Name: Florence Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady with high yielding bulls up to 210.00. Feeder cattle 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 $340.34/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −55.59 against this barn's trailing median of $395.93.

Average price

$340.34

84 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$34.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.22

vs AL average

−19.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	344.86	1,903	63
Medium and Large 2	535	327.62	1,753	20
Medium and Large 3	510	310.00	1,581	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.86/cwt here — about $322 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 sale84 hd

340.34

—

AL average16 barns · 575 hd

332.12

+8.22

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−19.46

This barn, trailing median30 sales

395.93

−55.59

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	—	Low	1,575	187.91	2,960	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,425	169.79	2,420	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,222	162.52	1,985	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	152.36	1,513	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)	—	$3,014	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,402	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,833	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,667	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,050	4thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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	360	401.67/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	325.02/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,846	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	443.44/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,206	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	412.03/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	312.45/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	362.92/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,865	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	351.76/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,991	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	341.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,185	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,325	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	314.16/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	449.85/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	305.58/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,029	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	385.77/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,651	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	332.48/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,775	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	518.04/cwt	510.00–525.00	1,191	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	293.26/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,238	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	356.87/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	342.19/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,985	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	376.75/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,612	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	347.62/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,818	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	386.62/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	329.99/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,752	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,380	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	322.53/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	314.56/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	342.16/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,646	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	347.43/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,689	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	337.47/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	364.17/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	352.47/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	281.69/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	407.43/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,153	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	312.23/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,792	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	145.21/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,307	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,693	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	153.27/cwt	149.00–156.00	1,545	9
Bulls	—	—	1,250	172.72/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,159	4
Bulls	—	—	1,631	198.89/cwt	194.00–205.00	3,244	6
Bulls	—	—	1,683	187.35/cwt	181.00–192.00	3,153	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,833.33/head	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,833	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,666.67/head	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,667	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	392.48/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,327	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,401.92/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,402	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,960.00/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,960	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,150.00/head	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,150	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,496	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	174.09/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,336	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	166.18/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,491	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	169.28/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,933	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	161.46/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,975	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	153.29/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,161	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	293.37/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,971	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	385.98/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,011	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	439.09/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,423	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	328.56/cwt	323.00–342.50	2,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	349.01/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	364.54/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	415	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	419.22/cwt	405.00–421.00	1,949	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	354.21/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,175	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,292	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	264.91/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	333.31/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	376.35/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,134	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	310.87/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,213	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	371.42/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	331.39/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,035	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	497.46/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,890	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	387.45/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	344.15/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,917	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	286.64/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	333.90/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,224	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	436.81/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	303.26/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,187	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	330.63/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,195	8

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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 736Last week 737Year ago 750

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 131Year ago 233

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 69Year ago 175

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	500.00	500.00
3	250–300	272	440.00–445.00	443.44
5	300–350	327	400.00–420.00	412.03
3	350–400	360	395.00–405.00	401.67
11	400–450	428	375.00–400.00	385.77
8	450–500	486	340.00–355.00	347.43
9	500–550	534	327.50–340.00	332.48
10	550–600	568	315.00–327.50	325.02
5	600–650	620	310.00–320.00	314.56
13	650–700	664	290.00–310.00	305.58
1	700–750	705	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	230	510.00–525.00	518.04
1	250–300	265	515.00	515.00
4	300–350	324	430.00–450.00	439.09
3	400–450	423	430.00–445.00	436.81
9	450–500	466	360.00–385.00	371.42
5	500–550	511	345.00–355.00	349.01
6	550–600	557	340.00–350.00	344.15
6	600–650	631	323.00–342.50	328.56
1	650–700	650	315.00	315.00
9	700–750	721	295.00–310.00	303.26
6	750–800	763	285.00–305.00	293.26
3	800–850	815	285.00–290.00	286.64
2	850–900	875	260.00–270.00	264.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	338	390.00–395.00	392.48
2	350–400	385	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	423	360.00–365.00	364.17
2	450–500	490	320.00–325.00	322.53
9	550–600	574	310.00–312.50	312.23
3	600–650	618	290.00–300.00	293.37
1	700–750	730	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	447.50	447.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	355	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	418	445.00–455.00	449.85
4	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
17	500–550	514	355.00–375.00	362.92
30	550–600	566	340.00–355.00	351.76
10	600–650	640	340.00–345.00	341.48
11	700–750	710	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	550.00	550.00
2	300–350	335	520.00	520.00
6	350–400	380	490.00–515.00	497.46
1	400–450	400	495.00	495.00
15	450–500	465	405.00–421.00	419.22
8	500–550	521	380.00–395.00	385.98
6	550–600	567	360.00–390.00	376.35
9	600–650	614	350.00–365.00	354.21
10	650–700	666	320.00–345.00	333.90
3	750–800	755	330.00–335.00	333.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	530.00	530.00
1	600–650	600	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	400.00–415.00	407.43
3	300–350	335	385.00–390.00	386.62
4	350–400	378	365.00	365.00
7	400–450	432	350.00–367.50	356.87
8	450–500	481	335.00–347.50	342.16
17	500–550	531	320.00–337.50	329.99
3	550–600	558	312.50–315.00	314.16
4	600–650	613	310.00–315.00	312.45
2	650–700	695	305.00	305.00
3	700–750	730	275.00–290.00	281.69
1	800–850	840	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	450.00	450.00
1	250–300	280	440.00	440.00
2	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	373	380.00–395.00	387.45
9	400–450	428	370.00–392.50	376.75
9	450–500	463	355.00–385.00	364.54
31	500–550	523	340.00–360.00	347.62
32	550–600	580	330.00–350.00	342.19
10	600–650	614	325.00–340.00	331.39
8	650–700	664	320.00–337.50	330.63
3	700–750	712	305.00–315.00	310.87
5	750–800	777	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	365.00	365.00
2	350–400	380	350.00–355.00	352.47
2	400–450	440	335.00–340.00	337.47
1	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	900	143.00–146.00	145.21
2	—	1,065	159.00	159.00
9	—	1,008	149.00–156.00	153.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	160.00	160.00
14	—	1,342	170.00–181.00	174.09
14	—	1,499	163.00–169.00	166.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,142	168.00–171.00	169.28
29	—	1,223	158.00–166.00	161.46
4	—	1,410	150.00–155.00	153.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	169.00–176.00	172.72
6	—	1,631	194.00–205.00	198.89
9	—	1,683	181.00–192.00	187.35

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)	3	—	—	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,833.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,666.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	—	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,401.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	—	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,960.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	3,550.00	3,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,750.00	2,750.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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