Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-05-15

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, May 15
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
155 vs last sale 350 195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
6 vs last sale 8 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
9 vs last sale 31 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.85/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$123.85
96 head · 786 lb average
Value per head Derived
$973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$364
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.73
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2446144.766458thin
Medium and Large 3385141.285443thin
Medium and Large 1-2832121.261,00985
One grade step is worth $23.50/cwt here — about −$364 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale96 hd
123.85
AL average12 barns · 745 hd
140.57
−16.73
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,62576.751,2478thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34753.197165thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34753.19/cwt52.00–55.007165
Bulls1,68078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,3103
Bulls1,29273.33/cwt73.00–74.009473
Bulls2,04080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,6322
Bred CowsSmall 1-2480.00/cwt460.00–500.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2847.86/cwt775.00–900.007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2612.50/cwt550.00–660.004
Bred CowsMedium 1-2470.00/cwt470.00–470.002
SteersMedium and Large 3385141.28/cwt136.00–145.005443
SteersMedium and Large 2375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005634
SteersMedium and Large 2718121.51/cwt119.00–124.008722
SteersMedium and Large 2315157.54/cwt155.00–160.004962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added859119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,02959
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added784123.35/cwt123.25–124.0096723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009113
HeifersMedium and Large 3468122.50/cwt122.00–123.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 3390122.94/cwt118.00–128.004792
HeifersMedium and Large 3330126.61/cwt123.00–130.004182
HeifersMedium and Large 2378134.91/cwt130.00–140.0051010
HeifersMedium and Large 2475127.46/cwt126.00–131.006054
HeifersMedium and Large 2327135.66/cwt135.00–136.004443
HeifersMedium and Large 1425138.00/cwt138.00–138.005873
HeifersMedium and Large 1775108.00/cwt108.00–108.008372
HeifersMedium and Large 1473131.96/cwt131.00–133.006242
BullsMedium and Large 3675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007432
BullsMedium and Large 3545124.00/cwt124.00–124.006762
BullsMedium and Large 3475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006412
BullsMedium and Large 2425146.51/cwt145.00–149.006234
BullsMedium and Large 2513129.50/cwt129.00–130.006642
BullsMedium and Large 2478144.50/cwt144.00–145.006912

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.