Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady with a high yielding bull up to 102. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. 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 $142.45/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −59.89 against this barn's trailing median of $202.33.

Average price

$142.45

136 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$9.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.91

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	460	146.80	675	51
Medium and Large 3	415	146.53	607	24
Medium and Large 1	552	137.20	757	61

One grade step is worth $9.60/cwt here — about −$82 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

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 sale136 hd

142.45

—

AL average16 barns · 1,258 hd

132.54

+9.91

This barn, trailing median15 sales

202.33

−59.89

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	—	Average	1,738	89.86	1,562	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,314	71.61	941	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,086	64.63	702	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	920	51.75	476	7thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	132.68/cwt	130.00–136.00	625	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	143.32/cwt	140.00–147.00	689	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	134.40/cwt	130.00–137.00	703	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	162.72/cwt	160.00–165.00	596	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	153.12/cwt	150.00–157.00	655	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	125.47/cwt	124.00–127.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	149.49/cwt	148.00–154.00	704	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	131.23/cwt	130.00–132.00	735	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	609	126.75/cwt	122.00–128.00	772	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	118.97/cwt	115.00–122.00	799	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	142.93/cwt	136.00–147.00	743	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	161.61/cwt	160.00–162.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	123.03/cwt	121.00–125.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	119.99/cwt	117.00–122.00	727	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	116.66/cwt	115.00–118.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	125.10/cwt	123.00–128.00	724	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	135.11/cwt	131.00–137.00	711	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	134.75/cwt	130.00–136.00	825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	161.19/cwt	160.00–162.00	740	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	361	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	138.00/cwt	137.00–139.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	717	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	71.40/cwt	70.00–75.00	885	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	66.01/cwt	64.00–69.00	713	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	74.15/cwt	72.00–77.00	959	15
Bulls	—	—	1,738	88.32/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,535	8
Bulls	—	—	1,383	81.57/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,128	2
Bulls	—	—	1,881	95.65/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,799	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	334	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	535	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	51.56/cwt	50.00–53.00	486	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	69.31/cwt	67.00–71.00	930	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,333	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	853	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,042	60.87/cwt	58.00–63.00	634	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	830	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,433	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,254	908.03/cwt	825.00–950.00	11,387	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,202	1,040.53/cwt	1,000.00–1,075.00	12,507	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	988.53/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	11,961	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,158	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,738	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,075	1,074.42/cwt	1,050.00–1,100.00	11,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	130.40/cwt	127.00–132.00	553	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	134.72/cwt	132.00–137.00	501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	113.46/cwt	112.00–115.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	138.51/cwt	137.00–140.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	125.18/cwt	120.00–127.00	585	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	132.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	142.67/cwt	141.00–145.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	107.43/cwt	105.00–110.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	125.98/cwt	125.00–127.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	324	164.56/cwt	162.00–167.00	533	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	143.99/cwt	140.00–147.00	600	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	133.66/cwt	132.00–134.00	652	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	295	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	136.40/cwt	135.00–139.00	574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	142.01/cwt	140.00–145.00	514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	114.00/cwt	112.00–115.00	728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	126.80/cwt	122.00–129.00	654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	118.82/cwt	117.00–121.00	681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	145.20/cwt	142.00–147.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	109.00/cwt	105.00–112.00	717	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 Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 575Last week 825Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 108Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 98Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	125.00	125.00
3	—	567	132.00	132.00
1	—	360	170.00	170.00
2	—	475	152.00	152.00
2	—	410	162.00	162.00
1	—	685	115.00	115.00
4	—	531	142.00–147.00	145.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	121.00–125.00	123.03
2	—	710	115.00–117.00	115.99
5	—	612	130.00–136.00	134.75
5	—	459	160.00–162.00	161.19
1	—	550	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	130.00–135.00	132.33
6	—	474	141.00–145.00	142.67
2	—	423	155.00	155.00
1	—	370	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	471	130.00–136.00	132.68
2	—	713	100.00–102.00	101.00
7	—	421	135.00–139.00	136.40
6	—	362	140.00–145.00	142.01
5	—	639	112.00–115.00	114.00
5	—	516	122.00–129.00	126.80
1	—	260	150.00	150.00
2	—	333	145.00–147.00	146.01
6	—	573	117.00–121.00	118.82
3	—	658	105.00–112.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	117.00–122.00	119.99
3	—	660	115.00–118.00	116.66
1	—	705	115.00	115.00
18	—	579	123.00–128.00	125.10
11	—	526	131.00–137.00	135.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	137.00–139.00	138.00
1	—	505	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	424	127.00–132.00	130.40
3	—	372	132.00–137.00	134.72
2	—	523	112.00–115.00	113.46
2	—	328	137.00–140.00	138.51
1	—	605	102.00	102.00
17	—	467	120.00–127.00	125.18
2	—	575	105.00–110.00	107.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	481	140.00–147.00	143.32
10	—	523	130.00–137.00	134.40
7	—	366	160.00–165.00	162.72
17	—	428	150.00–157.00	153.12
2	—	585	124.00–127.00	125.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	471	148.00–154.00	149.49
9	—	560	130.00–132.00	131.23
8	—	609	122.00–128.00	126.75
12	—	672	115.00–122.00	118.97
10	—	520	136.00–147.00	142.93
5	—	416	160.00–162.00	161.61
4	—	361	170.00	170.00
2	—	738	114.00–115.00	114.49
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	125.00–127.00	125.98
7	—	324	162.00–167.00	164.56
6	—	417	140.00–147.00	143.99
6	—	488	132.00–134.00	133.66
2	—	295	170.00	170.00
1	—	625	107.00	107.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,240	70.00–75.00	71.40
13	—	1,080	64.00–69.00	66.01
12	—	1,042	58.00–63.00	60.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,293	72.00–77.00	74.15
10	—	1,342	67.00–71.00	69.31
2	—	1,333	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	46.00	46.00
2	—	973	55.00	55.00
4	—	943	50.00–53.00	51.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,738	86.00–91.00	88.32
2	—	1,383	80.00–83.00	81.57
5	—	1,881	94.00–97.00	95.65

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,254	825.00–950.00	908.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,202	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,040.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	975.00–1,000.00	988.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,158	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,075	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,074.42

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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