Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2022-10-10

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Oct 10
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
991 head
▼ 251 vs last sale 1,242▼ 102 vs year ago 1,093 · −9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
184 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 243▲ 56 vs year ago 128 · +43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 110▼ 28 vs year ago 116 · −24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate 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 $132.76/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$132.76
96 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.12
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553136.1875338
Medium and Large 3480132.1963524
Medium and Large 2547129.3470734
One grade step is worth $6.84/cwt here — about $46 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 sale96 hd
132.76
—
AL average16 barns · 1,488 hd
136.88
−4.12
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—Low1,75689.801,57718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45865.6095721
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19764.8877780
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02151.7652840

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)—$1,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9874thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8253thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$7423thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,25616
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$63614

Every lot, as filed

76 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—592133.32/cwt130.00–135.007893
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470132.36/cwt130.00–135.006225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518140.42/cwt140.00–142.0072717
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466140.15/cwt137.00–144.0065313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608118.65/cwt115.00–120.007216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428152.47/cwt152.00–155.006536
HeifersMedium and Large 3—600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568118.73/cwt115.00–120.006744
HeifersMedium and Large 2—667113.28/cwt110.00–115.007563
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585124.02/cwt122.00–125.007263
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524134.84/cwt132.00–137.007077
HeifersMedium and Large 3—531127.98/cwt125.00–130.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—718115.49/cwt115.00–116.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 2—728104.01/cwt102.00–106.007572
SteersMedium and Large 3—433164.54/cwt162.00–167.007122
SteersMedium and Large 3—570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—555162.00/cwt162.00–162.008991
SteersMedium and Large 1—569151.77/cwt150.00–157.008649
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666120.25/cwt120.00–121.008014
SteersMedium and Large 3—528142.42/cwt140.00–145.007522
SteersMedium and Large 3—375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
SteersMedium and Large 3—450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006981
SteersMedium and Large 1—461174.60/cwt172.00–177.008058
SteersMedium and Large 1—625146.98/cwt140.00–150.009194
SteersMedium and Large 1—680137.00/cwt137.00–137.009321
SteersMedium and Large 1—415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
SteersMedium and Large 2—385180.00/cwt180.00–180.006932
SteersMedium and Large 2—575147.00/cwt147.00–147.008451
SteersMedium and Large 2—475167.00/cwt167.00–167.007931
SteersMedium and Large 1—519163.01/cwt162.00–165.008464
SteersMedium and Large 2—420177.00/cwt177.00–177.007431
SteersMedium and Large 2—518153.00/cwt150.00–157.007933
BullsMedium and Large 2—517140.65/cwt140.00–142.007276
BullsMedium and Large 2—365172.98/cwt170.00–175.006314
BullsMedium and Large 1—702119.74/cwt118.00–125.008414
BullsMedium and Large 1—778116.27/cwt112.00–120.009053
BullsMedium and Large 2—566130.28/cwt130.00–132.007377
BullsMedium and Large 1—425173.67/cwt172.00–177.007383
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53962.58/cwt62.00–64.009637
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41867.11/cwt65.00–70.0095214
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23466.95/cwt65.00–70.0082636
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13861.79/cwt60.00–64.0070338
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05655.73/cwt54.00–59.0058920
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05350.72/cwt48.00–52.0053410
CowsLean 85-90%—91744.86/cwt42.00–47.0041110
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34872.04/cwt71.00–74.009716
Bulls——1,59787.18/cwt85.00–90.001,39210
Bulls——1,95493.07/cwt92.00–97.001,8198
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,437.50/head1,350.00–1,525.001,4384
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——606.73/head537.00–693.0060711
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——743.00/head703.00–806.007433
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——825.00/head825.00–825.008253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——741.67/head725.00–775.007423
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——933.00/head900.00–974.009333
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,195.83/head1,100.00–1,275.001,19612
BullsMedium and Large 2—470148.97/cwt147.00–150.007003
BullsMedium and Large 3—466140.52/cwt137.00–142.006557
BullsMedium and Large 3—617119.84/cwt115.00–122.007396
BullsMedium and Large 2—621127.49/cwt125.00–130.007924
BullsMedium and Large 1—450161.00/cwt160.00–162.007252
BullsMedium and Large 1—640135.00/cwt135.00–135.008641
BullsMedium and Large 3—416149.63/cwt147.00–152.006225
BullsMedium and Large 2—436163.53/cwt162.00–165.007134
BullsMedium and Large 3—372161.52/cwt157.00–165.006015
BullsMedium and Large 3—693111.01/cwt107.00–115.007692
BullsMedium and Large 3—580125.04/cwt122.00–128.007255
BullsMedium and Large 3—524132.08/cwt130.00–135.0069213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623126.18/cwt125.00–129.007865
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—660130.00/cwt130.00–130.008581
BullsMedium and Large 3—735102.00/cwt102.00–102.007501
BullsMedium and Large 2—725113.99/cwt112.00–115.008263
BullsMedium and Large 2—768104.52/cwt102.00–107.008032
BullsMedium and Large 2—683120.17/cwt117.00–125.008216
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418141.39/cwt140.00–142.0059110

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.