Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-08-28

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
586 head
▲ 293 vs last sale 293▲ 586 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 80▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 31▲ 27 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 sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.59/cwt on 336 head.
Average price
$139.59
336 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$332
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.53
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537140.67755291
Medium and Large 2413134.8655738
Medium and Large 3352120.124237thin
One grade step is worth $20.55/cwt here — about $332 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 sale336 hd
139.59
—
AL average16 barns · 1,672 hd
133.06
+6.53
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
Bulls—Average1,88378.331,4753thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06045.004772thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——643.33/cwt570.00–770.00—12
SteersMedium and Large 3—376117.49/cwt115.00–120.004424
SteersMedium and Large 3—320123.63/cwt120.00–126.003963
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06045.00/cwt45.00–45.004772
Bulls——1,88378.33/cwt78.00–79.001,4753
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——605.00/cwt520.00–680.00—5
SteersMedium and Large 2—312144.00/cwt144.00–144.0044919
SteersMedium and Large 2—581121.00/cwt121.00–121.007037
SteersMedium and Large 2—440134.00/cwt134.00–134.005904
SteersMedium and Large 2—523124.32/cwt123.00–126.006503
SteersMedium and Large 2—378132.64/cwt130.00–134.005013
SteersMedium and Large 2—625117.46/cwt116.00–119.007342
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—462146.50/cwt146.50–146.5067798
BullsMedium and Large 1—438136.02/cwt135.00–137.005962
BullsMedium and Large 1—480130.51/cwt130.00–131.006262
BullsMedium and Large 1—510124.49/cwt123.00–126.006352
BullsMedium and Large 2—475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005942
BullsMedium and Large 2—522115.17/cwt113.00–117.006015
BullsMedium and Large 2—576115.84/cwt112.00–126.006675
BullsMedium and Large 2—629113.19/cwt112.00–114.007125
BullsMedium and Large 3—428115.99/cwt115.00–117.004962
BullsMedium and Large 3—478113.98/cwt113.00–115.005452
BullsMedium and Large 3—518101.30/cwt100.00–104.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480123.48/cwt122.00–125.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505124.00/cwt124.00–124.006264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—436126.30/cwt126.00–128.0055119
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538115.01/cwt114.00–116.006192
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563111.00/cwt110.00–112.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 2—638108.49/cwt108.00–109.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476118.24/cwt115.00–121.005634
HeifersMedium and Large 2—306131.68/cwt126.00–132.0040335
HeifersMedium and Large 2—394121.83/cwt118.00–122.0048055
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485107.53/cwt105.00–110.005222
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365112.64/cwt110.00–115.004113
HeifersMedium and Large 3—324112.39/cwt110.00–116.003645
SteersMedium and Large 1—338159.02/cwt158.00–160.005372
SteersMedium and Large 1—492134.98/cwt132.00–138.006649
SteersMedium and Large 1—698120.00/cwt120.00–120.0083814
SteersMedium and Large 1—367162.13/cwt161.00–163.0059546
SteersMedium and Large 1—620126.75/cwt124.00–127.0078648
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—668132.75/cwt132.75–132.7588774

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.