Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady with high yielding boning cows up to 150.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with very 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 $282.21/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −113.72 against this barn's trailing median of $395.93.

Average price

$282.21

30 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$30.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.63

vs AL average

−22.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	285.65	1,551	25
Medium and Large 2	544	271.67	1,477	3thin
Medium and Large 3	518	255.00	1,321	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.65/cwt here — about $230 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale30 hd

282.21

—

AL average10 barns · 278 hd

282.84

−0.63

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−22.43

This barn, trailing median30 sales

395.93

−113.72

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	—	High	1,625	152.35	2,476	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	135.52	1,592	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	134.21	2,025	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	969	112.55	1,091	29

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)	—	$2,217	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,980	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,819	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,400	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,575	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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 1	350–400	361	333.54/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,204	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,801	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	652	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	337.59/cwt	335.00–340.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	601	254.24/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	302.67/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,444	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	304.95/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	330.54/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,395	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	503	306.00/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	354.63/cwt	350.00–360.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	264.25/cwt	262.50–267.00	1,665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,780	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	302.08/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	348.35/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,414	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	327.54/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	397.04/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,052	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	292.54/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,685	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	272.98/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	416.71/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,096	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	308.39/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,715	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	369.93/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,543	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	342.09/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,622	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	390.99/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,435	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	386.84/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	322.01/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,639	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	401.27/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,260	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,789	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,575.00/head	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,212.50/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,213	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,818.75/head	1,600.00–1,950.00	1,819	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,825.00/head	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,825	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,216.67/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,217	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,400.00/head	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,400	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	—	—	2,030	160.95/cwt	160.00–162.00	3,267	2
Bulls	—	—	1,533	145.80/cwt	143.00–149.00	2,235	4
Bulls	—	—	1,562	153.64/cwt	151.00–155.00	2,400	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	136.41/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,619	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	120.96/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,205	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	127.88/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,403	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	134.10/cwt	131.00–137.00	2,143	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	144.81/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,832	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	104.23/cwt	101.00–108.00	959	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	113.30/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,126	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	141.25/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,992	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	127.41/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,791	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	362.96/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,183	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	352.54/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,252	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	253.04/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	284	374.12/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,063	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	335.03/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	317.41/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	248.73/cwt	247.50–255.00	2,030	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	263.25/cwt	263.25–263.25	2,138	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	358.74/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	617	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,959	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	350.17/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,639	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	375.00/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	312.42/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	274	326.17/cwt	320.00–330.00	894	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	341	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,091	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	312.16/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,330	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	310.74/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	238.96/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	302.47/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	277.45/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,995	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	380.08/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	287.82/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	251.67/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	340.06/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	314.19/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,470	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	352.36/cwt	350.00–355.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	254.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	288.34/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	321.38/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,241	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	311.79/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,166	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	287.02/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,524	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	342.47/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,082	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	321.93/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,371	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	331.61/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,045	3

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 Jan 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,307Last week 541Year ago 1,113

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 61Year ago 190

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 45Year ago 113

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	350.00–360.00	354.63
6	300–350	316	340.00–345.00	342.47
7	350–400	361	330.00–345.00	333.54
15	400–450	426	320.00–325.00	321.93
10	450–500	468	310.00–320.00	314.19
17	500–550	531	285.00–295.00	287.02
6	550–600	590	275.00	275.00
4	600–650	630	262.50–267.00	264.25
2	650–700	678	250.00–260.00	254.94
3	700–750	710	245.00–255.00	251.67
6	750–800	791	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	650–700	681	264.50	264.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	503	305.00–307.00	306.00
4	650–700	652	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	350.00–355.00	352.36
2	250–300	270	335.00–340.00	337.59
3	300–350	315	330.00–335.00	331.61
5	350–400	386	320.00–325.00	321.38
7	400–450	426	310.00–315.00	312.16
13	450–500	477	295.00–305.00	302.67
2	500–550	523	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	585	265.00	265.00
4	600–650	601	250.00–257.00	254.24
3	650–700	670	235.00–242.00	238.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	345.00	345.00
5	250–300	274	320.00–330.00	326.17
8	300–350	341	320.00	320.00
4	350–400	374	307.00–315.00	311.79
2	400–450	405	300.00–305.00	302.47
3	450–500	483	285.00–290.00	288.34
2	500–550	518	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	400.00	400.00
5	250–300	284	370.00–380.00	374.12
5	300–350	326	360.00–365.00	362.96
2	350–400	355	350.00–355.00	352.54
10	400–450	422	320.00–335.00	330.54
2	450–500	480	300.00–310.00	304.95
1	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
3	600–650	613	252.00–255.00	253.04
1	750–800	795	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	390.00–405.00	397.04
3	300–350	338	380.00–390.00	386.84
6	400–450	406	340.00–355.00	348.35
2	450–500	468	325.00–330.00	327.54
6	500–550	515	300.00–312.00	302.08
6	550–600	576	285.00–295.00	292.54
4	600–650	628	270.00–275.00	272.98
1	700–750	715	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	430.00	430.00
3	250–300	263	410.00–420.00	416.71
4	300–350	314	400.00–405.00	401.27
5	350–400	367	385.00–395.00	390.99
8	400–450	417	360.00–375.00	369.93
8	450–500	474	340.00–350.00	342.09
5	500–550	509	315.00–325.00	322.01
5	550–600	556	305.00–315.00	308.39
1	750–800	750	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	433	335.00–345.00	340.06
1	500–550	515	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	618	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	370.00–380.00	375.00
4	400–450	416	355.00–365.00	358.74
2	500–550	528	310.00–315.00	312.42
1	550–600	595	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	690	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	470.00	470.00
1	250–300	250	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
6	400–450	415	370.00–390.00	380.08
11	450–500	468	345.00–357.00	350.17
3	500–550	522	330.00–337.50	335.03
4	550–600	571	315.00–325.00	317.41
10	600–650	612	300.00–315.00	310.74
6	650–700	680	287.00–290.00	287.82
4	700–750	719	275.00–285.00	277.45
1	750–800	755	260.00	260.00
6	800–850	816	247.50–255.00	248.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	800–850	812	263.25	263.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	617	317.50	317.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,212.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,600.00–1,950.00	1,818.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	—	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,216.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,030	160.00–162.00	160.95
4	—	1,533	143.00–149.00	145.80
7	—	1,562	151.00–155.00	153.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,187	133.00–140.00	136.41
20	—	1,097	125.00–132.00	127.88
15	—	1,265	142.00–148.00	144.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	996	118.00–124.00	120.96
10	—	920	101.00–108.00	104.23
10	—	994	110.00–116.00	113.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,598	131.00–137.00	134.10
4	—	1,410	138.00–144.00	141.25
4	—	1,406	124.00–130.00	127.41

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Tennessee Valley Livestock - Florence, AL

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