Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-12-18

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Dec 18
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
56 vs last sale 219 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
10 vs last sale 34 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
6 vs last sale 4 10 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 sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder Cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.30/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$135.30
90 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$307
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.50
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560139.367818thin
Medium and Large 1570139.0079221
Medium and Large 1-2815133.501,08861
One grade step is worth $5.86/cwt here — about −$307 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 sale90 hd
135.30
AL average15 barns · 719 hd
143.80
−8.50
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34546.766295thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added815133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,08861
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added427140.00/cwt140.00–140.005982
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2646.00/cwt590.00–710.005
SteersMedium and Large 1635136.00/cwt136.00–136.0086411
SteersMedium and Large 1549134.00/cwt134.00–134.007365
SteersMedium and Large 1428152.98/cwt151.00–155.006553
SteersMedium and Large 2667127.59/cwt126.00–128.008515
SteersMedium and Large 2382158.97/cwt157.00–160.006073
SteersMedium and Large 1475147.00/cwt147.00–147.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 2468119.05/cwt117.00–121.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 1501120.00/cwt120.00–120.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 1375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 1318137.48/cwt135.00–140.004372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34546.76/cwt45.00–49.006295

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.