Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2022-01-31

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Jan 31
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,171 head
▼ 207 vs last sale 1,378▲ 149 vs year ago 1,022 · +14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 196▲ 135 vs year ago 74 · +182.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 103▲ 77 vs year ago 67 · +114.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to firm, slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher with high yielding bulls up to 106. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.09/cwt on 173 head.
Average price
$138.09
173 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.22
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553140.6977878
Medium and Large 3450136.7261548
Medium and Large 2520135.1770347
One grade step is worth $5.52/cwt here — about $75 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 sale173 hd
138.09
—
AL average16 barns · 1,641 hd
140.31
−2.22
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—Average1,53790.831,39618
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42071.221,01145
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19267.7680766
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00051.8751952

Every lot, as filed

99 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—480165.00/cwt165.00–165.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522145.48/cwt140.00–147.5075923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620129.66/cwt127.00–132.008049
HeifersMedium and Large 1—708118.52/cwt117.00–120.008392
BullsMedium and Large 1—408172.71/cwt170.00–177.007054
BullsMedium and Large 1—618134.49/cwt132.00–140.0083110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760115.00/cwt115.00–115.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 3—479132.68/cwt130.00–135.006369
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574127.86/cwt125.00–130.007347
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—659132.33/cwt132.00–133.0087212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—615115.03/cwt113.00–117.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 2—672117.37/cwt115.00–120.007893
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585138.74/cwt132.00–140.0081210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—404156.45/cwt152.00–157.006329
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668122.00/cwt122.00–122.008152
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374147.78/cwt145.00–150.005539
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476140.63/cwt137.00–142.0066912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415140.63/cwt137.00–142.0058414
SteersMedium and Large 3—615130.68/cwt130.00–132.008043
SteersMedium and Large 3—483155.98/cwt155.00–157.007532
SteersMedium and Large 3—408163.44/cwt160.00–167.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321155.21/cwt152.00–157.004984
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623123.01/cwt120.00–125.007668
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568119.81/cwt117.00–122.006816
SteersMedium and Large 2—429172.65/cwt170.00–178.007416
SteersMedium and Large 3—695125.00/cwt125.00–125.008691
SteersMedium and Large 2—730120.99/cwt120.00–122.008832
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464148.14/cwt145.00–150.0068710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515136.17/cwt132.00–137.007016
SteersMedium and Large 1—489178.11/cwt172.00–179.0087115
SteersMedium and Large 1—518173.03/cwt167.00–175.008968
SteersMedium and Large 2—579153.01/cwt150.00–155.008865
SteersMedium and Large 1—653150.00/cwt145.00–152.509806
SteersMedium and Large 1—360196.00/cwt196.00–196.007061
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426146.50/cwt145.00–148.0062410
SteersMedium and Large 2—520162.43/cwt160.00–165.008452
SteersMedium and Large 2—260200.00/cwt200.00–200.005201
SteersMedium and Large 2—628139.49/cwt137.00–142.008762
SteersMedium and Large 1—323203.40/cwt202.00–205.006572
SteersMedium and Large 1—605160.00/cwt160.00–160.009681
SteersMedium and Large 1—725133.30/cwt130.00–135.009663
SteersMedium and Large 1—561166.70/cwt160.00–170.009356
BullsMedium and Large 2—775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008531
BullsMedium and Large 1—473163.48/cwt162.00–165.007732
BullsMedium and Large 1—774115.51/cwt115.00–117.008944
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—997107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,0725
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—605142.00/cwt142.00–142.008591
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—555157.00/cwt157.00–157.008711
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,24878.84/cwt77.00–83.009848
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18173.55/cwt71.00–77.0086917
CowsLean 85-90%—97552.86/cwt50.00–55.0051522
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39972.56/cwt70.00–76.001,01518
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51266.75/cwt65.00–69.001,00919
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18567.48/cwt65.00–70.0080033
CowsLean 85-90%—96345.75/cwt45.00–49.0044116
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08057.32/cwt56.00–59.0061914
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21762.18/cwt60.00–64.0075716
Bulls——1,52190.27/cwt88.00–94.001,3738
Bulls——1,34884.85/cwt82.00–87.001,1445
Bulls——1,75297.72/cwt95.00–101.001,7125
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,1751,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0013,8061
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,1851,422.89/cwt1,325.00–1,525.0016,8614
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—928767.00/cwt718.00–808.007,1182
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,085850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,2231
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,098825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,0592
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,2001,725.00/cwt1,725.00–1,725.0020,7002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,114749.47/cwt725.00–775.008,3497
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1271,154.59/cwt1,125.00–1,175.0013,0123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,028675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,9392
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,238942.44/cwt900.00–1,025.0011,6677
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0631,192.40/cwt1,100.00–1,250.0012,6756
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3001,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0018,2002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1051,203.14/cwt1,125.00–1,300.0013,29510
BullsMedium and Large 1—566146.91/cwt142.00–150.008329
BullsMedium and Large 2—518146.32/cwt145.00–147.007586
BullsMedium and Large 3—327175.62/cwt175.00–177.005743
BullsMedium and Large 3—424154.49/cwt150.00–157.0065516
BullsMedium and Large 1—716124.38/cwt120.00–127.008915
BullsMedium and Large 1—295207.00/cwt207.00–207.006111
BullsMedium and Large 3—730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
BullsMedium and Large 3—579128.49/cwt127.00–130.007444
BullsMedium and Large 1—672128.86/cwt127.00–135.008669
BullsMedium and Large 3—295185.00/cwt185.00–185.005461
BullsMedium and Large 3—625121.00/cwt120.00–122.007562
BullsMedium and Large 1—507156.17/cwt152.00–160.007925
BullsMedium and Large 3—370165.00/cwt165.00–165.006112
BullsMedium and Large 2—670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
BullsMedium and Large 2—570137.55/cwt132.00–140.007847
BullsMedium and Large 1—367189.21/cwt187.00–192.006945
BullsMedium and Large 3—481145.29/cwt142.00–147.006997
BullsMedium and Large 3—527136.65/cwt135.00–140.007203
BullsMedium and Large 1—333197.19/cwt192.00–202.006572
BullsMedium and Large 2—420163.39/cwt160.00–167.0068614
BullsMedium and Large 2—378172.91/cwt170.00–177.006543
BullsMedium and Large 2—345187.00/cwt187.00–187.006452
BullsMedium and Large 2—602129.00/cwt127.00–130.007773
BullsMedium and Large 2—480153.69/cwt150.00–155.0073817
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523128.30/cwt125.00–130.006713

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.