Tennessee Valley Livestock Market Report

Florence, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 6, 2023

1,233 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $196.75/cwt ≈ $1,184/hd at 602 lb · 88 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $218.00/cwt ≈ $1,046/hd at 480 lb · 69 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $220.70/cwt +15.56 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 371 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,233	867	1,272
Feeder cattle	990	718	938
Slaughter cattle	145	100	185
Replacement cattle	98	49	149

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold sharply higher with high yielding boning cows up to 113, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. All Feeder classes sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–366	364	5	257.00–265.00	$263.39	$959	—
465–470	469	5	240.00–250.00	$242.00	$1,135	+27.45
510 value added	510	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,250	—
510	510	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,173	+30.00
550	550	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,210	—
606–615	609	6	215.00–219.00	$217.65	$1,325	+27.65
770	770	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,324	+17.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	255.00	$255.00	$829	—
350–395	378	3	247.00–255.00	$250.67	$948	+26.21
455–485	466	4	225.00–230.00	$227.52	$1,060	+19.10
530–545	538	2	220.00–225.00	$222.53	$1,197	—
565	565	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,186	+24.00
605–625	613	3	185.00–195.00	$190.04	$1,165	—
650	650	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,170	+25.43

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–395	361	5	240.00	$240.00	$866	—
409–410	409	6	220.00–230.00	$221.67	$907	+14.67

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	69	218.00	$218.00	$1,046	—
602	602	88	196.75	$196.75	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	235.00	$235.00	$611	—
325–345	338	4	220.00–225.00	$223.72	$756	+21.90
350–380 fancy	358	10	225.00–232.00	$228.12	$817	+20.62
360–395	377	21	212.00–222.00	$217.16	$819	+20.91
405–425 fancy	415	6	215.00–225.00	$220.85	$917	+23.55
415–435	425	10	202.50–212.00	$207.98	$884	+19.16
455–498	475	18	192.00–200.00	$196.80	$935	+15.88
505–545	519	17	180.00–190.00	$186.50	$968	+16.17
515–530 fancy	523	2	192.00–195.00	$193.52	$1,012	+12.52
590	590	2	177.00–180.00	$178.50	$1,053	+15.50
610	610	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,049	+10.65
650–696	687	5	160.00–167.00	$161.32	$1,108	—
737	737	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,106	+8.37
775	775	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,139	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–298	279	5	215.00–225.00	$219.27	$612	+19.27
300–345	317	12	210.00–215.00	$212.68	$674	+22.19
355–370	364	5	205.00–210.00	$205.98	$750	+17.90
405–430	418	7	192.00–200.00	$195.03	$815	+16.36
460–490	475	2	182.00–190.00	$185.87	$883	+17.87
515–545	524	5	172.00–175.00	$173.21	$908	+12.56
585–586	586	5	162.00–170.00	$163.60	$959	+7.63
635	635	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,029	+13.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–287	272	4	205.00–210.00	$206.19	$561	+13.85
305–330	317	8	200.00–205.00	$203.74	$646	+21.32
360–395	373	3	195.00–200.00	$198.37	$740	+20.95
400–445	423	2	185.00–190.00	$187.63	$794	+20.15
455–480	468	2	175.00	$175.00	$819	+15.00
505–545	525	2	167.00–170.00	$168.56	$885	+13.56
565–585	575	2	155.00–160.00	$157.54	$906	+7.54
675	675	1	145.00	$145.00	$979	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–320	313	4	260.00–262.50	$261.86	$820	+18.33
350–395	379	14	245.00–255.00	$247.41	$938	+9.30
400–440	419	9	235.00–245.00	$240.22	$1,007	+11.76
450–475	461	6	225.00–235.00	$229.52	$1,058	+16.16
500–510	509	14	220.00–227.00	$221.57	$1,128	+16.67
565–580	573	3	200.00–210.00	$203.28	$1,165	+17.21
655–660	658	4	172.00–175.00	$174.25	$1,147	+12.25
730–748 value added	744	4	172.00–175.00	$174.26	$1,296	—
750–780 value added	765	2	167.00–171.00	$168.96	$1,293	—
785	785	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,350	+27.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	250.00–255.00	$252.36	$694	+7.36
305–335	321	7	240.00–250.00	$244.31	$784	+12.68
355–390	372	5	230.00–240.00	$234.95	$874	+8.97
400–445	424	5	220.00–230.00	$225.45	$956	+9.63
500	500	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,025	—
570–578	576	4	195.00–198.00	$197.26	$1,136	+25.60
605–640	623	2	170.00–177.00	$173.40	$1,080	+10.86
660–690	680	3	162.00–170.00	$167.41	$1,138	+13.39
750	750	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	255.00	$255.00	$612	—
260–295	283	6	235.00–245.00	$239.22	$677	+6.63
300–335	319	4	225.00–235.00	$229.86	$733	+9.55
430	430	1	215.00	$215.00	$924	+18.35
465–475	470	2	200.00–205.00	$202.53	$952	+15.95
500–540	515	4	190.00–200.00	$192.48	$991	+17.56
560–580	570	2	175.00–185.00	$180.09	$1,027	+16.64
600	600	1	165.00	$165.00	$990	+13.79
675–690	683	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,024	—
705	705	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,022	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1455	1078	80-85%	24	90.00–96.00	$92.79	$1,000	+13.47
960–1425	1137	80-85%	31	97.00–103.00	$100.33	$1,141	+12.88
1120–1490	1271	80-85%	22	104.00–111.00	$107.50	$1,366	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1030	919	85-90%	4	79.00–80.00	$79.52	$731	+18.97
840–1060	937	85-90%	5	68.00–70.00	$69.04	$647	+8.49
785–1260	1007	85-90%	14	82.00–88.00	$85.60	$862	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1720	1387	75-80%	10	91.00–96.00	$93.16	$1,292	—
1225–1555	1422	75-80%	3	99.00–103.00	$100.81	$1,434	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1890	1500	4	106.00–111.00	$109.30	$1,640	—
1645–1830	1738	2	100.00–105.00	$102.63	$1,784	—
1625–2065	1835	3	113.00–118.00	$115.40	$2,118	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,387.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,450.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,169.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,110.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,633.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,275.00	$1,095.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	900.00–1,050.00	$955.56

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,520.83	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,525.00–1,825.00	$1,650.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,380.00	—

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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.