Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.01/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$122.01

93 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$2.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.28

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	467	123.06	574	47
Medium and Large 1	600	121.04	726	20
Medium and Large 2	539	120.85	651	26

One grade step is worth $2.21/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale93 hd

122.01

—

AL average16 barns · 1,834 hd

121.73

+0.28

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	1,655	86.81	1,436	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	71.01	1,012	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,098	63.70	700	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	926	49.61	460	24

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	712	111.56/cwt	110.00–112.00	794	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	123.62/cwt	119.00–127.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.02/cwt	112.00–117.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	117.36/cwt	115.00–120.00	671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	129.41/cwt	127.00–133.00	613	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	123.00/cwt	120.00–125.00	704	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	140.42/cwt	137.00–142.00	654	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	149.67/cwt	147.00–152.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	128.96/cwt	127.00–130.00	673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	103.50/cwt	102.00–105.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	120.98/cwt	117.00–124.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	128.70/cwt	127.00–130.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	136.83/cwt	135.00–144.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	135.27/cwt	132.00–139.00	836	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	115.25/cwt	115.00–117.00	889	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	124.43/cwt	122.00–127.00	720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	125.83/cwt	125.00–128.00	862	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	127.99/cwt	126.00–130.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	710	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	771	104.74/cwt	101.00–107.00	808	4
Bulls	—	—	1,825	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,679	1
Bulls	—	—	1,744	90.14/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,572	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	69.68/cwt	67.00–72.00	1,047	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	987	58.83/cwt	58.00–60.00	581	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	55.20/cwt	54.00–57.00	531	7
Bulls	—	—	1,552	83.17/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,291	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	68.26/cwt	67.00–70.00	803	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	906	44.49/cwt	42.00–45.00	403	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,310	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	16,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,071	1,088.46/cwt	1,035.00–1,150.00	11,657	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	49.80/cwt	47.00–52.00	457	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	63.43/cwt	61.00–66.00	705	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	892	665.05/cwt	650.00–700.00	5,932	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,134	818.83/cwt	800.00–850.00	9,286	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	153.28/cwt	150.00–155.00	633	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	64.63/cwt	64.00–66.00	1,013	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	76.17/cwt	74.00–78.00	960	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	134.08/cwt	132.00–138.00	503	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	117.43/cwt	114.00–120.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	133.75/cwt	131.00–137.00	633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	369	148.34/cwt	147.00–152.00	547	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,269.82/cwt	1,200.00–1,325.00	13,016	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,414.84/cwt	1,400.00–1,425.00	16,978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	564	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	434	144.03/cwt	142.00–145.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	107.46/cwt	105.00–110.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	160.85/cwt	157.00–165.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	122.27/cwt	121.00–125.00	580	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	127.96/cwt	125.00–132.00	544	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	534	123.00/cwt	120.00–125.00	657	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	688	103.48/cwt	102.00–105.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	123.03/cwt	121.00–125.00	637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	137.34/cwt	135.00–139.00	559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	112.72/cwt	110.00–115.00	691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	103.01/cwt	102.00–105.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	1

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 May 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 511Last week 812Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 111Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 152Last week 87Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	712	110.00–112.00	111.56
3	—	608	119.00–127.00	123.62
2	—	668	117.00–120.00	118.51
5	—	526	135.00–144.00	136.83
2	—	563	126.00–130.00	127.99
4	—	771	101.00–107.00	104.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	112.00–117.00	115.02
7	—	572	120.00–125.00	123.00
2	—	688	109.00–110.00	109.51
7	—	466	137.00–142.00	140.42
3	—	428	147.00–152.00	149.67
1	—	700	102.00	102.00
3	—	522	127.00–130.00	128.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	131.00–137.00	133.75
8	—	369	147.00–152.00	148.34
4	—	434	142.00–145.00	144.03
2	—	610	105.00–110.00	107.46
2	—	333	157.00–165.00	160.85
4	—	534	120.00–125.00	123.00
2	—	688	102.00–105.00	103.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	115.00–120.00	117.36
1	—	710	97.00	97.00
7	—	474	127.00–133.00	129.41
5	—	518	121.00–125.00	123.03
3	—	407	135.00–139.00	137.34
4	—	613	110.00–115.00	112.72
3	—	665	102.00–105.00	103.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	102.00–105.00	103.50
2	—	670	112.00	112.00
4	—	611	117.00–124.00	120.98
3	—	527	127.00–130.00	128.70
9	—	579	122.00–127.00	124.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	375	132.00–138.00	134.08
7	—	532	114.00–120.00	117.43
4	—	564	109.00–110.00	109.49
2	—	605	102.00	102.00
14	—	474	121.00–125.00	122.27
12	—	425	125.00–132.00	127.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	618	132.00–139.00	135.27
8	—	771	115.00–117.00	115.25
1	—	550	142.00	142.00
6	—	685	125.00–128.00	125.83
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	362	157.00	157.00
3	—	413	150.00–155.00	153.28
1	—	555	122.00	122.00
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	92.00	92.00
5	—	1,744	87.00–91.00	90.14
6	—	1,552	81.00–85.00	83.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,503	67.00–72.00	69.68
3	—	1,568	64.00–66.00	64.63
5	—	1,260	74.00–78.00	76.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	987	58.00–60.00	58.83
7	—	1,176	67.00–70.00	68.26
10	—	1,111	61.00–66.00	63.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	962	54.00–57.00	55.20
8	—	906	42.00–45.00	44.49
9	—	917	47.00–52.00	49.80

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,310	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	892	650.00–700.00	665.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,134	800.00–850.00	818.83
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,071	1,035.00–1,150.00	1,088.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,025	1,200.00–1,325.00	1,269.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,200	1,400.00–1,425.00	1,414.84

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 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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