Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2021-02-08

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Feb 8
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
518 head
504 vs last sale 1,022 160 vs year ago 678 · 23.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
0 vs last sale 74 29 vs year ago 45 · +64.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
17 vs last sale 67 1 vs year ago 49 · +2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.37/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 64.96 against this barn's trailing median of $202.33.
Average price
$137.37
119 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$147
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$8.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.15
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3437143.7162716thin
Medium and Large 2524136.9771866
Medium and Large 1572135.3577437
One grade step is worth $8.36/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale119 hd
137.37
AL average16 barns · 1,126 hd
135.23
+2.15
This barn, trailing median15 sales
202.33
−64.96
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
BullsLow1,45581.751,1897thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,35866.2790018
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12662.6170522
CowsLean 85-90%Low93048.234489thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 2567127.80/cwt127.00–128.007255
HeifersMedium and Large 2682110.66/cwt110.00–112.007553
SteersMedium and Large 2545142.00/cwt142.00–142.007741
SteersMedium and Large 2663122.00/cwt122.00–122.008093
BullsMedium and Large 2338172.00/cwt172.00–172.005812
BullsMedium and Large 2278182.34/cwt180.00–185.005072
BullsMedium and Large 2750106.00/cwt106.00–106.007951
BullsMedium and Large 2646116.92/cwt116.00–122.0075519
BullsMedium and Large 2529136.55/cwt132.00–139.0072217
BullsMedium and Large 2475143.19/cwt140.00–145.0068012
HeifersMedium and Large 1561133.79/cwt130.00–135.0075118
HeifersMedium and Large 1524139.57/cwt135.00–145.0073110
HeifersMedium and Large 1617122.58/cwt121.00–125.007567
BullsMedium and Large 1519142.30/cwt140.00–145.007398
BullsMedium and Large 1568134.99/cwt131.00–137.007676
BullsMedium and Large 1803100.00/cwt100.00–100.008035
SteersMedium and Large 1550142.00/cwt142.00–142.007811
SteersMedium and Large 1462155.21/cwt152.00–162.0071718
SteersMedium and Large 1404165.00/cwt165.00–165.0066716
SteersMedium and Large 1633139.25/cwt139.00–141.008818
SteersMedium and Large 1667128.40/cwt128.00–130.008565
SteersMedium and Large 1518146.50/cwt145.00–150.007594
SteersMedium and Large 1815117.00/cwt117.00–117.009541
SteersMedium and Large 1725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009061
BullsMedium and Large 1652122.50/cwt122.50–122.507995
BullsMedium and Large 1368173.04/cwt170.00–177.006374
BullsMedium and Large 1620126.33/cwt125.00–127.007833
BullsMedium and Large 1468147.98/cwt147.00–150.006933
BullsMedium and Large 1403160.00/cwt160.00–160.006452
BullsMedium and Large 1790112.00/cwt112.00–112.008851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15056.80/cwt54.00–59.006536
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19468.47/cwt66.00–71.008186
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07162.59/cwt60.00–65.0067010
Bulls1,53375.82/cwt74.00–78.001,1623
Bulls1,69889.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5112
Bulls1,09583.39/cwt82.00–85.009132
CowsLean 85-90%85343.01/cwt42.00–44.003672
CowsLean 85-90%98550.82/cwt50.00–52.005015
CowsLean 85-90%86846.98/cwt46.00–48.004082
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40557.86/cwt56.00–60.008132
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33369.38/cwt67.00–72.009258
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37165.26/cwt64.00–66.008958
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,078748.30/cwt725.00–775.008,0673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,150864.57/cwt850.00–875.009,9432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,415850.00/cwt850.00–850.0012,0281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3551,022.19/cwt925.00–1,100.0013,8512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,2501,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.0012,7502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0015,0002
HeifersMedium and Large 3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 3505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 3395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005451
HeifersMedium and Large 3468129.09/cwt127.00–131.0060410
HeifersMedium and Large 3425131.57/cwt130.00–134.005597
HeifersMedium and Large 3326140.50/cwt137.00–145.004585
HeifersMedium and Large 3670105.67/cwt105.00–106.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 3582116.28/cwt111.00–120.006773
BullsMedium and Large 3485136.98/cwt135.00–139.006642
BullsMedium and Large 3330165.00/cwt165.00–165.005451
BullsMedium and Large 3285172.00/cwt172.00–172.004901
BullsMedium and Large 3428143.54/cwt140.00–148.006146
BullsMedium and Large 3567119.07/cwt115.00–122.006753
BullsMedium and Large 3377156.67/cwt155.00–158.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 2613119.02/cwt118.00–120.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 2430139.48/cwt138.00–141.006002
HeifersMedium and Large 2363142.52/cwt140.00–145.005172
BullsMedium and Large 2414153.38/cwt150.00–157.006355
BullsMedium and Large 2372163.03/cwt160.00–168.006065
BullsMedium and Large 2570127.35/cwt125.00–130.007263
SteersMedium and Large 2571136.00/cwt136.00–136.007773
SteersMedium and Large 2492147.00/cwt147.00–147.007232
HeifersMedium and Large 2529131.24/cwt130.00–132.006948
HeifersMedium and Large 2477132.75/cwt132.00–135.006336

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.