Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower with high yielding boning cows up to 139.00 cwt. Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.73/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −150.38 against this barn's trailing median of $444.10.

Average price

$293.73

44 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.20

vs AL average

−15.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	299.25	1,652	23
Medium and Large 2	548	287.96	1,577	19thin
Medium and Large 3	510	285.00	1,454	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.72, low $401.64, median $444.10 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale44 hd

293.73

—

AL average13 barns · 211 hd

290.52

+3.20

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−15.82

This barn, trailing median19 sales

444.10

−150.38

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,652	147.77	2,441	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,120	126.27	1,414	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	120.00	1,806	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	962	110.52	1,063	27

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,744	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,542	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,319	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,290	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,275	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,206	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	327.50/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,235	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,862	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,443	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	292.34/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,561	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	284.01/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	273.74/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,254	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	216.96/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	241.99/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,396	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,004	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	333.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	206.65/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	309.97/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	282.49/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	312.45/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,459	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	271.89/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,137	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	296.81/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,724	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,798	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	260.92/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,359	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,572	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	251.71/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	337.47/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	303.05/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,536	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	336.67/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	312.38/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,610	1
Bulls	—	—	1,376	139.30/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,917	5
Bulls	—	—	1,815	156.59/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,842	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	133.30/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,601	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	126.97/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,436	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	109.42/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,068	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	103.66/cwt	101.00–105.00	952	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,743.75/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,744	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,775.00/head	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,775	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,542.00/head	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,542	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,050.00/head	950.00–1,100.00	1,050	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,350.00/head	2,050.00–2,450.00	2,350	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,318.75/head	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,319	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	839	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	115.24/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,132	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,806	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,052	120.54/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,268	12
Bulls	—	—	1,830	150.96/cwt	146.00–153.00	2,763	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,613	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	326.98/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,406	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	287.55/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	209.00/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	277	306.60/cwt	305.00–310.00	849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	309.95/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,178	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	300.59/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,284	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	258.38/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	296.60/cwt	295.00–300.00	928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	240.45/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,258	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	261.24/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,228	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	282.51/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	253.30/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	664	226.22/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	337.53/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,310	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	298.32/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,402	6

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tennessee Valley Livestock - Florence, AL

Mon Apr 22, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 739Last week 638Year ago 761

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 159Year ago 121

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 107Year ago 129

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	365.00	365.00
5	300–350	318	330.00–340.00	333.95
6	350–400	377	320.00–330.00	327.50
3	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
6	450–500	470	295.00–300.00	298.32
3	500–550	527	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	565	275.00	275.00
2	600–650	620	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	650	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	390.00	390.00
1	250–300	275	380.00	380.00
3	350–400	380	335.00–340.00	336.67
5	400–450	430	325.00–335.00	326.98
2	450–500	473	310.00–315.00	312.38
1	500–550	510	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	380	305.00–315.00	309.95
8	400–450	427	295.00–305.00	300.59
2	450–500	460	285.00–290.00	287.55
2	500–550	528	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	575	255.00–262.00	258.38
6	600–650	616	245.00	245.00
4	650–700	664	225.00–230.00	226.22
1	700–750	740	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	818	230.00	230.00
21	850–900	850	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	335.00–340.00	337.53
2	400–450	433	330.00	330.00
4	450–500	467	310.00–315.00	312.45
9	500–550	534	292.00–295.00	292.34
10	550–600	560	280.00–285.00	284.01
4	600–650	648	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	433	305.00–315.00	309.97
1	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	510	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	355.00	355.00
4	400–450	410	335.00–340.00	337.47
9	500–550	507	300.00–305.00	303.05
14	550–600	581	290.00–297.50	296.81
1	600–650	615	265.00	265.00
39	650–700	675	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	710	249.00	249.00
13	750–800	765	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	633	228.00	228.00
2	900–950	925	175.00	175.00
9	950–1000	953	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	423	280.00–285.00	282.49
8	450–500	458	270.00–275.00	273.74
3	500–550	518	250.00–255.00	253.30
6	550–600	577	240.00–245.00	241.99
1	600–650	600	230.00	230.00
5	650–700	670	215.00–220.00	216.96
3	700–750	710	205.00–210.00	206.65
1	750–800	775	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	305.00–310.00	306.60
3	300–350	313	295.00–300.00	296.60
4	350–400	366	280.00–285.00	282.51
4	400–450	418	267.00–275.00	271.89
4	450–500	470	260.00–265.00	261.24
4	500–550	523	237.00–245.00	240.45
1	550–600	575	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	640	220.00	220.00
3	650–700	658	207.00–210.00	209.00
1	700–750	720	192.00	192.00
1	750–800	785	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
13	500–550	521	260.00–272.00	260.92
3	550–600	557	250.00–255.00	251.71
1	600–650	610	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	725	222.00	222.00
31	750–800	750	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,376	135.00–141.00	139.30
3	—	1,815	155.00–159.00	156.59
5	—	1,830	146.00–153.00	150.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,201	131.00–135.00	133.30
8	—	1,131	124.00–130.00	126.97
12	—	1,052	117.00–123.00	120.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	976	107.00–111.00	109.42
8	—	918	101.00–105.00	103.66
13	—	982	113.00–117.00	115.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,743.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,542.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	950.00–1,100.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,318.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,050.00–2,450.00	2,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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