Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2022-02-21

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Feb 21
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,011 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 1,040▲ 850 vs year ago 161 · +528.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 152▲ 145 vs year ago 31 · +467.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 65▲ 69 vs year ago 21 · +328.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher with high yielding bulls up to 116. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower, 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 $149.67/cwt on 161 head.
Average price
$149.67
161 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$151
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.37
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2448154.5969341
Medium and Large 3430148.2663753
Medium and Large 1571147.7884467
One grade step is worth $6.81/cwt here — about −$151 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 sale161 hd
149.67
—
AL average15 barns · 1,753 hd
148.31
+1.37
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—High1,789102.881,84111
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43279.461,13826
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20475.8891443
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03658.3760544

Every lot, as filed

98 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—417172.57/cwt170.00–175.0072010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558148.01/cwt147.00–150.008263
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421159.33/cwt157.00–162.0067110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—683122.49/cwt120.00–125.008372
SteersMedium and Large 1—475182.00/cwt182.00–182.008651
SteersMedium and Large 1—358212.52/cwt210.00–215.007612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—735127.00/cwt127.00–127.009335
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775121.60/cwt118.00–122.509425
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470142.16/cwt137.00–145.0066811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—338168.70/cwt167.00–172.005703
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473160.03/cwt157.00–163.0075717
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405165.00/cwt165.00–165.006681
HeifersMedium and Large 2—750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377164.89/cwt162.00–168.006229
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368157.28/cwt155.00–160.0057917
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273176.34/cwt175.00–177.004813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666129.97/cwt127.00–136.008664
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513134.69/cwt132.00–137.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 3—414152.43/cwt147.00–155.006317
HeifersMedium and Large 3—613120.00/cwt120.00–120.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560136.78/cwt135.00–140.007664
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476152.67/cwt147.00–155.007277
HeifersMedium and Large 3—322161.79/cwt160.00–165.005215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362171.34/cwt170.00–172.006203
SteersMedium and Large 3—525153.25/cwt152.00–157.008054
SteersMedium and Large 3—424171.72/cwt170.00–175.007284
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512158.22/cwt150.00–160.0081015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625139.27/cwt135.00–142.5087010
SteersMedium and Large 3—305191.02/cwt190.00–192.005832
SteersMedium and Large 3—670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008381
SteersMedium and Large 2—486172.50/cwt171.00–177.0083814
SteersMedium and Large 2—575157.00/cwt157.00–157.009032
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—697152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,06311
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—623165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0286
SteersMedium and Large 2—345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006902
SteersMedium and Large 2—534163.81/cwt160.00–167.008754
SteersMedium and Large 2—257220.00/cwt220.00–220.005652
SteersMedium and Large 3—571143.98/cwt142.00–147.008224
SteersMedium and Large 1—557164.60/cwt160.00–167.009175
SteersMedium and Large 1—528174.50/cwt172.00–175.009216
SteersMedium and Large 1—613150.98/cwt150.00–152.009262
SteersMedium and Large 2—610145.00/cwt145.00–145.008851
BullsMedium and Large 1—659138.43/cwt132.00–140.009129
BullsMedium and Large 1—560155.25/cwt152.00–157.008694
BullsMedium and Large 1—607144.01/cwt142.00–145.008743
BullsMedium and Large 1—517162.47/cwt160.00–167.008409
BullsMedium and Large 1—466169.77/cwt169.00–172.007919
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—310215.00/cwt215.00–215.006671
CowsLean 85-90%—96052.62/cwt49.00–55.0050516
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07358.77/cwt56.00–61.0063115
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08864.98/cwt62.00–67.0070713
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41987.16/cwt84.00–90.001,2379
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19472.18/cwt70.00–76.0086227
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21588.09/cwt85.00–90.001,0704
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22480.15/cwt77.00–83.0098112
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45380.65/cwt79.00–83.001,1726
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43072.52/cwt70.00–76.001,03711
Bulls——2,001110.23/cwt107.00–112.002,2065
Bulls——1,65699.06/cwt96.00–102.001,6404
Bulls——1,52592.15/cwt89.00–95.001,4052
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3101,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0014,7381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,2181,008.11/cwt1,000.00–1,025.0012,2793
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,170924.00/cwt924.00–924.0010,8111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,168838.25/cwt800.00–885.009,7913
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—870850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,3951
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—970975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,4581
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3041,305.42/cwt1,200.00–1,400.0017,0238
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0801,156.02/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0012,4854
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,015737.99/cwt725.00–750.007,4912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,160946.66/cwt900.00–1,025.0010,9816
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—945950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,9781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,3201,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,5301
BullsMedium and Large 3—525143.99/cwt140.00–147.007567
BullsMedium and Large 3—635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
BullsMedium and Large 3—320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005761
BullsMedium and Large 3—372173.04/cwt170.00–177.0064412
BullsMedium and Large 1—360190.99/cwt190.00–192.006882
BullsMedium and Large 1—330202.71/cwt200.00–210.0066911
BullsMedium and Large 2—473162.60/cwt160.00–167.0076913
BullsMedium and Large 3—422164.06/cwt160.00–167.0069211
BullsMedium and Large 3—574137.54/cwt135.00–140.007899
BullsMedium and Large 3—280195.00/cwt195.00–195.005462
BullsMedium and Large 3—680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
BullsMedium and Large 3—478153.31/cwt150.00–157.007339
BullsMedium and Large 1—280212.00/cwt212.00–212.005941
BullsMedium and Large 2—571144.71/cwt142.00–148.008264
BullsMedium and Large 2—680129.35/cwt127.00–131.008803
BullsMedium and Large 2—320193.02/cwt192.00–195.006183
BullsMedium and Large 2—378180.00/cwt180.00–180.006802
BullsMedium and Large 2—270205.00/cwt205.00–205.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623127.51/cwt127.00–128.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265167.00/cwt167.00–167.004432
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—765128.00/cwt128.00–128.009793
BullsMedium and Large 2—515152.81/cwt150.00–157.0078711
BullsMedium and Large 2—629135.55/cwt132.00–137.008537
HeifersMedium and Large 3—578130.24/cwt127.00–132.007535

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.