Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.06/cwt on 124 head.

Average price

$132.06

124 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$3.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.03

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	133.11	866	63
Medium and Large 2	549	132.08	725	34
Medium and Large 3	517	129.58	670	27

One grade step is worth $3.53/cwt here — about $196 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 sale124 hd

132.06

—

AL average13 barns · 1,833 hd

131.03

+1.03

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	1,861	94.72	1,763	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,331	74.40	991	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,183	66.05	781	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	51.80	528	11

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	727	133.41/cwt	128.00–135.00	970	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	137.99/cwt	135.00–143.00	793	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	125.33/cwt	122.00–127.50	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	136.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	585	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	312	162.47/cwt	160.00–167.00	507	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	164.01/cwt	163.00–165.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	155.21/cwt	152.00–157.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	134.01/cwt	132.00–135.00	780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	717	122.77/cwt	120.00–127.00	880	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	512	133.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	137.71/cwt	135.00–141.00	709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	388	153.48/cwt	150.00–157.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	128.70/cwt	125.00–133.00	862	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	800	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	147.84/cwt	145.00–152.00	701	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	166.35/cwt	165.00–167.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	138.93/cwt	135.00–142.00	667	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	280	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	156.50/cwt	156.00–157.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	569	127.50/cwt	127.00–130.00	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	148.21/cwt	147.00–150.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,180	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	10,443	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	94.97/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,724	3
Bulls	—	—	2,063	99.90/cwt	97.00–104.00	2,061	4
Bulls	—	—	1,528	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,284	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	61.35/cwt	60.00–63.00	723	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	74.94/cwt	73.00–77.00	991	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	52.44/cwt	50.00–55.00	551	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	57.50/cwt	57.00–58.00	607	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	48.14/cwt	46.00–49.00	464	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	65.76/cwt	64.00–69.00	788	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	71.43/cwt	70.00–74.00	822	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	81.31/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,126	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,334	69.82/cwt	67.00–72.00	931	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	510	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	134.51/cwt	131.00–137.00	827	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	813	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	943	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	151.38/cwt	147.00–155.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	135.30/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,051	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	150.00/cwt	148.00–152.00	924	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	162.51/cwt	160.00–165.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	133.49/cwt	132.00–135.00	901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	132.34/cwt	130.00–135.00	824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	154.65/cwt	153.00–157.00	830	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	156.65/cwt	154.00–160.00	888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	137.99/cwt	137.00–142.00	842	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	719	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,021	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	142.17/cwt	142.00–145.00	972	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	124.33/cwt	122.00–127.00	777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	124.12/cwt	123.00–126.00	858	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	131.06/cwt	128.00–136.00	805	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	143.40/cwt	142.00–145.00	757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	682	111.33/cwt	110.00–112.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	804	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,065	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	131.31/cwt	128.00–134.00	752	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	130.99/cwt	128.00–133.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	489	132.20/cwt	130.00–135.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	137.60/cwt	136.00–140.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	134.59/cwt	134.00–137.00	719	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	145.62/cwt	144.00–148.00	607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	650	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	865	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 Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 800Last week 873Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 116Last week 115Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 58Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	727	128.00–135.00	133.41
1	—	650	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	575	135.00–143.00	137.99
8	—	691	123.00–126.00	124.12
17	—	614	128.00–136.00	131.06
5	—	528	142.00–145.00	143.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	122.00–127.50	125.33
7	—	429	135.00–140.00	136.42
3	—	682	110.00–112.00	111.33
5	—	530	128.00–133.00	130.99
5	—	489	130.00–135.00	132.20
1	—	630	120.00	120.00
1	—	365	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	122.00–127.00	124.33
1	—	395	150.00	150.00
1	—	705	112.00	112.00
6	—	573	128.00–134.00	131.31
1	—	670	117.00	117.00
1	—	750	107.00	107.00
5	—	472	136.00–140.00	137.60
10	—	534	134.00–137.00	134.59
3	—	417	144.00–148.00	145.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	117.00	117.00
1	—	760	112.00	112.00
5	—	440	152.00–157.00	155.21
3	—	582	132.00–135.00	134.01
6	—	515	135.00–141.00	137.71
1	—	330	170.00	170.00
5	—	620	129.00	129.00
6	—	474	145.00–152.00	147.84
3	—	372	165.00–167.00	166.35
2	—	665	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	312	160.00–167.00	162.47
6	—	512	130.00–135.00	133.65
2	—	388	150.00–157.00	153.48
3	—	480	135.00–142.00	138.93
1	—	280	167.00	167.00
6	—	569	127.00–130.00	127.50
5	—	440	147.00–150.00	148.21
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	163.00–165.00	164.01
5	—	717	120.00–127.00	122.77
4	—	670	125.00–133.00	128.70
2	—	565	137.00–140.00	138.47
1	—	360	175.00	175.00
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
2	—	468	156.00–157.00	156.50
6	—	615	131.00–137.00	134.51
2	—	813	115.00–117.00	116.00
3	—	515	147.00–155.00	151.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	158.00	158.00
1	—	650	134.00	134.00
2	—	563	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	777	133.00–137.00	135.30
7	—	616	148.00–152.00	150.00
6	—	567	154.00–160.00	156.65
17	—	684	142.00–145.00	142.17
1	—	520	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	147.00	147.00
2	—	675	132.00–135.00	133.49
9	—	537	153.00–157.00	154.65
8	—	610	137.00–142.00	137.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	160.00–165.00	162.51
3	—	623	130.00–135.00	132.34
1	—	515	145.00	145.00
1	—	570	140.00	140.00
1	—	465	150.00	150.00
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	719	142.00	142.00
30	—	804	132.50	132.50

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	885.00	885.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,815	93.00–96.00	94.97
4	—	2,063	97.00–104.00	99.90
2	—	1,528	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,178	60.00–63.00	61.35
23	—	1,199	64.00–69.00	65.76
10	—	1,151	70.00–74.00	71.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,322	73.00–77.00	74.94
4	—	1,385	79.00–84.00	81.31
9	—	1,334	67.00–72.00	69.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,050	50.00–55.00	52.44
2	—	1,055	57.00–58.00	57.50
4	—	964	46.00–49.00	48.14

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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Florence Stockyards

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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

Replacement Cattle

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