Tennessee Valley Livestock Market Report

Florence, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 15, 2021

1,900 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.75/cwt ≈ $936/hd at 656 lb · 68 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.00/cwt ≈ $793/hd at 601 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.31/cwt -4.89 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 505 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,900	1,632
Feeder cattle	1,644	1,361
Slaughter cattle	147	163
Replacement cattle	109	108

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold most 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
563	563	39	149.25	$149.25	$840	—
656	656	68	142.75	$142.75	$936	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	23	164.50	$164.50	$724	—
530	530	1	145.00	$145.00	$768	-10.00
565–570	568	2	136.00–137.00	$136.50	$775	-4.61
610–630	620	3	130.00–137.00	$132.96	$824	-1.55
650 value added	650	1	135.00	$135.00	$878	—
695	695	1	125.00	$125.00	$869	—
705–745	725	2	122.00–126.00	$123.94	$899	—
710–745 value added	727	3	127.00–130.00	$127.98	$930	-4.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	175.00	$175.00	$578	—
360–392	387	7	165.00	$165.00	$639	—
420	420	2	156.00–162.00	$159.00	$668	—
500–535	517	3	137.00–140.00	$138.04	$714	-8.96
580–595	588	2	130.00–132.00	$131.01	$770	-1.70
605–630	618	2	122.00	$122.00	$754	±0.00
670	670	1	117.00	$117.00	$784	—
700–705	703	2	111.00–117.00	$114.01	$801	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–313	308	3	165.00–170.00	$168.35	$519	-6.65
435	435	1	153.00	$153.00	$666	+1.00
455–490	475	5	137.00–142.00	$137.98	$655	-5.04
505–545	523	5	130.00–135.00	$132.38	$692	-1.07
555–595	575	3	122.00–125.00	$123.34	$709	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	5	134.00	$134.00	$619	-2.91
502 fancy	502	8	135.00	$135.00	$678	—
503–540	505	52	127.00–131.00	$130.74	$660	-5.46
561 fancy	561	3	132.00	$132.00	$741	-6.30
550–580	564	6	122.00–125.00	$122.49	$691	-7.67
617 fancy	617	2	130.00	$130.00	$802	—
600–640	622	5	117.00–122.00	$118.78	$739	-1.22
650–690	661	4	112.00–117.00	$115.70	$765	—
650–698 fancy	694	13	120.00–123.00	$122.78	$852	—
700–720	707	3	107.00–112.00	$109.36	$773	-6.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	140.00	$140.00	$525	-0.40
407–445	421	18	132.00–135.00	$133.19	$561	-5.48
450–495	475	15	127.00–133.00	$129.05	$613	-4.17
500–545	525	9	122.00–125.00	$123.33	$647	-1.31
550–595	569	10	117.00–121.00	$119.20	$678	-0.30
600–645	626	9	112.00–116.00	$114.31	$716	-0.69
670–685	678	2	107.00–110.00	$108.48	$735	-2.55
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601	601	63	132.00	$132.00	$793	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	3	137.00	$137.00	$447	-2.56
355–395	375	6	132.00–137.00	$133.39	$500	-0.20
405–445	427	19	125.00–130.00	$127.98	$546	-1.32
450–495	473	19	120.00–125.00	$123.48	$584	-0.30
500–540	522	7	115.00–120.00	$117.46	$613	-0.04
560–590	578	6	110.00–115.00	$112.65	$651	±0.00
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	+3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	287	3	167.00–172.00	$169.69	$487	-3.35
305–340	318	6	160.00–165.00	$161.83	$515	+0.87
350–395	376	14	147.00–155.00	$152.05	$572	-1.63
400–445	430	20	137.00–145.00	$140.68	$605	-2.75
460–495	478	22	127.00–136.00	$131.56	$629	-1.46
505–545	526	13	122.00–127.00	$124.48	$655	+0.98
555–590	577	7	115.00–122.00	$118.24	$682	—
615–645	630	5	110.00–115.00	$112.80	$711	+0.30
660–690	673	4	102.00–107.00	$104.47	$703	-2.53
715–740	728	2	95.00	$95.00	$692	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	180.00	$180.00	$531	—
305–340	326	7	167.00–175.00	$169.27	$552	-6.27
360–395	382	7	157.00–165.00	$161.40	$617	-0.88
400–430	420	4	147.00–150.00	$149.23	$627	-6.05
455–495	468	10	137.00–141.00	$137.99	$646	-6.20
500–545	520	18	130.00–135.00	$132.68	$690	-0.20
585–595	592	3	125.00–129.00	$127.33	$754	+0.50
610–640	626	7	117.00–122.00	$120.57	$755	+1.78
650–695	672	8	112.00–115.00	$113.51	$763	+0.17
710–745	726	6	105.00–110.00	$106.82	$776	-0.18

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	177.00	$177.00	$566	-3.00
385	385	1	170.00	$170.00	$654	-4.16
405–445	420	5	157.00–165.00	$159.53	$670	-1.94
450	450	1	150.00	$150.00	$675	-2.37
505–535	520	5	137.00–140.00	$138.80	$722	-4.16
550–595	561	8	130.00–139.00	$133.22	$747	-2.12
600–615	608	4	127.00–133.00	$128.48	$781	+3.98
650–695	668	3	117.00–122.00	$118.95	$795	-0.24
705	705	1	112.00	$112.00	$790	-3.99
770–785	780	3	107.00–110.00	$108.01	$842	-6.79

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1340	1162	80-85%	15	50.00–53.00	$51.76	$601	-5.87
1025–1600	1234	80-85%	22	54.00–59.00	$56.38	$696	—
1200–1285	1242	80-85%	3	60.00–62.00	$61.02	$758	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1065	964	85-90%	7	47.00–49.00	$47.74	$460	—
925–1160	998	85-90%	9	35.00–40.00	$39.24	$392	—
810–1235	1017	85-90%	16	41.00–46.00	$43.11	$438	-0.40

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1730	1420	75-80%	11	57.00–62.00	$59.14	$840	—
1190–1875	1529	75-80%	7	54.00–56.00	$54.62	$835	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1865	1515	4	75.00–79.00	$77.44	$1,173	—
1605–1775	1708	3	81.00–84.00	$83.06	$1,419	—
1650–2000	1853	3	88.00–90.00	$88.98	$1,649	+0.20

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1120–1540	1408	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–975.00	$887.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1225	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00	$975.00
1115–1300	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$738.46

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–875	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–775.00	$695.07
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1115–1470	1234	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,290.55	—
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1190	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,159.14	—

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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.