Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower with high yielding slaughter bulls up to 162.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.39/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −144.54 against this barn's trailing median of $395.93.

Average price

$251.39

28 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$20.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.46

vs AL average

−16.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	256.55	1,407	14thin
Medium and Large 2	533	250.21	1,334	10thin
Medium and Large 3	539	236.25	1,273	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about $133 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.03, low $346.36, median $395.93 across 30 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 sale28 hd

251.39

—

AL average14 barns · 394 hd

248.93

+2.46

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−16.99

This barn, trailing median30 sales

395.93

−144.54

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	1,712	147.75	2,529	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,224	123.23	1,508	75
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,431	121.90	1,744	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	999	108.72	1,086	36

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)	—	$1,750	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,375	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,340	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,126	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,261	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,717	16

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	367.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	314.98/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,071	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	266.67/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	267.51/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	318.85/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,339	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	258.63/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	277.81/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,308	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	316.70/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,545	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	282.42/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	336.85/cwt	330.00–340.00	909	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	231.24/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	309.28/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	371.15/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,344	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	323.70/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	367.96/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,196	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	312.04/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,360	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	262.43/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,362	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	403.28/cwt	395.00–410.00	859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	254.20/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,424	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	295.95/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	244.47/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	292.35/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,403	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	119.48/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,721	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	123.28/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,758	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	131.42/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,726	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	113.06/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,165	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	105.18/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,043	12
Bulls	—	—	1,576	139.52/cwt	137.00–141.00	2,199	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,265.00/head	1,200.00–1,330.00	1,265	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,056.25/head	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,056	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,857.14/head	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,857	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,750.00/head	1,570.00–1,930.00	1,750	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,655.56/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,656	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,205.77/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,206	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,340.00/head	1,230.00–1,450.00	1,340	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,571.88/head	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,572	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,862.50/head	1,750.00–1,975.00	1,863	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,375.00/head	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	220	378.58/cwt	375.00–390.00	833	4
Bulls	—	—	1,644	149.61/cwt	146.00–151.00	2,460	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	118.94/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,439	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	124.56/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,507	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	866	97.61/cwt	95.00–100.00	845	4
Bulls	—	—	1,916	154.12/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	255	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	244.03/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,489	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,324	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	338.05/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,413	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	316.23/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,499	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	302.45/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	262.49/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,281	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	566	260.00/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	242.49/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	303.38/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,289	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	249.01/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	336.70/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,054	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	290.02/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	303.38/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,001	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	317.57/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,207	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	352.59/cwt	350.00–355.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	219.88/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	250.79/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,322	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	351.11/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,145	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	288.42/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,223	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	2

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 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 618Last week 739Year ago 761

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 86Year ago 121

Replacement CattleReceipts 159Last week 81Year ago 129

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	335.00	335.00
3	300–350	340	310.00–320.00	314.98
2	350–400	375	305.00	305.00
4	400–450	424	287.00–290.00	288.42
13	450–500	471	272.50–285.00	277.81
9	500–550	527	250.00–255.00	250.79
1	550–600	590	245.00	245.00
4	600–650	605	230.00–235.00	231.24
2	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	330.00–340.00	336.85
2	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
12	400–450	436	310.00–315.00	312.04
12	450–500	480	290.00–300.00	292.35
4	500–550	519	260.00–270.00	262.43
10	550–600	560	250.00–260.00	254.20
5	600–650	610	240.00–250.00	244.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	220	375.00–390.00	378.58
1	250–300	255	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	405	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	300.00–305.00	303.38
3	350–400	385	285.00–295.00	290.02
1	400–450	400	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	488	260.00–265.00	262.49
2	500–550	513	240.00–245.00	242.49
2	550–600	565	230.00	230.00
3	600–650	630	210.00–225.00	219.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	345.00–355.00	351.11
1	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
4	400–450	420	315.00–325.00	318.85
3	550–600	560	265.00–270.00	266.67
7	600–650	616	255.00–265.00	258.63
2	650–700	653	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	365.00–370.00	367.50
2	250–300	265	350.00–355.00	352.59
3	300–350	313	330.00–340.00	336.70
2	350–400	380	315.00–320.00	317.57
2	400–450	425	300.00–307.00	303.38
4	450–500	473	290.00–315.00	302.45
7	550–600	566	255.00–265.00	260.00
3	600–650	635	247.00–250.00	249.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	213	395.00–410.00	403.28
1	250–300	295	385.00	385.00
2	300–350	325	360.00–375.00	367.96
2	350–400	373	355.00	355.00
5	400–450	418	330.00–345.00	338.05
4	450–500	474	315.00–320.00	316.23
4	500–550	526	290.00–305.00	295.95
2	700–750	713	242.00–247.00	244.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	380	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	540	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	568	265.00–270.00	267.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
13	450–500	488	315.00–317.50	316.70
2	550–600	578	280.00–285.00	282.42
4	600–650	626	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	390.00	390.00
5	350–400	362	365.00–380.00	371.15
1	400–450	430	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	460	320.00–330.00	323.70
7	500–550	511	305.00–315.00	309.28
2	550–600	570	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,440	119.00–120.00	119.48
7	—	1,426	121.00–126.00	123.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,313	129.00–135.00	131.42
30	—	1,210	115.00–121.00	118.94
35	—	1,210	122.00–128.00	124.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,030	109.00–116.00	113.06
12	—	992	103.00–108.00	105.18
4	—	866	95.00–100.00	97.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,576	137.00–141.00	139.52
4	—	1,644	146.00–151.00	149.61
4	—	1,916	153.00–156.00	154.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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	—	—	1,200.00–1,330.00	1,265.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,056.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,570.00–1,930.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,230.00–1,450.00	1,340.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,857.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,205.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,655.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,571.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,750.00–1,975.00	1,862.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Tennessee Valley Livestock - Florence, AL

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