Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower with high yielding boning cows up to 158.00 cwt, and high yielding breaking cows up to 152.00 cwt. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.64/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −143.29 against this barn's trailing median of $395.93.

Average price

$252.64

34 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,360

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$17.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs AL average

−16.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	256.37	1,390	18thin
Medium and Large 2	534	251.66	1,344	12thin
Medium and Large 3	534	238.78	1,275	4thin

One grade step is worth $17.59/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale34 hd

252.64

—

AL average5 barns · 127 hd

248.93

+3.71

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−16.22

This barn, trailing median30 sales

395.93

−143.29

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	1,611	161.11	2,595	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,205	137.73	1,660	63
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,534	137.72	2,112	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	117.88	1,265	41

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)	—	$1,975	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,801	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,475	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,164	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	550–600	582	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	331.95/cwt	325.00–335.00	920	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	303.56/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	242.51/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	233.49/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	291.20/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	295.83/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	313.77/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,083	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	277.45/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	318.24/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	302.75/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,147	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	253.88/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,315	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	333.51/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,064	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	324.92/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,205	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	332.45/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,273	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	342.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	289.93/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,386	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	257.49/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	325.00/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,017	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	787	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	313.33/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	502	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,441	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	267.30/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	280.58/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,198	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	241.71/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,088	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	771	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	145.68/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,857	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	139.17/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,730	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	109.21/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,114	8
Bulls	—	—	1,443	154.84/cwt	153.00–157.00	2,234	7
Bulls	—	—	1,699	169.53/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,880	4
Bulls	—	—	1,674	161.89/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,710	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,475.00/head	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,475	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,042.50/head	2,035.00–2,050.00	2,043	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,264.29/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,264	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,987.50/head	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,988	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,560.00/head	1,400.00–1,720.00	1,560	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,975.00/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	1,975	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	123.30/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,358	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	116.46/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,245	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,639	133.38/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,186	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	145.51/cwt	143.00–149.00	2,063	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	138.60/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,993	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	130.86/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,471	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	267.52/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,268	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	303.40/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,010	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	336.04/cwt	332.00–340.00	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,098	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	265	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	294.45/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	372.55/cwt	370.00–375.00	969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	322.03/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	334.10/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,417	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	296.04/cwt	296.00–297.00	1,237	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	316.70/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	334.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,036	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	341.93/cwt	340.00–350.00	937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	262.69/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,807	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	311.85/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	257.95/cwt	257.50–262.00	1,344	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	321.50/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,350	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	293.08/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	254.39/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,447	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	244.14/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,636	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	243	367.53/cwt	365.00–370.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	318.56/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1

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 Jul 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,192Last week 878Year ago 1,008

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 102Year ago 187

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 71Year ago 114

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	235	345.00	345.00
5	250–300	277	325.00–335.00	331.95
17	300–350	345	312.50–325.00	313.77
5	350–400	379	300.00–307.00	302.75
5	400–450	415	290.00–292.00	291.20
2	450–500	460	275.00–280.00	277.45
9	500–550	518	250.00–255.00	253.88
3	550–600	582	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	615	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	745	215.00	215.00
2	750–800	787	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	335.00	335.00
1	250–300	290	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	333	300.00–310.00	303.40
3	350–400	375	290.00	290.00
7	400–450	427	280.00–282.00	280.58
8	450–500	474	260.00–270.00	267.52
3	500–550	525	240.00–245.00	241.71
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	615	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	695	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	350.00	350.00
5	250–300	274	340.00–350.00	341.93
6	300–350	310	330.00–340.00	334.17
2	350–400	375	317.00–320.00	318.56
27	400–450	418	296.00–297.00	296.04
10	500–550	521	257.50–262.00	257.95
8	550–600	569	250.00–255.00	254.39
1	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
20	650–700	670	235.00–245.00	244.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	332.00–340.00	336.04
3	300–350	313	320.00–330.00	325.00
3	350–400	385	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	478	285.00–295.00	289.93
3	500–550	528	265.00–270.00	267.30
2	550–600	578	255.00–260.00	257.49
1	600–650	625	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	680	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	365.00–370.00	367.53
4	300–350	319	332.00–335.00	333.51
9	350–400	371	322.00–330.00	324.92
5	400–450	415	310.00–317.00	313.33
2	450–500	473	300.00–307.00	303.56
1	500–550	510	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	560	272.00	272.00
2	650–700	653	240.00–245.00	242.51
2	700–750	728	230.00–237.00	233.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	390.00	390.00
2	250–300	260	370.00–375.00	372.55
1	300–350	305	360.00	360.00
6	400–450	420	320.00–327.00	321.50
3	450–500	467	315.00–320.00	316.70
4	500–550	506	290.00–302.00	293.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	380.00	380.00
2	300–350	313	340.00–345.00	342.48
2	350–400	383	330.00–335.00	332.45
3	400–450	421	315.00–325.00	318.24
1	450–500	485	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	525	290.00–300.00	295.83
5	550–600	557	284.00	284.00
1	600–650	640	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	733	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
6	500–550	502	287.00	287.00
2	550–600	585	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	355.00	355.00
31	400–450	424	330.00–340.00	334.10
5	450–500	468	320.00–325.00	322.03
2	500–550	515	307.00–317.00	311.85
2	550–600	573	292.00–297.00	294.45
1	600–650	625	287.00	287.00
11	650–700	688	262.00–270.00	262.69
9	700–750	700	250.00	250.00
3	750–800	785	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,275	143.00–150.00	145.68
20	—	1,243	135.00–142.00	139.17
25	—	1,124	127.00–134.00	130.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,020	106.00–111.00	109.21
17	—	1,101	120.00–126.00	123.30
16	—	1,069	114.00–119.00	116.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,639	130.00–135.00	133.38
2	—	1,418	143.00–149.00	145.51
2	—	1,438	136.00–142.00	138.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,443	153.00–157.00	154.84
4	—	1,699	166.00–173.00	169.53
13	—	1,674	159.00–165.00	161.89

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,035.00–2,050.00	2,042.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,720.00	1,560.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,900.00–2,100.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,264.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,987.50

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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