Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available. Market was closed for two weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.13/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$128.13

98 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$6.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	130.80	695	53
Medium and Large 3	353	128.14	452	7thin
Medium and Large 2	518	124.40	644	38

One grade step is worth $6.40/cwt here — about $51 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 sale98 hd

128.13

—

AL average14 barns · 1,780 hd

129.00

−0.88

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	—	Low	1,592	66.94	1,065	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,228	44.64	548	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1	—	468	156.02/cwt	155.00–157.00	730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	128.66/cwt	126.00–131.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	159.00/cwt	157.00–161.00	674	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	146.34/cwt	146.00–147.00	698	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	655.00/cwt	610.00–700.00	—	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	138.16/cwt	135.00–144.00	522	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	172.36/cwt	167.00–175.00	560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	174.87/cwt	170.00–180.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	183.96/cwt	180.00–187.00	585	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	852.50/cwt	775.00–930.00	—	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	480.00/cwt	450.00–540.00	—	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	134.31/cwt	130.00–139.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	704	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	154.24/cwt	154.00–155.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	131.20/cwt	130.00–132.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	141.50/cwt	141.00–142.00	542	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	118.02/cwt	116.00–120.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	112.48/cwt	111.00–114.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	141.29/cwt	140.00–143.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	145.95/cwt	144.00–148.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	131.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	115.80/cwt	114.00–124.00	800	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	129.77/cwt	127.00–133.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	120.54/cwt	120.00–130.00	653	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	132.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	576	2
Bulls	—	—	1,523	64.90/cwt	64.00–66.00	988	4
Bulls	—	—	1,683	69.66/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,172	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	44.64/cwt	43.00–46.00	548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	136.35/cwt	135.00–141.00	637	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	115.66/cwt	115.00–116.00	725	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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 234Last week 163Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 24Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 0

No trends available. Market was closed for two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	155.00–157.00	156.02
3	—	583	126.00–131.00	128.66
5	—	424	157.00–161.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	148.00	148.00
2	—	675	110.00–112.00	111.00
3	—	477	146.00–147.00	146.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	130.00–135.00	132.44
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	135.00–144.00	138.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	167.00–175.00	172.36
3	—	725	125.00	125.00
4	—	370	154.00–155.00	154.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	170.00–180.00	174.87
3	—	318	180.00–187.00	183.96
3	—	625	142.00	142.00
7	—	539	152.00	152.00
13	—	443	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	130.00–139.00	134.31
2	—	383	141.00–142.00	141.50
2	—	590	116.00–120.00	118.02
2	—	668	111.00–114.00	112.48
3	—	337	140.00–143.00	141.29
4	—	478	127.00–133.00	129.77
19	—	542	120.00–130.00	120.54
3	—	627	115.00–116.00	115.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	120.00–121.00	120.50
5	—	325	130.00–132.00	131.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	144.00–148.00	145.95
4	—	520	130.00–135.00	131.99
8	—	568	129.00	129.00
12	—	691	114.00–124.00	115.80
26	—	467	135.00–141.00	136.35

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	610.00–700.00	655.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	450.00–540.00	480.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	775.00–930.00	852.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,523	64.00–66.00	64.90
3	—	1,683	69.00–70.00	69.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,228	43.00–46.00	44.64

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

Heifers · 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

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle