Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm with very good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.91/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −85.52 against this barn's trailing median of $418.43.

Average price

$332.91

55 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.37

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	340.31	1,856	29
Medium and Large 2	538	324.66	1,745	26

One grade step is worth $15.65/cwt here — about $111 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

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 sale55 hd

332.91

—

AL average14 barns · 358 hd

328.55

+4.37

This barn, trailing median30 sales

418.43

−85.52

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	1,681	169.29	2,846	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,382	149.28	2,063	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	143.83	1,704	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	132.33	1,321	3thin

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)	—	$3,170	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,934	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,550	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,714	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$3,250	8

Every lot, as filed

77 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	700–750	730	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	424.17/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,332	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	311.11/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,929	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	291.80/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	360.02/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,555	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	402.58/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	331.39/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,727	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	320.04/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,367	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,977	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	321.67/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,657	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	439.73/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	344.76/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	437.39/cwt	435.00–440.00	984	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	401.00/cwt	395.00–412.50	1,484	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	313.90/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,770	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	268.87/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,930	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	299.42/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,868	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	350.79/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,673	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	282.46/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	372.90/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,204	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	295.24/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,884	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	395.42/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,083	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	307.38/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,786	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	373.99/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,799	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	376.95/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,632	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	279.27/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,907	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	351.91/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,323	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	338.36/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,418	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	410.60/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,306	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	132.33/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,321	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	154.30/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,068	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	145.94/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,058	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	137.27/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,495	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	152.92/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,916	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	144.46/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,749	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,656.25/head	2,525.00–2,750.00	2,656	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,966.67/head	2,925.00–3,025.00	2,967	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,475.00/head	3,450.00–3,500.00	3,475	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,212.50/head	3,100.00–3,350.00	3,213	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,825.00/head	3,750.00–3,900.00	3,825	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,937.50/head	3,900.00–3,975.00	3,938	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,462.50/head	3,250.00–3,600.00	3,463	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	3,675.00/head	3,625.00–3,725.00	3,675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	3,316.67/head	3,250.00–3,450.00	3,317	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,900	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	337.34/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,913	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	328.53/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,570	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	422.47/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,174	6
Bulls	—	—	1,735	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,227	1
Bulls	—	—	1,756	171.45/cwt	170.00–173.00	3,011	4
Bulls	—	—	1,505	156.61/cwt	155.00–158.00	2,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	509.84/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	344.55/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,895	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	462.40/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	305.77/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,905	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	343.67/cwt	332.00–347.00	1,736	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	448.45/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,233	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	267.00/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,016	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	381.20/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,017	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	353.01/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,641	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	364.03/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	423.98/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	640	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,272	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	343.97/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,785	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	397.99/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,664	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	415.47/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	379.23/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,396	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	412.55/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,073	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	392.35/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,244	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	456.58/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,050	4

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 May 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 827Last week 368Year ago 540

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 62Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 75Last week 46Year ago 57

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	230	450.00–460.00	456.58
3	250–300	275	445.00–450.00	448.45
10	300–350	314	420.00–430.00	424.17
11	350–400	373	410.00–420.00	415.47
13	400–450	418	385.00–410.00	397.99
5	450–500	467	360.00–370.00	364.03
13	500–550	519	340.00–350.00	343.97
16	550–600	567	325.00–342.00	337.34
8	600–650	620	307.00–315.00	311.11
5	650–700	675	290.00–295.00	291.80
3	700–750	730	270.00	270.00
10	750–800	755	260.00–270.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	435.00–440.00	437.39
6	250–300	278	420.00–425.00	422.47
8	300–350	318	405.00–415.00	410.60
13	350–400	370	395.00–412.50	401.00
21	400–450	433	365.00–410.00	376.95
24	450–500	477	335.00–365.00	350.79
16	500–550	521	325.00–335.00	331.39
10	550–600	564	310.00–320.00	313.90
13	600–650	624	295.00–302.00	299.42
5	650–700	683	275.00–282.00	279.27
13	700–750	718	265.00–270.00	268.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	260	410.00–415.00	412.55
15	300–350	317	385.00–400.00	392.35
19	350–400	368	370.00–385.00	379.23
6	400–450	432	355.00–365.00	360.02
11	450–500	465	340.00–360.00	353.01
17	500–550	505	332.00–347.00	343.67
5	550–600	557	315.00–325.00	320.04
17	600–650	623	300.00–310.00	305.77
6	700–750	706	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	274	390.00–400.00	395.42
19	300–350	323	365.00–380.00	372.90
15	350–400	376	345.00–360.00	351.91
12	400–450	419	330.00–345.00	338.36
10	450–500	478	320.00–335.00	328.53
12	500–550	515	315.00–325.00	321.67
10	550–600	581	300.00–310.00	307.38
11	600–650	638	292.00–297.00	295.24
2	650–700	675	280.00–285.00	282.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	370	435.00–445.00	439.73
2	400–450	413	400.00–405.00	402.58
14	450–500	481	360.00–380.00	373.99
2	500–550	528	335.00–355.00	344.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	500.00–520.00	509.84
2	350–400	365	455.00–470.00	462.40
6	400–450	409	415.00–430.00	423.98
2	450–500	455	417.00	417.00
12	500–550	529	365.00–395.00	381.20
11	550–600	550	342.50–365.00	344.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	650–700	691	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	640	355.00	355.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	998	131.00–133.00	132.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	151.00–158.00	154.30
3	—	1,410	145.00–148.00	145.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	136.00–139.00	137.27
4	—	1,253	149.00–155.00	152.92
15	—	1,211	140.00–149.00	144.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	186.00	186.00
4	—	1,756	170.00–173.00	171.45
2	—	1,505	155.00–158.00	156.61

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,525.00–2,750.00	2,656.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	2,925.00–3,025.00	2,966.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	3,450.00–3,500.00	3,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	3,100.00–3,350.00	3,212.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,750.00–3,900.00	3,825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,900.00–3,975.00	3,937.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	3,250.00–3,600.00	3,462.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	4,050.00	4,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,625.00–3,725.00	3,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,250.00–3,450.00	3,316.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,900.00

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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle