Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with high yielding slaughter bulls up to 190.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $322.86/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −95.58 against this barn's trailing median of $418.43.

Average price

$322.86

21 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$32.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.06

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	337.15	1,836	11thin
Medium and Large 2	587	309.10	1,814	6thin
Medium and Large 3	558	304.19	1,696	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.97/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.66, low $355.45, median $418.43 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 sale21 hd

322.86

—

AL average16 barns · 200 hd

318.80

+4.06

This barn, trailing median30 sales

418.43

−95.58

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	—	Average	1,753	171.95	3,014	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	139.65	2,063	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	138.23	1,622	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	119.16	1,240	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)	—	$2,575	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,213	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,700	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,250	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,063	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1	350–400	378	398.41/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,506	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	312.38/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,584	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	347.49/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,574	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	366.65/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	278.47/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,852	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	387.43/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	309.10/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,814	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	350.05/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	375.00/cwt	370.00–380.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	297.04/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,833	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	276.25/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	312.30/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,468	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	325.03/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,414	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	354.17/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	364.67/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,196	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	300.58/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	407.38/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,324	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	291.30/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	296.68/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,371	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	376.04/cwt	375.00–377.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	308.27/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	372.35/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	282.37/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	258.31/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	286	355.66/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,017	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	205	407.50/cwt	405.00–410.00	835	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	118.38/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,198	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	110.35/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,092	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	125.19/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,391	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	139.65/cwt	136.00–141.00	2,063	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	130.98/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,553	7
Bulls	—	—	1,832	172.55/cwt	170.00–175.00	3,161	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,073.57/head	1,850.00–2,250.00	2,074	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,150.00/head	2,900.00–3,350.00	3,150	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,550.00–3,050.00	2,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,550.00–2,850.00	2,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	511	280.51/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,433	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	144.48/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,729	11
Bulls	—	—	1,482	165.10/cwt	163.00–166.00	2,447	3
Bulls	—	—	1,805	179.51/cwt	178.00–181.00	3,240	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	137.17/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,582	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	353	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	344.01/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,459	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	391.07/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,259	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,264	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	328.17/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,834	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	429.41/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,340	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	372.50/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,509	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	441.97/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,198	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	347.50/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	389.98/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,852	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	445.00/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	319.69/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,509	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	402.52/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,715	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	347.93/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,834	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	878	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,011	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	348.62/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,454	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	377.53/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,401	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	271.00/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	293.50/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	372.92/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,913	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	373.51/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,755	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	383.34/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,664	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	385.72/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,227	12

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 Mar 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 707Last week 451Year ago 883

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 40Year ago 151

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 43Year ago 165

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	435.00–450.00	441.97
6	300–350	312	420.00–445.00	429.41
12	350–400	378	395.00–405.00	398.41
12	400–450	434	380.00–390.00	383.34
33	450–500	470	360.00–385.00	373.51
5	500–550	527	340.00–360.00	347.93
6	550–600	559	325.00–335.00	328.17
1	700–750	735	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	430.00	430.00
21	300–350	325	400.00–417.50	407.38
2	350–400	370	385.00–390.00	387.43
3	400–450	418	360.00–370.00	366.65
2	450–500	453	345.00–350.00	347.49
6	550–600	587	307.50–315.00	309.10
11	600–650	617	295.00–297.50	297.04
2	650–700	665	277.00–280.00	278.47
1	700–750	715	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	750	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	405.00–410.00	407.50
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
5	300–350	322	385.00–395.00	391.07
2	350–400	388	365.00–380.00	372.35
8	400–450	424	342.00–355.00	344.01
2	450–500	482	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	520	315.00	315.00
3	550–600	570	297.00–305.00	300.58
3	600–650	625	280.00–287.00	282.37
2	650–700	658	272.00	272.00
3	700–750	720	255.00–260.00	258.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	318	380.00–390.00	385.72
18	350–400	371	370.00–385.00	377.53
18	400–450	417	340.00–360.00	348.62
11	450–500	472	317.00–335.00	319.69
7	500–550	507	305.00–317.50	312.38
2	550–600	550	287.00–300.00	293.50
2	600–650	610	270.00–272.00	271.00
2	700–750	705	252.50	252.50
1	750–800	780	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	370.00–380.00	375.00
11	300–350	328	355.00–375.00	364.67
3	350–400	370	345.00–355.00	350.05
13	400–450	435	320.00–330.00	325.03
9	450–500	470	305.00–315.00	312.30
5	500–550	517	285.00–295.00	291.30
4	550–600	551	275.00–280.00	276.25
1	600–650	620	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	286	350.00–365.00	355.66
2	350–400	383	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	415	305.00–310.00	308.27
3	450–500	462	290.00–300.00	296.68
4	500–550	511	280.00–282.00	280.51
1	550–600	570	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	370.00–375.00	372.50
2	450–500	450	345.00–350.00	347.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	878	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
6	500–550	528	350.00–355.00	354.17
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	375.00–377.00	376.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	355	440.00–450.00	445.00
4	400–450	426	400.00–405.00	402.52
5	450–500	475	385.00–395.00	389.98
5	500–550	513	365.00–385.00	372.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,012	115.00–121.00	118.38
5	—	990	108.00–113.00	110.35
9	—	1,111	122.00–128.00	125.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,477	136.00–141.00	139.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,186	128.00–133.00	130.98
11	—	1,197	142.00–148.00	144.48
17	—	1,153	135.00–140.00	137.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,832	170.00–175.00	172.55
3	—	1,482	163.00–166.00	165.10
2	—	1,805	178.00–181.00	179.51

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)	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,850.00–2,250.00	2,073.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,550.00–2,850.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,900.00–3,350.00	3,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,550.00–3,050.00	2,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00

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

Bulls · 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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