114.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	688	101.00	101.00
2	—	593	105.00–115.00	109.98
3	—	525	117.00–122.00	119.63
4	—	430	135.00–142.00	137.78
2	—	320	162.00–165.00	163.52
2	—	478	130.00–132.00	131.01
3	—	382	142.00–147.00	144.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	167.00–170.00	168.10
3	—	417	150.00–152.00	150.66
7	—	515	140.00–145.00	142.29
6	—	658	119.00	119.00
4	—	616	120.00–125.00	121.77
5	—	556	127.00–135.00	129.61
3	—	475	145.00–150.00	148.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	465	125.00–130.00	126.33
3	—	527	117.00–120.00	118.00
1	—	585	115.00	115.00
5	—	614	112.00–114.00	112.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	579	119.00–125.00	122.66
10	—	513	128.00–135.00	130.74
7	—	663	115.00	115.00
2	—	885	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	110.00–112.00	110.69
5	—	374	127.00–130.00	128.78
5	—	328	132.00–135.00	133.20
5	—	419	120.00–125.00	121.86
3	—	467	117.00–120.00	118.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	42.00	42.00
6	—	968	49.00–51.00	49.63
6	—	959	44.00–48.00	46.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	52.00–54.00	53.24
4	—	1,325	59.00–62.00	60.02
9	—	1,365	56.00–58.00	56.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,043	51.00–53.00	51.86
9	—	1,061	54.00–57.00	54.83
5	—	1,220	58.00–59.00	58.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,827	84.00–87.00	85.70
4	—	1,176	72.00–75.00	73.52
8	—	1,550	76.00–79.00	77.20

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,275	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,031.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,318	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,157.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,348	1,150.00–1,425.00	1,326.76

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Tennessee Valley Livestock - Florence, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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