Tennessee Valley Livestock Market Report

Florence, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 8, 2021

1,632 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.20/cwt +1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 521 lb · 53 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $162.50/cwt ≈ $691/hd at 425 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $138.67/cwt +2.29 vs last sale · ≈ $595/hd at 429 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,632	1,059	1,200
Feeder cattle	1,361	848	1,016
Slaughter cattle	163	104	113
Replacement cattle	108	107	71

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to firm. Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	45	162.50	$162.50	$691	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	331	12	175.00	$175.00	$579	—
390	390	1	160.00	$160.00	$624	—
440	440	1	152.00	$152.00	$669	—
455–490	469	5	140.00–147.00	$143.02	$671	—
510–525	518	2	130.00–137.00	$133.45	$691	+0.41
625	625	1	117.00	$117.00	$731	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	2	155.00	$155.00	$829	—
565–580	571	9	140.00–145.00	$141.11	$806	-7.89
605 value added	605	1	147.00	$147.00	$889	—
610–640	625	2	134.00–135.00	$134.51	$841	—
720 value added	720	1	132.00	$132.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–460	455	2	150.00–157.00	$153.54	$699	—
530	530	1	147.00	$147.00	$779	—
550–585	563	3	131.00–135.00	$132.71	$747	-5.80
635	635	1	122.00	$122.00	$775	-6.51
760	760	1	112.00	$112.00	$851	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	13	147.50	$147.50	$531	—
420	420	2	142.00–144.00	$143.00	$601	—
450–495	463	12	136.00–137.00	$136.91	$634	—
500–545	521	53	132.00–138.00	$136.20	$710	+1.24
560–595	575	7	125.00–132.00	$130.16	$748	-0.40
575–590 fancy	580	3	135.00–140.00	$138.30	$802	—
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732	—
720–725 fancy	722	3	121.00–124.00	$122.00	$881	+2.00
715–730	723	2	115.00–117.00	$115.99	$839	+1.44
775	775	1	105.00	$105.00	$814	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–375	374	5	140.00–142.00	$140.40	$525	-1.60
400–443	429	34	135.00–140.00	$138.67	$595	+2.29
460–495	475	15	130.00–135.00	$133.22	$633	+2.89
500–545	521	6	122.00–130.00	$124.64	$649	-2.37
550	550	2	117.00–122.00	$119.50	$657	-1.74
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	+0.30
660–690	672	3	107.00–114.00	$111.03	$746	+3.53
715–745	733	4	102.00–107.00	$104.53	$766	+2.53

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	145.00	$145.00	$377	—
313–345	325	9	137.00–142.00	$139.56	$454	-3.39
350–395	373	12	132.00–136.00	$133.59	$498	-3.74
415–445	431	16	126.00–132.00	$129.30	$557	-0.84
450–490	473	13	120.00–127.00	$123.78	$585	-1.33
505–530	516	6	115.00–120.00	$117.50	$606	-0.83
555–580	570	3	112.00–114.00	$112.65	$642	-0.69
600–635	619	5	105.00–111.00	$107.37	$665	+2.74
680	680	1	102.00	$102.00	$694	—
730	730	2	100.00	$100.00	$730	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	6	172.00–177.00	$175.54	$567	+8.11
350–380	368	4	160.00–167.00	$162.28	$597	+4.69
400–445	428	8	152.00–157.00	$155.28	$665	+6.44
460–495	471	10	140.00–148.00	$144.19	$679	+4.17
500–545	520	14	130.00–138.00	$132.88	$691	+0.01
550–595	583	6	126.00–127.00	$126.83	$739	+0.84
615–640	630	5	117.00–120.00	$118.79	$748	-0.72
670–675	673	3	112.00–116.00	$113.34	$763	-0.08
710–720	715	2	107.00	$107.00	$765	-3.00
760–770	765	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$784	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	180.00	$180.00	$576	—
350–380	360	4	170.00–180.00	$174.16	$627	+7.01
400–445	424	4	160.00–162.00	$161.47	$685	+3.54
455–480	460	5	150.00–155.00	$152.37	$701	+3.86
500–525	508	4	140.00–150.00	$142.96	$726	—
555–575	565	8	132.00–140.00	$135.34	$765	+3.99
640	640	2	124.00–125.00	$124.50	$797	-3.11
655–675	668	5	117.00–122.00	$119.19	$796	-0.80
705–720 fancy	713	2	120.00–122.00	$121.01	$863	—
715–730	723	2	115.00–117.00	$115.99	$839	-0.52
752–765	755	5	113.00–116.00	$114.80	$867	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	286	5	170.00–175.00	$173.04	$495	—
310–340	331	7	160.00–165.00	$160.96	$533	+3.63
375–380	377	3	152.00–157.00	$153.68	$579	+8.58
405–445	432	8	140.00–147.00	$143.43	$620	+4.33
460–495	477	7	130.00–137.00	$133.02	$635	+0.46
510	510	2	122.00–125.00	$123.50	$630	-1.11
600–645	618	8	112.00–115.00	$112.50	$695	—
695	695	1	107.00	$107.00	$744	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1275	1108	80-85%	18	50.00–54.00	$52.60	$583	—
960–1410	1160	80-85%	23	55.00–60.00	$57.63	$669	—
1020–1380	1183	80-85%	11	61.00–65.00	$62.91	$744	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1090	943	85-90%	11	35.00–40.00	$37.19	$351	—
835–1275	1002	85-90%	18	41.00–46.00	$43.51	$436	-4.57
860–1210	1063	85-90%	16	47.00–50.00	$48.33	$514	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1365	1254	75-80%	9	65.00–66.00	$65.12	$817	-1.93
1240–1670	1396	75-80%	5	56.00–58.00	$56.94	$795	-1.06
1080–1895	1458	75-80%	10	59.00–64.00	$61.72	$900	+0.98

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1920	1494	5	79.00–83.00	$79.97	$1,195	—
1460–2115	1753	6	92.00–97.00	$94.18	$1,651	—
1635–2125	1864	4	88.00–90.00	$88.78	$1,655	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–1130	887	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	547.00–676.00	$619.35

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1290	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–850.00	$832.13
1135 fancy	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
945–1705	1144	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	900.00–1,175.00	$1,014.74
1229 fancy	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1405	1405	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1030	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	625.00–700.00	$664.53
835–1210	1018	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–875.00	$835.76
1245	1245	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	935.00	$935.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–775	747	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	675.00–750.00	$715.74

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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.