Sale reports / Alabama / Florence Stockyards / 2024-01-08

Florence Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Florence, Alabama · Mon, Jan 8
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1997
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,055 head
▲ 449 vs last sale 606▲ 60 vs year ago 995 · +6.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
217 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 72▲ 65 vs year ago 152 · +42.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 64▲ 78 vs year ago 48 · +162.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.84/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$220.84
126 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,069
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.15
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2438223.7998140
Medium and Large 1526223.501,17559
Medium and Large 3462210.6497227
One grade step is worth $13.15/cwt here — about $9 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 sale126 hd
220.84
—
AL average5 barns · 392 hd
220.99
−0.15
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—Low1,737110.411,91819
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22192.371,12880
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49290.241,34729
CowsLean 85-90%High98978.5777743

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)—$1,3869
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,22015
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2006
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,1539
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,0418
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,62716
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$80914

Every lot, as filed

92 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—363222.57/cwt220.00–225.008084
BullsMedium and Large 2—475231.39/cwt230.00–235.001,0995
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405234.57/cwt232.00–235.009507
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515213.38/cwt210.00–215.001,0993
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310240.00/cwt240.00–240.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578216.57/cwt210.00–220.001,2523
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 3—534201.76/cwt200.00–205.001,0774
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371233.04/cwt230.00–237.0086511
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—455277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1251
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477230.25/cwt225.00–235.001,0989
HeifersMedium and Large 1—606203.63/cwt200.00–212.001,2346
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520224.45/cwt220.00–226.001,16716
HeifersMedium and Large 3—340235.00/cwt235.00–235.007991
SteersMedium and Large 1—695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5291
SteersMedium and Large 1—520256.22/cwt250.00–260.001,3326
HeifersMedium and Large 2—650190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2351
HeifersMedium and Large 3—755150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1331
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420227.74/cwt225.00–230.0095712
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—553255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4104
SteersMedium and Large 1—632233.36/cwt230.00–235.001,4753
SteersMedium and Large 2—424266.48/cwt265.00–267.001,1304
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574202.54/cwt200.00–205.001,1634
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433219.29/cwt215.00–220.009507
HeifersMedium and Large 3—572190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0874
SteersMedium and Large 1—340300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0201
SteersMedium and Large 2—795180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4311
SteersMedium and Large 2—390272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0611
SteersMedium and Large 3—390260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0141
SteersMedium and Large 3—513232.56/cwt230.00–235.001,1932
SteersMedium and Large 3—415255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0581
SteersMedium and Large 2—450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1481
SteersMedium and Large 2—320280.00/cwt280.00–280.008961
SteersMedium and Large 1—578249.66/cwt248.00–250.001,4436
SteersMedium and Large 2—740190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4062
SteersMedium and Large 1—473260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2302
SteersMedium and Large 1—385285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0971
SteersMedium and Large 3—320275.00/cwt275.00–275.008802
SteersMedium and Large 2—635225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4291
BullsMedium and Large 2—376255.40/cwt255.00–257.009605
BullsMedium and Large 1—720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3681
BullsMedium and Large 1—377262.40/cwt260.00–265.009895
BullsMedium and Large 3—463222.49/cwt220.00–225.001,0302
BullsMedium and Large 3—785160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2561
BullsMedium and Large 3—568204.03/cwt200.00–207.001,1593
CowsLean 85-90%—98681.78/cwt79.00–85.0080626
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57787.51/cwt85.00–89.001,3809
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45491.47/cwt90.00–95.001,33020
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21193.03/cwt90.00–96.001,12738
CowsLean 85-90%—88765.31/cwt65.00–66.005793
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01675.46/cwt73.00–78.0076714
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16986.22/cwt83.00–89.001,00824
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31099.18/cwt97.00–103.001,29918
Bulls——1,624105.30/cwt104.00–109.001,7107
Bulls——2,215118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,6141
Bulls——1,766112.98/cwt110.00–115.001,99511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——1,040.63/head975.00–1,075.001,0418
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,316.67/head1,250.00–1,350.001,3173
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——809.00/head722.00–916.0080914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,386.11/head1,300.00–1,525.001,3869
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,685.00/head1,550.00–1,800.001,6855
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,083.33/head950.00–1,150.001,0833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,837.50/head1,825.00–1,850.001,8382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,875.00/head1,850.00–1,900.001,8752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,192.31/head1,100.00–1,325.001,19213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——1,152.78/head1,050.00–1,250.001,1539
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,375.00/head1,200.00–1,500.001,3756
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
BullsMedium and Large 3—400231.00/cwt230.00–232.009242
BullsMedium and Large 1—531236.22/cwt230.00–240.001,2544
BullsMedium and Large 2—306264.35/cwt262.00–265.008095
BullsMedium and Large 3—623194.71/cwt192.00–197.001,2133
BullsMedium and Large 1—685200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3701
BullsMedium and Large 2—418245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0242
BullsMedium and Large 1—575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2656
BullsMedium and Large 1—475244.04/cwt240.00–250.001,15911
BullsMedium and Large 2—515220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1333
BullsMedium and Large 1—416256.77/cwt252.00–260.001,0685
BullsMedium and Large 1—605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2711
BullsMedium and Large 3—518212.56/cwt210.00–215.001,1012
BullsMedium and Large 3—375243.70/cwt240.00–245.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—520230.35/cwt230.00–231.001,1986
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—561226.26/cwt225.00–227.501,26910
BullsMedium and Large 2—616202.15/cwt200.00–205.001,2457
BullsMedium and Large 3—345255.00/cwt255.00–255.008801
BullsMedium and Large 2—576211.28/cwt210.00–215.001,2174
HeifersMedium and Large 3—298240.00/cwt240.00–240.007153
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471219.30/cwt215.00–220.001,0337
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470205.00/cwt205.00–205.009642

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.