Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower with high yielding boning cows up to 155.00 cwt. Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $317.19/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −101.24 against this barn's trailing median of $418.43.

Average price

$317.19

27 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$19.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.77

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	326.83	1,782	13thin
Medium and Large 1	570	325.00	1,853	1thin
Medium and Large 3	544	306.95	1,670	13thin

One grade step is worth $19.89/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale27 hd

317.19

—

AL average14 barns · 322 hd

319.96

−2.77

This barn, trailing median30 sales

418.43

−101.24

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	1,741	162.55	2,829	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	146.85	2,154	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,205	143.04	1,724	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	859	126.02	1,082	8thin

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)	—	$2,675	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,020	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,925	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,500	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	345.47/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,327	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	233	382.47/cwt	380.00–385.00	891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	310.10/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,777	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	418.98/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,290	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	334.27/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,782	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	323.31/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	341.31/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,420	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	329.85/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	397.52/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	309.12/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	400.13/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	366.16/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,223	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	375.02/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	360.40/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,914	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,069	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	360.05/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,081	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	396.39/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,304	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	315.58/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,650	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	634	283.09/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,041	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	293.13/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,694	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	385.04/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,444	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	238.50/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	262.49/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	345.02/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	308.73/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,463	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	321.59/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	287.64/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,496	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	144.57/cwt	143.00–146.00	2,103	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	135.31/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,629	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	149.15/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,870	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	142.06/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,666	15
Bulls	—	—	1,715	167.63/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,875	3
Bulls	—	—	1,756	159.50/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,801	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,500.00/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,925.00/head	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,020.00/head	1,800.00–2,150.00	2,020	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,675.00/head	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	288	416.24/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,199	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	356.51/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,515	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	980	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	117.05/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,016	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	869	130.01/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,130	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	148.37/cwt	147.00–150.00	2,188	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	458	372.39/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,706	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	705	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,097	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	262.37/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	337.39/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,069	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	398.70/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,854	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	440.19/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,373	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	382.21/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,770	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	722	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	381.64/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	278.12/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	370.00/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	304.19/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	411.44/cwt	405.00–415.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	327.40/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	341.69/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	402.86/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	312.02/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,897	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	427.43/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,124	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	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 Apr 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 368Last week 923Year ago 739

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 127Year ago 86

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 110Year ago 81

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	470	340.00–350.00	345.02
1	500–550	535	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	640	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	390.00–405.00	400.13
6	450–500	487	365.00–380.00	375.02
7	500–550	531	350.00–362.50	360.40
2	550–600	568	325.00–335.00	329.85
2	600–650	628	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	320	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	465	395.00–405.00	398.70
3	500–550	513	380.00–385.00	381.64
2	550–600	555	365.00–375.00	370.00
7	600–650	627	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	722	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	380.00–385.00	382.47
2	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
4	300–350	334	360.00–370.00	366.16
18	350–400	384	340.00–355.00	345.47
11	400–450	416	330.00–345.00	341.31
3	450–500	458	320.00–330.00	323.31
3	500–550	520	300.00–315.00	309.12
3	550–600	565	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	730	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	780	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	420	320.00–325.00	321.59
4	450–500	474	305.00–315.00	308.73
2	500–550	520	280.00–295.00	287.64
3	600–650	623	260.00–265.00	262.37
1	650–700	690	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	360.00–390.00	372.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	405.00–415.00	411.44
1	250–300	250	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	380	340.00–360.00	350.00
6	450–500	473	335.00–350.00	341.69
2	500–550	525	325.00–330.00	327.40
14	550–600	583	295.00–306.00	304.19
5	600–650	622	270.00–285.00	278.12
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	460.00	460.00
2	250–300	263	425.00–430.00	427.43
5	300–350	308	415.00–420.00	418.98
2	350–400	383	395.00–400.00	397.52
1	400–450	405	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	463	350.00–370.00	360.05
9	500–550	533	330.00–345.00	334.27
4	550–600	573	305.00–315.00	310.10
1	650–700	655	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	755	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	425.00	425.00
4	250–300	288	410.00–420.00	416.24
10	300–350	329	390.00–410.00	396.39
5	350–400	375	380.00–390.00	385.04
3	400–450	425	350.00–365.00	356.51
4	450–500	464	330.00–350.00	337.39
8	500–550	523	310.00–325.00	315.58
5	550–600	578	287.00–300.00	293.13
5	600–650	634	275.00–285.00	283.09
2	650–700	683	260.00–265.00	262.49
2	750–800	790	232.00–245.00	238.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	705	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	430.00–445.00	440.19
2	350–400	368	420.00	420.00
6	400–450	421	395.00–410.00	402.86
9	450–500	463	375.00–390.00	382.21
1	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
5	600–650	608	310.00–320.00	312.02
1	650–700	685	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	143.00–146.00	144.57
3	—	1,475	147.00–150.00	148.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,204	133.00–137.00	135.31
10	—	1,254	147.00–153.00	149.15
15	—	1,173	139.00–145.00	142.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	124.00	124.00
2	—	868	113.00–120.00	117.05
5	—	869	128.00–131.00	130.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,715	166.00–169.00	167.63
5	—	1,756	156.00–161.00	159.50

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,800.00–2,150.00	2,020.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,100.00	3,100.00

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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