Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2021-05-10

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, May 10
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
408 head
168 vs last sale 576 408 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
20 vs last sale 96 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
196 head
56 vs last sale 140 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady with very good demand on pairs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.79/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$125.79
115 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$114
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$6.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.36
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3422128.6654352
Medium and Large 1587124.3572939
Medium and Large 2539121.9165724
One grade step is worth $6.74/cwt here — about −$114 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 sale115 hd
125.79
AL average14 barns · 1,227 hd
119.43
+6.36
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
BullsHigh1,49485.241,2735thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30569.7191040
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07164.1668741
CowsLean 85-90%High92050.264629thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 2510125.99/cwt124.00–127.006434
HeifersMedium and Large 1573125.41/cwt122.00–130.0071912
HeifersMedium and Large 1628120.24/cwt117.00–122.007558
HeifersMedium and Large 2715102.00/cwt102.00–102.007291
SteersMedium and Large 2410163.98/cwt162.00–166.006722
SteersMedium and Large 2765102.00/cwt102.00–102.007801
SteersMedium and Large 2720112.00/cwt112.00–112.008061
SteersMedium and Large 1728119.02/cwt117.00–121.008662
SteersMedium and Large 1620135.87/cwt132.00–140.008422
BullsMedium and Large 2785102.00/cwt102.00–102.008011
BullsMedium and Large 2540129.49/cwt127.00–135.0069920
BullsMedium and Large 2566122.58/cwt122.00–124.006947
BullsMedium and Large 2425150.00/cwt147.00–153.006388
SteersMedium and Large 1555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007771
SteersMedium and Large 1500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007601
BullsMedium and Large 1575130.39/cwt126.00–137.007506
BullsMedium and Large 1417159.77/cwt157.00–162.006666
BullsMedium and Large 1461152.63/cwt150.00–155.007045
HeifersMedium and Large 1740108.51/cwt107.00–110.008032
BullsMedium and Large 1675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1750117.00/cwt117.00–117.008781
SteersMedium and Large 1650132.00/cwt132.00–132.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1795103.00/cwt103.00–103.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
BullsMedium and Large 1508139.46/cwt137.00–142.007082
BullsMedium and Large 1750112.00/cwt112.00–112.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1526130.19/cwt129.00–132.0068514
BullsMedium and Large 1608123.52/cwt122.00–125.007512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,3501,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.0013,7701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,2891,108.32/cwt1,050.00–1,200.0014,2865
CowsLean 85-90%90554.63/cwt54.00–55.004943
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55564.00/cwt64.00–64.009951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11668.60/cwt68.00–70.007668
Bulls2,08091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8931
Bulls1,61589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4371
Bulls1,25882.06/cwt80.00–84.001,0323
CowsLean 85-90%92550.11/cwt48.00–52.004644
CowsLean 85-90%93344.00/cwt44.00–44.004112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2041,286.65/cwt1,275.00–1,300.0015,4917
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1981,310.02/cwt1,275.00–1,350.0015,6947
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33767.95/cwt65.00–70.0090822
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25072.32/cwt71.00–75.0090417
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,0171,424.18/cwt1,375.00–1,475.0014,4846
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,563.37/cwt1,525.00–1,575.0016,8068
HeifersMedium and Large 3305142.00/cwt142.00–142.004331
HeifersMedium and Large 3432128.87/cwt125.00–132.0055732
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09164.56/cwt62.00–67.0070424
CowsBoner 80-85%97959.16/cwt56.00–61.005799
HeifersMedium and Large 3468123.03/cwt120.00–125.005764
SteersMedium and Large 3422152.22/cwt147.00–155.006423
BullsMedium and Large 3422140.42/cwt137.00–145.005935
BullsMedium and Large 3563118.64/cwt112.00–125.006682
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,1421,253.28/cwt1,100.00–1,375.0014,31246
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1931,454.90/cwt1,400.00–1,525.0017,35740
SteersMedium and Large 3580122.00/cwt122.00–122.007081
HeifersMedium and Large 3510115.66/cwt115.00–117.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 2427136.02/cwt135.00–138.005813
BullsMedium and Large 2472141.00/cwt138.00–145.006667
SteersMedium and Large 3515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 3367132.10/cwt131.00–137.0048512
BullsMedium and Large 3381148.35/cwt147.00–152.005655
BullsMedium and Large 3546125.00/cwt125.00–125.006834
SteersMedium and Large 2617123.34/cwt122.00–125.007613
SteersMedium and Large 2472153.06/cwt150.00–155.007223
BullsMedium and Large 3484129.36/cwt128.00–132.0062615
HeifersMedium and Large 2564118.00/cwt115.00–120.006668
BullsMedium and Large 2685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 2673104.66/cwt102.00–107.007043
BullsMedium and Large 2708104.51/cwt102.00–107.007402
BullsMedium and Large 2608115.00/cwt115.00–115.006992
BullsMedium and Large 2382158.70/cwt157.00–162.006063
SteersMedium and Large 2580132.00/cwt132.00–132.007661
HeifersMedium and Large 2473130.79/cwt130.00–132.006195

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.