Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 8.00 to 13.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifer sold unevenly steady. Trade active with to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.39/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −91.04 against this barn's trailing median of $418.43.

Average price

$327.39

52 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$26.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.07

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	336.03	1,833	27
Medium and Large 2	546	320.08	1,746	20
Medium and Large 3	543	310.02	1,684	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.01/cwt here — about $149 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 sale52 hd

327.39

—

AL average16 barns · 499 hd

325.32

+2.07

This barn, trailing median30 sales

418.43

−91.04

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	1,584	189.20	2,997	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,375	163.77	2,251	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,194	155.30	1,854	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	974	151.98	1,480	14

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)	—	$2,919	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,450	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,919	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,961	18

Every lot, as filed

97 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 2	350–400	377	401.74/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,515	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	388.13/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,242	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	322.57/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	274.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	344.38/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,028	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	416.61/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,371	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	352.51/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,840	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	311.23/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,783	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	452.17/cwt	450.00–452.50	1,388	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	304.11/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,882	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	300.02/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	319.23/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,676	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	388.20/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	446.20/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,232	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	363.99/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,369	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	252.46/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	405.89/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,303	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	317.48/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,959	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	428.45/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	354.35/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,687	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	344.64/cwt	335.00–362.50	1,627	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	363.49/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,523	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	337.45/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	411.67/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,132	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	290.09/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,952	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	295.59/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,989	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,049	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	681	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,043	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	317.58/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,820	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	344.47/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,481	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	302.55/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Bulls	—	—	1,789	198.47/cwt	195.00–206.00	3,551	6
Bulls	—	—	1,500	188.28/cwt	185.00–192.00	2,824	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,151	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,374	163.20/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,242	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	158.69/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,552	3
Bulls	—	—	1,220	164.13/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,002	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,450.00/head	2,200.00–2,750.00	2,450	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,275.00/head	3,250.00–3,300.00	3,275	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,918.75/head	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,919	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,178.57/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,179	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,822.73/head	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,823	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,800	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,613	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	142.97/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,291	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	159.47/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,823	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	151.75/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,499	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	153.92/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,872	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	172.29/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	299.95/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	334	367.13/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,226	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	281	381.09/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,071	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	389	349.22/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,358	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	370.91/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,717	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,056	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	435.74/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,377	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	327.73/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,176	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	337.35/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,754	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	714	293.12/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,093	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	334.60/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,917	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	325.46/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,852	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	471.92/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,076	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	270.82/cwt	267.50–275.00	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,447	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	308.28/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,096	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	411.98/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	318.56/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	359.96/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,009	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	337.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,729	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	333.90/cwt	327.50–341.00	2,060	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	302.34/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	373.30/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	403.45/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,674	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	296.70/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	447.42/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,673	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	367.04/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,909	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	552.14/cwt	545.00–560.00	1,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,785	2

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 Jul 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 880Last week 605Year ago 1,018

Slaughter CattleReceipts 116Last week 116Year ago 167

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 57Year ago 42

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	445.00–450.00	446.20
7	300–350	329	410.00–425.00	416.61
9	350–400	377	395.00–405.00	401.74
9	400–450	424	380.00–395.00	388.20
19	450–500	476	345.00–360.00	354.35
10	500–550	518	320.00–325.00	322.57
10	550–600	573	310.00–322.50	317.58
5	600–650	627	290.00–305.00	300.02
4	650–700	673	290.00–302.50	295.59
1	700–750	745	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	763	250.00–255.00	252.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	465.00	465.00
10	300–350	316	430.00–445.00	435.74
5	350–400	383	410.00–415.00	411.98
10	400–450	415	400.00–410.00	403.45
11	450–500	463	365.00–380.00	370.91
14	500–550	520	330.00–345.00	337.35
13	550–600	573	330.00–340.00	334.60
12	600–650	617	312.50–322.50	317.48
1	650–700	650	312.50	312.50
2	700–750	715	287.50	287.50
3	750–800	767	267.50–275.00	270.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	425.00	425.00
2	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	360	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	470	335.00–340.00	337.45
3	500–550	520	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	578	300.00–305.00	302.55
1	650–700	680	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	410.00–415.00	411.67
8	300–350	320	380.00–395.00	388.13
11	350–400	376	360.00–370.00	363.99
10	400–450	419	355.00–365.00	363.49
21	450–500	472	335.00–362.50	344.64
23	500–550	525	310.00–328.00	319.23
8	550–600	573	300.00–317.50	311.23
6	600–650	619	300.00–307.50	304.11
2	650–700	673	285.00–295.00	290.09
2	700–750	728	270.00–280.00	274.88
1	750–800	775	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	465.00–480.00	471.92
1	250–300	285	445.00	445.00
5	300–350	321	400.00–410.00	405.89
3	350–400	355	407.50	407.50
3	400–450	417	370.00–375.00	373.30
8	500–550	513	330.00–340.00	337.03
11	550–600	569	320.00–330.00	325.46
7	600–650	618	312.50–327.50	318.56
3	650–700	680	305.00–315.00	308.28
1	800–850	800	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	375.00–390.00	381.09
12	300–350	334	355.00–375.00	367.13
7	350–400	389	345.00–355.00	349.22
10	400–450	430	337.50–350.00	344.47
2	500–550	540	295.00–305.00	299.95
1	550–600	585	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	625	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	505.00	505.00
1	250–300	260	490.00	490.00
8	300–350	307	450.00–452.50	452.17
3	350–400	367	420.00–435.00	428.45
6	500–550	522	350.00–355.00	352.51
4	550–600	589	342.50–345.00	344.38
1	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
4	700–750	714	290.00–295.00	293.12
1	750–800	795	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	681	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	545.00–560.00	552.14
1	250–300	260	515.00	515.00
1	300–350	320	480.00	480.00
4	350–400	374	440.00–450.00	447.42
2	400–450	425	420.00	420.00
11	500–550	520	362.50–372.50	367.04
7	550–600	558	350.00–362.50	359.96
12	600–650	617	327.50–341.00	333.90
8	650–700	664	320.00–331.00	327.73
2	700–750	715	295.00–310.00	302.34
3	750–800	762	290.00–300.00	296.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,789	195.00–206.00	198.47
6	—	1,500	185.00–192.00	188.28
2	—	1,220	160.00–169.00	164.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	157.00	157.00
18	—	1,374	160.00–168.00	163.20
2	—	1,383	170.00–175.00	172.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	158.00–160.00	158.69
2	—	903	141.00–145.00	142.97
9	—	988	146.00–156.00	151.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	148.00	148.00
13	—	1,143	158.00–164.00	159.47
34	—	1,216	149.00–157.00	153.92

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)	6	—	—	2,200.00–2,750.00	2,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,918.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,800.00
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	—	—	3,250.00–3,300.00	3,275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,178.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,822.73

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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