Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $124.25/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$124.25

48 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$15.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	375	133.50	501	4thin
Medium and Large 1	589	125.02	737	34
Medium and Large 3	435	117.90	512	10thin

One grade step is worth $15.60/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale48 hd

124.25

—

AL average15 barns · 859 hd

125.97

−1.73

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,468	77.10	1,132	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	53.50	617	2thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	443	130.02/cwt	126.00–134.00	576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	132.48/cwt	128.00–137.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	125.99/cwt	124.00–129.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	115.98/cwt	115.00–118.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	121.98/cwt	117.00–125.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	119.01/cwt	115.00–123.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	109.01/cwt	105.00–113.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	117.46/cwt	115.00–120.00	376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	98.56/cwt	97.00–100.00	468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	747	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	129.36/cwt	129.00–133.00	674	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	121.32/cwt	121.00–126.00	773	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	133.50/cwt	131.00–136.00	501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	107.05/cwt	104.00–112.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	122.55/cwt	119.00–126.00	457	7
Bulls	—	—	1,468	77.10/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,132	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	53.50/cwt	53.00–54.00	617	2

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 Aug 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 117Last week 192Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 23Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	126.00–134.00	130.02
2	—	458	128.00–137.00	132.48
3	—	517	124.00–129.00	125.99
3	—	568	115.00–118.00	115.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	117.00–125.00	121.98
3	—	480	115.00–123.00	119.01
3	—	515	105.00–113.00	109.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	115.00–120.00	117.46
2	—	475	97.00–100.00	98.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	593	126.00	126.00
11	—	521	129.00–133.00	129.36
15	—	637	121.00–126.00	121.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	131.00–136.00	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	104.00–112.00	107.05
7	—	373	119.00–126.00	122.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	76.00–78.00	77.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	53.00–54.00	53.50

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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