Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.40/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −78.53 against this barn's trailing median of $395.93.

Average price

$317.40

51 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$16.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.55

vs AL average

−16.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	319.99	1,738	43
Medium and Large 3	511	303.48	1,551	8thin

One grade step is worth $16.51/cwt here — about $187 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 sale51 hd

317.40

—

AL average13 barns · 472 hd

326.94

−9.55

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−16.71

This barn, trailing median30 sales

395.93

−78.53

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	1,633	190.29	3,107	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,396	164.65	2,299	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	153.51	1,763	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	865	122.00	1,055	2thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,600	32
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,771	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,294	33

Every lot, as filed

63 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 2	400–450	430	387.53/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	326.30/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,687	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	323.67/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	312.01/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,797	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	438.24/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	336.22/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	411.65/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	340.54/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,601	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	387.75/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	298.35/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	353.27/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,219	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	367.87/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,718	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	291.26/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	377.50/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	307.30/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,899	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	765	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,025	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,062	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,074	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	162.86/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,370	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	155.82/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,834	21
Bulls	—	—	1,505	186.45/cwt	181.00–190.00	2,806	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	2,310.00/head	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,310	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,007.14/head	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,007	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,771.43/head	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,771	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,268.42/head	2,700.00–3,650.00	3,268	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,486.00/head	2,000.00–2,800.00	2,486	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,894.44/head	3,700.00–4,300.00	3,894	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	511	303.48/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,551	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	172.93/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,279	3
Bulls	—	—	1,195	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,008	1
Bulls	—	—	1,874	199.36/cwt	193.00–205.00	3,736	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	145.31/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,545	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	381.22/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	566	321.23/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,818	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	376.26/cwt	375.00–377.50	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,065	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	200	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,009	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	401.84/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	276.03/cwt	265.00–287.50	2,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,005	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	355.76/cwt	347.50–362.50	2,063	15

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 Jun 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 788Last week 824Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 72Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 88Last week 92Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	385.00–390.00	387.53
5	450–500	467	360.00–375.00	367.87
15	550–600	580	347.50–362.50	355.76
1	600–650	600	345.00	345.00
23	650–700	680	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	367.50	367.50
1	400–450	405	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	566	320.00–325.00	321.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	495.00	495.00
1	350–400	370	420.00	420.00
10	400–450	407	400.00–407.50	401.84
12	450–500	493	407.50	407.50
6	500–550	513	380.00–387.50	381.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	430.00–445.00	438.24
1	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	368	405.00–420.00	411.65
2	400–450	415	375.00–380.00	377.50
6	450–500	473	345.00–360.00	353.27
5	500–550	526	330.00–345.00	336.22
2	550–600	570	315.00–332.50	323.67
3	600–650	618	300.00–320.00	307.30
2	650–700	663	290.00–292.50	291.26
2	750–800	780	265.00–287.50	276.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	410	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	490.00	490.00
1	250–300	285	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	300	410.00	410.00
2	450–500	465	375.00–377.50	376.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	405.00	405.00
4	300–350	326	385.00–390.00	387.75
3	350–400	385	365.00–385.00	375.00
2	400–450	418	360.00	360.00
9	450–500	470	330.00–355.00	340.54
24	500–550	517	320.00–331.00	326.30
19	550–600	576	305.00–320.00	312.01
3	600–650	642	290.00–302.50	298.35
1	800–850	800	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
8	500–550	511	302.50–310.00	303.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	375	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	650–700	677	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	134.00	134.00
1	—	965	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,455	160.00–168.00	162.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,177	150.00–168.00	155.82
3	—	1,318	169.00–176.00	172.93
13	—	1,063	140.00–149.00	145.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,505	181.00–190.00	186.45
1	—	1,195	168.00	168.00
5	—	1,874	193.00–205.00	199.36

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,310.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	—	2,700.00–3,650.00	3,268.42
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	3,700.00–4,300.00	3,894.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,007.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,771.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	—	2,000.00–2,800.00	2,486.00

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

Heifers · 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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