Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2021-11-08

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Nov 8
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,361 head
▲ 513 vs last sale 848▲ 345 vs year ago 1,016 · +34.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 104▲ 50 vs year ago 113 · +44.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 107▲ 37 vs year ago 71 · +52.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to firm. Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. 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 $132.11/cwt on 235 head.
Average price
$132.11
235 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.05
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510136.2369497
Medium and Large 2477132.4063170
Medium and Large 3452125.9456968
One grade step is worth $10.29/cwt here — about $125 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 sale235 hd
132.11
—
AL average15 barns · 1,936 hd
126.06
+6.05
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—High1,69688.001,49315
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36962.0084924
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14757.0165452
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00943.6844145

Every lot, as filed

96 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 1—723115.99/cwt115.00–117.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420143.00/cwt142.00–144.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775105.00/cwt105.00–105.008141
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—580138.30/cwt135.00–140.008023
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473123.78/cwt120.00–127.0058513
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373133.59/cwt132.00–136.0049812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—429138.67/cwt135.00–140.0059534
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325139.56/cwt137.00–142.004549
HeifersMedium and Large 3—516117.50/cwt115.00–120.006066
HeifersMedium and Large 3—619107.37/cwt105.00–111.006655
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550119.50/cwt117.00–122.006572
HeifersMedium and Large 3—260145.00/cwt145.00–145.003771
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570112.65/cwt112.00–114.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 3—730100.00/cwt100.00–100.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475133.22/cwt130.00–135.0063315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521136.20/cwt132.00–138.0071053
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521124.64/cwt122.00–130.006496
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374140.40/cwt140.00–142.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 2—733104.53/cwt102.00–107.007664
HeifersMedium and Large 2—672111.03/cwt107.00–114.007463
SteersMedium and Large 3—625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007311
SteersMedium and Large 3—331175.00/cwt175.00–175.0057912
SteersMedium and Large 1—571141.11/cwt140.00–145.008069
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463136.91/cwt136.00–137.0063412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575130.16/cwt125.00–132.007487
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360147.50/cwt147.50–147.5053113
SteersMedium and Large 2—455153.54/cwt150.00–157.006992
SteersMedium and Large 3—390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
SteersMedium and Large 3—518133.45/cwt130.00–137.006912
SteersMedium and Large 3—440152.00/cwt152.00–152.006691
SteersMedium and Large 3—469143.02/cwt140.00–147.006715
SteersMedium and Large 1—535155.00/cwt155.00–155.008292
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—605147.00/cwt147.00–147.008891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—425162.50/cwt162.50–162.5069145
SteersMedium and Large 2—760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
SteersMedium and Large 2—635122.00/cwt122.00–122.007751
SteersMedium and Large 2—530147.00/cwt147.00–147.007791
SteersMedium and Large 2—563132.71/cwt131.00–135.007473
SteersMedium and Large 1—625134.51/cwt134.00–135.008412
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—720132.00/cwt132.00–132.009501
BullsMedium and Large 1—508142.96/cwt140.00–150.007264
BullsMedium and Large 1—723115.99/cwt115.00–117.008392
BullsMedium and Large 1—640124.50/cwt124.00–125.007972
BullsMedium and Large 1—320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005761
BullsMedium and Large 1—460152.37/cwt150.00–155.007015
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—713121.01/cwt120.00–122.008632
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25465.12/cwt65.00–66.008179
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06348.33/cwt47.00–50.0051416
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00243.51/cwt41.00–46.0043618
CowsLean 85-90%—94337.19/cwt35.00–40.0035111
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39656.94/cwt56.00–58.007955
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45861.72/cwt59.00–64.0090010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16057.63/cwt55.00–60.0066923
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10852.60/cwt50.00–54.0058318
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18362.91/cwt61.00–65.0074411
Bulls——1,75394.18/cwt92.00–97.001,6516
Bulls——1,86488.78/cwt88.00–90.001,6554
Bulls——1,49479.97/cwt79.00–83.001,1955
BullsMedium and Large 3—286173.04/cwt170.00–175.004955
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—887619.35/cwt547.00–676.005,4947
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—747715.74/cwt675.00–750.005,3473
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1441,014.74/cwt900.00–1,175.0011,60912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,128832.13/cwt825.00–850.009,3863
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—860664.53/cwt625.00–700.005,7154
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,018835.76/cwt800.00–875.008,5085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4051,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0017,5631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,245935.00/cwt935.00–935.0011,6411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,1351,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,2291,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0016,2845
BullsMedium and Large 1—565135.34/cwt132.00–140.007658
HeifersMedium and Large 3—431129.30/cwt126.00–132.0055716
HeifersMedium and Large 3—680102.00/cwt102.00–102.006941
BullsMedium and Large 2—428155.28/cwt152.00–157.006658
BullsMedium and Large 2—471144.19/cwt140.00–148.0067910
BullsMedium and Large 2—520132.88/cwt130.00–138.0069114
BullsMedium and Large 2—715107.00/cwt107.00–107.007652
BullsMedium and Large 1—755114.80/cwt113.00–116.008675
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—722122.00/cwt121.00–124.008813
BullsMedium and Large 2—323175.54/cwt172.00–177.005676
BullsMedium and Large 2—765102.52/cwt100.00–105.007842
BullsMedium and Large 2—368162.28/cwt160.00–167.005974
BullsMedium and Large 3—510123.50/cwt122.00–125.006302
BullsMedium and Large 3—695107.00/cwt107.00–107.007441
BullsMedium and Large 2—583126.83/cwt126.00–127.007396
BullsMedium and Large 2—673113.34/cwt112.00–116.007633
BullsMedium and Large 3—477133.02/cwt130.00–137.006357
BullsMedium and Large 3—432143.43/cwt140.00–147.006208
BullsMedium and Large 3—377153.68/cwt152.00–157.005793
BullsMedium and Large 3—331160.96/cwt160.00–165.005337
BullsMedium and Large 2—630118.79/cwt117.00–120.007485
BullsMedium and Large 1—360174.16/cwt170.00–180.006274
BullsMedium and Large 1—424161.47/cwt160.00–162.006854
BullsMedium and Large 3—618112.50/cwt112.00–115.006958
BullsMedium and Large 1—668119.19/cwt117.00–122.007965

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.