Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.87/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$116.87

73 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$5.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.24

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	531	119.35	633	38
Medium and Large 3	492	114.18	562	35

One grade step is worth $5.17/cwt here — about $71 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 sale73 hd

116.87

—

AL average16 barns · 1,623 hd

125.11

−8.24

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,733	77.00	1,334	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,433	57.40	823	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,116	54.43	608	7thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	57.40/cwt	56.00–60.00	823	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	57.01/cwt	56.00–59.00	619	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	51.00/cwt	49.00–53.00	591	3
Bulls	—	—	1,733	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,334	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	416.67/cwt	370.00–460.00	—	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	600.00/cwt	570.00–630.00	—	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	131.70/cwt	125.00–135.00	425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	113.17/cwt	113.00–114.00	894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	143.68/cwt	141.00–149.00	526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	121.95/cwt	120.00–124.00	821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	129.48/cwt	129.00–130.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	151.96/cwt	147.00–157.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	577	104.14/cwt	98.00–108.00	601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	106.19/cwt	105.00–109.00	556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	433	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	117.64/cwt	115.00–121.00	558	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	119.27/cwt	116.00–124.00	502	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	114.00/cwt	110.00–118.00	599	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	122.18/cwt	121.00–124.00	462	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	110.01/cwt	109.00–113.00	636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	98.00/cwt	96.00–100.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	106.97/cwt	105.00–109.00	717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	111.30/cwt	108.00–115.00	584	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	477	113.22/cwt	109.00–119.00	540	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	120.60/cwt	116.00–125.00	510	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	633	106.98/cwt	105.00–109.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	128.09/cwt	125.00–134.00	543	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	120.09/cwt	116.00–125.00	632	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	674	107.66/cwt	105.00–111.00	726	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	123.13/cwt	120.00–129.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	110.40/cwt	109.00–112.00	690	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	118.94/cwt	116.00–121.00	682	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Wed Jul 17, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 238Last week 229Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 25Year ago 0

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,433	56.00–60.00	57.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,085	56.00–59.00	57.01
3	—	1,158	49.00–53.00	51.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,733	77.00	77.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	370.00–460.00	416.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	570.00–630.00	600.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	125.00–135.00	131.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	790	113.00–114.00	113.17
4	—	366	141.00–149.00	143.68
3	—	625	126.00	126.00
2	—	673	120.00–124.00	121.95
2	—	575	129.00–130.00	129.48
2	—	333	147.00–157.00	151.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	98.00–108.00	104.14
5	—	524	105.00–109.00	106.19
4	—	375	115.00–116.00	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	474	115.00–121.00	117.64
10	—	421	116.00–124.00	119.27
6	—	525	110.00–118.00	114.00
6	—	378	121.00–124.00	122.18
4	—	578	109.00–113.00	110.01
3	—	732	96.00–100.00	98.00
2	—	670	105.00–109.00	106.97
2	—	613	109.00–110.00	109.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	525	108.00–115.00	111.30
10	—	477	109.00–119.00	113.22
10	—	423	116.00–125.00	120.60
3	—	573	110.00–111.00	110.33
2	—	633	105.00–109.00	106.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	125.00–134.00	128.09
8	—	526	116.00–125.00	120.09
6	—	674	105.00–111.00	107.66
6	—	472	120.00–129.00	123.13
5	—	625	109.00–112.00	110.40
3	—	573	116.00–121.00	118.94

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle