Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with high yielding up to 219.00 cwt. Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder bulls and heifers sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.89/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −70.04 against this barn's trailing median of $395.93.

Average price

$325.89

45 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$33.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.89

vs AL average

−24.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	344.98	1,850	10thin
Medium and Large 2	545	322.25	1,757	29
Medium and Large 3	528	311.64	1,644	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.34/cwt here — about $207 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

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 sale45 hd

325.89

—

AL average15 barns · 576 hd

329.77

−3.89

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−24.68

This barn, trailing median30 sales

395.93

−70.04

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	—	Average	1,711	192.25	3,289	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,424	164.14	2,338	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,224	161.58	1,977	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	152.32	1,473	34

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)	—	$2,617	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,133	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,875	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,890	5

Every lot, as filed

94 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	369	406.03/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,538	76
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	462.64/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,231	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	332.30/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,751	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	401.67/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	301.34/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,814	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	365.16/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,318	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	208	457.90/cwt	450.00–460.00	952	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	357.78/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,499	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	267.45/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,086	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	428.34/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	315.32/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,797	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	324.38/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,888	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	351.22/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	342.44/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	469.89/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,104	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	329.67/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,711	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	351.34/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	282.55/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	377.29/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,204	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	316.61/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,189	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	382.43/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	362.43/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	368.00/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	152.82/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,461	31
Bulls	—	—	1,709	192.50/cwt	186.00–199.00	3,290	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	154.42/cwt	151.00–156.00	2,305	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,336	172.81/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,309	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	169.82/cwt	168.00–174.00	2,121	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	162.03/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,970	66
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,875.00/head	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,133.33/head	2,050.00–2,250.00	2,133	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,616.67/head	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,617	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,050.00/head	2,850.00–3,200.00	3,050	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,650.00/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	326.47/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,525	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	163.79/cwt	159.00–169.00	2,345	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	155.02/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,941	12
Bulls	—	—	1,628	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,947	3
Bulls	—	—	1,802	202.31/cwt	201.00–204.00	3,646	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	147.12/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	315.97/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	440	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	432.60/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	301.25/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,045	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	436.67/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,891	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	536.79/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,170	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	323.78/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	354.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,841	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	383.05/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	337.51/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,904	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	361.73/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,711	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,559	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,317	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	382.47/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	663	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	349.62/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,832	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	392.43/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	382.20/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,582	5

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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 979Last week 498Year ago 720

Slaughter CattleReceipts 286Last week 68Year ago 119

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 22Year ago 85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	218	530.00–540.00	536.79
8	250–300	266	460.00–475.00	462.64
3	300–350	345	435.00–440.00	436.67
4	350–400	369	400.00–410.00	406.03
5	400–450	414	375.00–390.00	382.20
14	450–500	473	355.00–370.00	361.73
5	500–550	520	350.00–360.00	354.00
8	550–600	564	330.00–340.00	337.51
2	600–650	615	320.00–327.50	323.78
6	650–700	679	300.00–305.00	301.25
3	700–750	710	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	235	465.00–480.00	469.89
3	250–300	272	420.00–435.00	428.34
3	300–350	330	390.00–415.00	401.67
1	350–400	390	385.00	385.00
5	400–450	445	365.00–370.00	368.00
4	450–500	473	350.00–352.50	351.22
10	500–550	527	327.50–342.50	332.30
8	550–600	582	320.00–325.00	324.38
1	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
3	650–700	673	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	740	270.00	270.00
4	750–800	780	265.00–275.00	267.45
1	850–900	860	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	440.00	440.00
4	250–300	290	410.00	410.00
2	300–350	330	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	380	360.00–365.00	362.43
2	400–450	410	347.50–355.00	351.34
7	450–500	467	325.00–335.00	326.47
3	500–550	532	315.00–320.00	316.61
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	650–700	667	380.50	380.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	510.00	510.00
1	450–500	495	375.00	375.00
2	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	835	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	425.00–440.00	432.60
3	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	460	380.00–385.00	382.47
5	500–550	518	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	720	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	208	450.00–460.00	457.90
2	250–300	278	380.00–385.00	382.43
4	300–350	319	370.00–380.00	377.29
14	350–400	361	360.00–370.00	365.16
7	400–450	419	355.00–360.00	357.78
6	450–500	468	335.00–350.00	342.44
14	500–550	519	325.00–340.00	329.67
15	550–600	570	310.00–320.00	315.32
15	600–650	602	300.00–310.00	301.34
2	650–700	685	275.00–290.00	282.55
1	750–800	750	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	800	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	335	365.00	365.00
2	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	480	335.00	335.00
5	500–550	519	315.00–320.00	315.97
1	550–600	570	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	383.00	383.00
1	550–600	560	352.50	352.50
4	650–700	663	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	520.00	520.00
2	250–300	258	390.00–395.00	392.43
1	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
4	350–400	369	380.00–387.50	383.05
6	400–450	413	377.50	377.50
1	450–500	455	365.00	365.00
7	500–550	524	345.00–360.00	349.62
2	550–600	568	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	650	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	740	290.00	290.00
8	800–850	835	277.50	277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	956	150.00–159.00	152.82
3	—	1,082	146.00–148.00	147.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,493	151.00–156.00	154.42
7	—	1,336	170.00–178.00	172.81
35	—	1,432	159.00–169.00	163.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,249	168.00–174.00	169.82
66	—	1,216	158.00–166.00	162.03
12	—	1,252	153.00–156.00	155.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,709	186.00–199.00	192.50
3	—	1,628	181.00	181.00
3	—	1,802	201.00–204.00	202.31

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,050.00–2,250.00	2,133.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,616.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,850.00–3,200.00	3,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,650.00

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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Slaughter Cattle

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