Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2021-08-16

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Aug 16
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
800 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 873▲ 800 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 115▲ 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 58▲ 35 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 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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1651133.1186663
Medium and Large 2549132.0872534
Medium and Large 3517129.5867027
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,86194.721,7639thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33174.4099138
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18366.0578143
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02051.8052811

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—727133.41/cwt128.00–135.0097022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575137.99/cwt135.00–143.0079310
HeifersMedium and Large 3—566125.33/cwt122.00–127.507095
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429136.42/cwt135.00–140.005857
BullsMedium and Large 2—725117.00/cwt117.00–117.008481
BullsMedium and Large 3—312162.47/cwt160.00–167.005075
BullsMedium and Large 1—430164.01/cwt163.00–165.007052
BullsMedium and Large 2—760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
BullsMedium and Large 2—440155.21/cwt152.00–157.006835
BullsMedium and Large 2—582134.01/cwt132.00–135.007803
BullsMedium and Large 1—717122.77/cwt120.00–127.008805
BullsMedium and Large 3—512133.65/cwt130.00–135.006846
BullsMedium and Large 2—515137.71/cwt135.00–141.007096
BullsMedium and Large 2—330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005611
BullsMedium and Large 3—388153.48/cwt150.00–157.005962
BullsMedium and Large 1—670128.70/cwt125.00–133.008624
BullsMedium and Large 2—620129.00/cwt129.00–129.008005
BullsMedium and Large 2—474147.84/cwt145.00–152.007016
BullsMedium and Large 2—372166.35/cwt165.00–167.006193
BullsMedium and Large 3—480138.93/cwt135.00–142.006673
BullsMedium and Large 3—280167.00/cwt167.00–167.004681
BullsMedium and Large 1—565138.47/cwt137.00–140.007822
BullsMedium and Large 1—360175.00/cwt175.00–175.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1—775120.00/cwt120.00–120.009301
BullsMedium and Large 1—468156.50/cwt156.00–157.007322
BullsMedium and Large 3—569127.50/cwt127.00–130.007256
BullsMedium and Large 3—440148.21/cwt147.00–150.006525
BullsMedium and Large 3—605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,180885.00/cwt885.00–885.0010,4431
Bulls——1,81594.97/cwt93.00–96.001,7243
Bulls——2,06399.90/cwt97.00–104.002,0614
Bulls——1,52884.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2842
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17861.35/cwt60.00–63.0072310
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32274.94/cwt73.00–77.0099125
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05052.44/cwt50.00–55.005515
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05557.50/cwt57.00–58.006072
CowsLean 85-90%—96448.14/cwt46.00–49.004644
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19965.76/cwt64.00–69.0078823
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15171.43/cwt70.00–74.0082210
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38581.31/cwt79.00–84.001,1264
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33469.82/cwt67.00–72.009319
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—510158.00/cwt158.00–158.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—650134.00/cwt134.00–134.008711
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—563147.00/cwt147.00–147.008282
BullsMedium and Large 1—615134.51/cwt131.00–137.008276
BullsMedium and Large 1—813116.00/cwt115.00–117.009432
BullsMedium and Large 1—515151.38/cwt147.00–155.007803
SteersMedium and Large 1—777135.30/cwt133.00–137.001,0513
SteersMedium and Large 1—616150.00/cwt148.00–152.009247
SteersMedium and Large 2—560147.00/cwt147.00–147.008231
SteersMedium and Large 3—418162.51/cwt160.00–165.006792
SteersMedium and Large 2—675133.49/cwt132.00–135.009012
SteersMedium and Large 3—623132.34/cwt130.00–135.008243
SteersMedium and Large 3—515145.00/cwt145.00–145.007471
SteersMedium and Large 2—537154.65/cwt153.00–157.008309
SteersMedium and Large 1—567156.65/cwt154.00–160.008886
SteersMedium and Large 2—610137.99/cwt137.00–142.008428
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—719142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0214
SteersMedium and Large 3—570140.00/cwt140.00–140.007981
SteersMedium and Large 1—684142.17/cwt142.00–145.0097217
SteersMedium and Large 3—465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625124.33/cwt122.00–127.007776
SteersMedium and Large 3—680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—691124.12/cwt123.00–126.008588
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614131.06/cwt128.00–136.0080517
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528143.40/cwt142.00–145.007575
SteersMedium and Large 1—520161.00/cwt161.00–161.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 3—682111.33/cwt110.00–112.007593
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—804132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,06530
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395150.00/cwt150.00–150.005931
HeifersMedium and Large 2—705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573131.31/cwt128.00–134.007526
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007841
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530130.99/cwt128.00–133.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 3—489132.20/cwt130.00–135.006465
HeifersMedium and Large 2—750107.00/cwt107.00–107.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 3—630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472137.60/cwt136.00–140.006495
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534134.59/cwt134.00–137.0071910
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417145.62/cwt144.00–148.006073
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365147.00/cwt147.00–147.005371
BullsMedium and Large 2—665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007982
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—650133.00/cwt133.00–133.008651

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.