Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2022-08-15

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Aug 15
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,041 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 967▲ 241 vs year ago 800 · +30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 205▲ 8 vs year ago 116 · +6.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 41▼ 7 vs year ago 35 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady with high yielding boning cows up to 94. Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 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 $146.83/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$146.83
117 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.63
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535149.3579957
Medium and Large 2518145.4675337
Medium and Large 3468142.8166923
One grade step is worth $6.54/cwt here — about $130 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 sale117 hd
146.83
—
AL average15 barns · 1,906 hd
147.46
−0.63
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—Low1,70399.951,70216
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42980.171,14620
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19079.4194536
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02561.9263443

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8046
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1884thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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—415152.00/cwt152.00–152.006311
HeifersMedium and Large 3—364157.97/cwt155.00–160.005756
HeifersMedium and Large 3—577127.00/cwt125.00–132.007336
HeifersMedium and Large 2—437158.00/cwt155.00–160.006907
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538145.39/cwt141.00–148.007825
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619137.73/cwt135.00–142.008537
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523136.14/cwt132.00–140.007125
HeifersMedium and Large 2—619128.72/cwt125.00–130.007974
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577144.59/cwt142.00–146.008345
HeifersMedium and Large 1—407162.52/cwt161.00–165.006618
HeifersMedium and Large 1—773115.98/cwt115.00–117.008972
HeifersMedium and Large 1—664129.65/cwt125.00–132.008616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472156.97/cwt155.00–162.0074111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474149.74/cwt147.00–152.0071011
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—650168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0921
SteersMedium and Large 1—515174.66/cwt174.00–175.008993
SteersMedium and Large 1—685160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380172.00/cwt172.00–172.006541
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745127.00/cwt127.00–127.009461
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511154.59/cwt150.00–157.5079012
SteersMedium and Large 3—579149.03/cwt147.00–152.008634
SteersMedium and Large 3—411173.02/cwt170.00–180.007114
SteersMedium and Large 3—625142.00/cwt142.00–142.008881
SteersMedium and Large 2—630153.39/cwt150.00–157.009665
SteersMedium and Large 3—475167.00/cwt167.00–167.007931
SteersMedium and Large 3—320195.00/cwt195.00–195.006241
SteersMedium and Large 2—362199.64/cwt197.00–202.007233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—606182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1068
SteersMedium and Large 2—330205.00/cwt205.00–205.006771
SteersMedium and Large 2—519163.00/cwt160.00–167.008464
SteersMedium and Large 3—508156.00/cwt155.00–157.007922
SteersMedium and Large 2—425187.00/cwt187.00–187.007952
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—400217.00/cwt217.00–217.008681
SteersMedium and Large 2—575160.00/cwt160.00–160.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1—478186.78/cwt182.50–190.0089312
SteersMedium and Large 1—750132.00/cwt132.00–132.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1—570170.50/cwt167.00–172.0097210
SteersMedium and Large 1—403201.01/cwt200.00–202.008102
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—571178.99/cwt175.00–183.001,02210
BullsMedium and Large 1—330202.58/cwt200.00–205.006692
BullsMedium and Large 2—564143.34/cwt140.00–145.008086
BullsMedium and Large 1—265210.00/cwt210.00–210.005571
BullsMedium and Large 1—745127.00/cwt127.00–127.009461
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—375205.01/cwt202.00–206.007694
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—708142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0052
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64673.21/cwt70.00–75.001,2054
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20679.87/cwt77.00–82.0096315
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17785.30/cwt83.00–87.001,0049
CowsLean 85-90%—95453.72/cwt50.00–56.0051212
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09168.46/cwt66.00–70.0074716
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01061.51/cwt58.00–64.0062115
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39485.41/cwt84.00–88.001,1917
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36079.19/cwt77.00–82.001,0779
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18074.43/cwt71.00–76.0087812
Bulls——1,46894.11/cwt92.00–96.001,3827
Bulls——2,051107.93/cwt106.00–110.002,2144
Bulls——1,753101.75/cwt99.00–104.001,7845
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——803.83/head750.00–850.008046
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
BullsMedium and Large 3—469154.70/cwt150.00–157.007264
BullsMedium and Large 1—395200.00/cwt200.00–200.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1—561152.81/cwt150.00–160.008577
BullsMedium and Large 1—624147.96/cwt142.00–150.009235
BullsMedium and Large 1—472172.55/cwt170.00–177.008145
BullsMedium and Large 1—670141.91/cwt136.00–145.009513
BullsMedium and Large 2—605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008471
BullsMedium and Large 3—330187.00/cwt187.00–187.006171
BullsMedium and Large 3—565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007631
BullsMedium and Large 2—700117.00/cwt117.00–117.008191
BullsMedium and Large 3—382176.34/cwt175.00–177.006743
BullsMedium and Large 3—645127.00/cwt127.00–127.008191
BullsMedium and Large 2—518155.70/cwt152.00–160.008076
BullsMedium and Large 2—468163.48/cwt160.00–167.007656
BullsMedium and Large 2—330194.56/cwt190.00–197.006423
BullsMedium and Large 1—521168.48/cwt167.00–172.008784
BullsMedium and Large 3—419164.43/cwt160.00–167.0068912
BullsMedium and Large 3—545147.50/cwt145.00–150.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470140.69/cwt140.00–142.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—575154.00/cwt154.00–154.008861
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—650141.00/cwt141.00–141.009171
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—400170.00/cwt170.00–170.006802
BullsMedium and Large 2—422174.14/cwt172.00–177.007356
BullsMedium and Large 2—680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—672120.68/cwt120.00–122.008113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582139.00/cwt135.00–140.008095
HeifersMedium and Large 2—393165.00/cwt165.00–165.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 3—343160.00/cwt160.00–160.005492

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.