Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2020-03-18

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Mar 18
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
159 vs last sale 228 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
8 vs last sale 25 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
27 vs last sale 23 50 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 and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.44/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$117.44
13 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$479
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.38
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2388121.984749thin
Medium and Large 3452107.244844thin
One grade step is worth $14.74/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale13 hd
117.44
AL average11 barns · 513 hd
107.07
+10.38
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
BullsAverage1,42883.891,1983thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27761.687883thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17458.556878thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92052.984874thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bulls1,42883.89/cwt82.00–86.001,1983
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13859.59/cwt58.00–61.006782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21064.90/cwt64.00–66.007852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17354.86/cwt53.00–56.006444
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27761.68/cwt61.00–62.007883
CowsLean 85-90%92052.98/cwt51.00–56.004874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2718.75/cwt630.00–770.004
Bred CowsSmall 1-2745.00/cwt700.00–800.004
SteersMedium and Large 3325135.88/cwt130.00–140.004424
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,550.00/cwt1,500.00–1,600.004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2752.50/cwt650.00–825.0020
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2730.00/cwt710.00–750.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2895.00/cwt800.00–1,000.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2860.00/cwt860.00–860.001
HeifersMedium and Large 2370124.44/cwt123.00–126.004602
HeifersMedium and Large 2425117.01/cwt116.00–118.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 2465111.96/cwt110.00–114.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 2325130.33/cwt129.00–132.004243
HeifersMedium and Large 3425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004682
HeifersMedium and Large 3478104.48/cwt100.00–109.004992

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.