Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2020-02-05

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
236 head
9 vs last sale 227 236 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
5 vs last sale 41 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
8 vs last sale 25 33 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 steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.66/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$125.66
62 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.89
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452128.8058210thin
Medium and Large 2423126.8453742
Medium and Large 3415117.5948810thin
One grade step is worth $11.20/cwt here — about $95 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 sale62 hd
125.66
AL average15 barns · 1,515 hd
127.55
−1.89
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
BullsLow1,48571.081,0554thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12553.826069thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95738.3836711

Every lot, as filed

31 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
BullsMedium and Large 2727107.34/cwt105.00–112.007803
BullsMedium and Large 2418146.96/cwt143.00–150.006144
BullsMedium and Large 3460132.46/cwt129.00–136.006092
BullsMedium and Large 3425142.36/cwt138.00–143.0060511
Bulls1,26063.52/cwt63.00–64.008002
Bulls1,71078.63/cwt76.00–81.001,3452
Bred CowsSmall 1-2746.67/cwt680.00–790.003
SteersMedium and Large 2338163.47/cwt160.00–167.005532
SteersMedium and Large 3323148.41/cwt145.00–154.0047915
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2716.00/cwt600.00–800.0010
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2497.50/cwt410.00–590.008
Bred CowsSmall 1-2510.00/cwt420.00–600.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2668.33/cwt630.00–725.003
HeifersMedium and Large 2529114.19/cwt113.00–115.006045
HeifersMedium and Large 2424125.73/cwt123.00–130.005337
HeifersMedium and Large 3333123.04/cwt122.00–124.004102
HeifersMedium and Large 3525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 3380121.64/cwt120.00–123.004623
SteersMedium and Large 2356155.31/cwt153.00–160.0055313
HeifersMedium and Large 1470126.65/cwt126.00–128.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 2375132.48/cwt129.00–136.0049724
HeifersMedium and Large 1412132.00/cwt132.00–132.005445
HeifersMedium and Large 2625101.94/cwt100.00–104.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 3430114.98/cwt113.00–116.004943
HeifersMedium and Large 2478123.20/cwt119.00–125.005894
CowsLean 85-90%94540.69/cwt40.00–42.003853
CowsLean 85-90%96137.52/cwt35.00–39.003618
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10058.05/cwt57.00–59.006392
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27548.00/cwt48.00–48.006122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07554.46/cwt53.00–56.005855
HeifersMedium and Large 1525124.00/cwt124.00–124.006512

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.