Tennessee Valley Livestock Market Report

Florence, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

1,085 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 3 bulls $130.40/cwt +0.42 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 525 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $128.44/cwt -3.10 vs last sale · ≈ $610/hd at 475 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 bulls $135.12/cwt -4.28 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 472 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,085	1,001	755
Feeder cattle	872	766	619
Slaughter cattle	90	117	91
Replacement cattle	123	118	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady to firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with best demand on heavy weight feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	167.00	$167.00	$626	—
470–475	473	2	150.00–155.00	$152.49	$721	-1.33
505–540	529	4	142.00–145.00	$143.48	$759	-4.03
550–580	569	4	132.00–137.00	$134.52	$765	-3.90
645	645	1	127.00	$127.00	$819	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	172.00	$172.00	$731	—
530–545	538	2	155.00	$155.00	$834	—
600–615	609	4	140.00–149.00	$145.23	$884	-4.12
765–795	780	2	125.00–127.00	$125.98	$983	-15.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	167.00	$167.00	$710	—
530–540	535	2	147.00–150.00	$148.49	$794	-4.63
575	575	1	142.00	$142.00	$816	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–375	373	2	145.00	$145.00	$541	+3.99
455–495	475	15	125.00–132.00	$128.44	$610	-3.10
500–545	517	13	122.00–127.00	$124.15	$642	-0.54
550–575	563	2	115.00–120.00	$117.56	$662	-2.44
600–645	622	5	112.00–115.00	$113.78	$708	+1.78
675	675	1	112.00	$112.00	$756	+0.84

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–531	531	6	136.00–140.00	$136.67	$726	+0.67
550–585	573	14	129.00–135.00	$130.90	$750	-3.11
600–635	615	3	125.00–128.00	$125.99	$775	-4.01
655–685	672	3	117.00–120.00	$118.31	$795	-7.50
762 fancy	762	2	116.00	$116.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	3	135.00	$135.00	$616	-2.64
500–540	510	11	128.00–132.00	$130.72	$667	-1.99
555–575	563	3	122.00–125.00	$122.99	$692	-3.21
605–640	621	5	118.00–122.00	$120.42	$748	-0.25
655	655	1	112.00	$112.00	$734	—
740–747	745	4	106.00–107.00	$106.75	$795	-8.25

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	162.00	$162.00	$526	—
365–395	381	8	150.00–155.00	$151.75	$578	-1.29
415–445	433	10	140.00–147.00	$143.78	$623	-2.62
450–495	472	14	132.00–137.00	$135.12	$638	-4.28
500–540	525	20	125.00–132.00	$130.40	$685	+0.42
555–585	572	10	122.00–127.00	$123.30	$705	+0.31
620–645	633	2	120.00	$120.00	$760	-0.27
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	2	160.00–162.00	$160.95	$608	—
400–410	405	3	150.00–157.00	$153.03	$620	+1.54
455–490	473	6	140.00–147.00	$143.02	$676	-4.29
500–535	511	8	135.00–142.00	$138.13	$706	+0.16
550–595	565	11	130.00–135.00	$131.72	$744	+1.81
610–640	623	3	127.00–128.00	$127.33	$793	+1.31
650–685	668	5	122.00	$122.00	$815	±0.00
715	715	1	115.00	$115.00	$822	—
765–770	768	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$852	-1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420	418	2	162.00	$162.00	$677	—
510	510	1	152.00	$152.00	$775	+3.20
566	566	3	139.00	$139.00	$787	+2.12
610–625	616	5	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$807	-1.31
660 fancy	660	1	132.00	$132.00	$871	-4.49
650–688	670	12	125.00–130.00	$127.41	$854	-0.74
705	705	1	123.00	$123.00	$867	-1.00
755–795	769	4	117.00–121.00	$119.72	$921	+1.24
820–845	828	3	115.00–118.00	$116.98	$969	+5.97

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1405	1079	80-85%	14	56.00–60.00	$58.61	$632	—
975–1290	1130	80-85%	15	61.00–66.00	$63.77	$721	+3.84
1045–1225	1141	80-85%	8	67.00–71.00	$68.24	$779	+8.31

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1495	1294	75-80%	11	69.00–74.00	$71.74	$928	—
1115–1560	1348	75-80%	7	75.00–79.00	$76.81	$1,035	-2.39
1195–1475	1384	75-80%	4	65.00–67.00	$66.04	$914	-4.02

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1105	919	85-90%	4	40.00–45.00	$42.47	$390	-3.36
870–1010	934	85-90%	4	47.00–51.00	$48.80	$456	+2.97
1055–1080	1068	85-90%	2	54.00–55.00	$54.51	$582	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1370	1270	2	82.00	$82.00	$1,041	—
1515–1825	1734	4	91.00–97.00	$94.51	$1,639	—
1690–2115	1870	5	98.00–105.00	$101.15	$1,892	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–865	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	647.00–708.00	$667.48

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1270	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–975.00	$940.79
1175 fancy	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1070–1340	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,062.10
1265–1310 fancy	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,200.87
1105–1400	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,175.00–1,325.00	$1,230.14

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–975	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	675.00–775.00	$743.50
940–1340	1226	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	850.00–950.00	$897.35
1000–1360	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,025.00–1,060.00	$1,034.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940 fancy	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
870–1035 fancy	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,113.58
970–1025	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	820.00–900.00	$858.90
980–1030	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	925.00–1,050.00	$987.37
870–1170	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,150.00	$1,096.69

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1300	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,285.23	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1175	1038	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,139.16	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.