Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2022-05-09

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, May 9
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
719 head
▲ 174 vs last sale 545▲ 311 vs year ago 408 · +76.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 138▲ 1 vs year ago 116 · +0.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 57▼ 99 vs year ago 196 · −50.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower with high yielding boning cows up to 90. Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with 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 $141.20/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$141.20
171 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$792
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$228
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$9.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.46
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3452146.9166553
Medium and Large 2529141.2374840
Medium and Large 1650137.3189378
One grade step is worth $9.60/cwt here — about −$228 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 sale171 hd
141.20
—
AL average16 barns · 1,447 hd
140.75
+0.46
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—Low1,701101.191,72214
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45280.661,17113
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14177.2888229
CowsLean 85-90%High98263.1662141

Every lot, as filed

79 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 3—485143.48/cwt142.00–145.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—608136.70/cwt135.00–140.008313
BullsMedium and Large 1—735132.00/cwt132.00–132.009701
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567145.86/cwt142.00–147.0082722
HeifersMedium and Large 3—348161.00/cwt161.00–161.005608
HeifersMedium and Large 3—628125.00/cwt125.00–125.007852
HeifersMedium and Large 3—384157.67/cwt155.00–158.006059
HeifersMedium and Large 2—400155.00/cwt155.00–155.006202
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669135.00/cwt135.00–135.0090335
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568129.55/cwt127.00–132.007369
HeifersMedium and Large 2—616130.34/cwt127.00–132.008039
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515137.86/cwt135.00–140.007106
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516143.33/cwt142.00–147.007406
SteersMedium and Large 3—381185.81/cwt185.00–187.007085
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430149.95/cwt147.00–152.0064517
SteersMedium and Large 1—455182.01/cwt180.00–185.008284
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—615164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0091
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467149.56/cwt147.00–152.0069814
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670122.00/cwt122.00–122.008171
SteersMedium and Large 2—476173.82/cwt170.00–177.008276
HeifersMedium and Large 2—566136.27/cwt135.00–140.007718
SteersMedium and Large 3—478167.51/cwt167.00–168.008012
SteersMedium and Large 2—431180.52/cwt180.00–182.007784
SteersMedium and Large 2—520162.96/cwt160.00–167.008473
SteersMedium and Large 2—365190.00/cwt190.00–190.006941
SteersMedium and Large 1—680152.27/cwt147.00–152.501,03534
SteersMedium and Large 3—413176.50/cwt175.00–177.007294
SteersMedium and Large 1—545171.81/cwt170.00–177.009366
SteersMedium and Large 1—570160.68/cwt160.00–167.0091622
SteersMedium and Large 1—616159.03/cwt155.00–161.009804
SteersMedium and Large 1—362200.00/cwt200.00–200.007242
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—788143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,13128
SteersMedium and Large 2—588154.53/cwt152.00–157.009092
BullsMedium and Large 1—360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006841
BullsMedium and Large 1—665137.98/cwt137.00–140.009183
BullsMedium and Large 1—626146.47/cwt142.00–150.009174
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—570165.91/cwt162.00–170.009463
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—755133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0041
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—665145.00/cwt145.00–145.009641
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15173.57/cwt71.00–76.0084716
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04668.27/cwt65.00–71.0071419
CowsLean 85-90%—96160.82/cwt59.00–63.0058414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42386.69/cwt85.00–89.001,2345
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48081.01/cwt80.00–82.001,1992
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46775.51/cwt75.00–77.001,1086
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11780.45/cwt77.00–82.008999
CowsLean 85-90%—86955.13/cwt54.00–57.004798
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15885.01/cwt84.00–86.009844
Bulls——1,39494.31/cwt92.00–98.001,3154
Bulls——1,864101.22/cwt99.00–104.001,8877
Bulls——1,732110.28/cwt109.00–112.001,9103
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,060950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,0701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—823725.00/cwt725.00–725.005,9672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0551,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,6602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9001,134.63/cwt1,125.00–1,150.0010,2126
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3—9231,081.73/cwt1,025.00–1,125.009,98414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1961,272.60/cwt1,200.00–1,300.0015,2205
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,204969.24/cwt925.00–1,025.0011,6704
BullsMedium and Large 1—516163.73/cwt160.00–170.008458
BullsMedium and Large 3—615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
BullsMedium and Large 1—479173.98/cwt170.00–177.008337
BullsMedium and Large 1—585155.79/cwt150.00–160.009115
BullsMedium and Large 2—423173.80/cwt170.00–178.0073512
BullsMedium and Large 3—521145.29/cwt142.00–147.007574
BullsMedium and Large 3—326184.71/cwt180.00–187.006026
BullsMedium and Large 1—409184.10/cwt180.00–187.007539
BullsMedium and Large 2—380183.66/cwt180.00–187.0069810
BullsMedium and Large 3—377174.66/cwt172.00–177.006589
BullsMedium and Large 3—479155.59/cwt152.00–157.007455
BullsMedium and Large 2—475164.55/cwt160.00–168.0078211
BullsMedium and Large 2—324195.19/cwt190.00–197.006324
BullsMedium and Large 2—640137.00/cwt137.00–137.008771
BullsMedium and Large 2—665130.00/cwt130.00–130.008651
BullsMedium and Large 2—573145.26/cwt142.00–147.008324
BullsMedium and Large 3—428165.31/cwt162.00–167.007088
BullsMedium and Large 2—528153.98/cwt150.00–156.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—456154.74/cwt154.00–157.007064
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,00013

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.