Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2020-07-22

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jul 22
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
77 vs last sale 166 231 vs year ago 320 · 72.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
33 vs last sale 51 5 vs year ago 23 · 21.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
9 vs last sale 9 28 vs year ago 46 · 60.9%
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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 5.00 to 10.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.92/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$121.92
26 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.25
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2492128.7963315thin
Medium and Large 3536112.5460411thin
One grade step is worth $16.25/cwt here — about $29 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 sale26 hd
121.92
AL average10 barns · 750 hd
125.17
−3.25
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
BullsAverage1,62888.951,4484thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40860.328493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18759.217036thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2623113.99/cwt113.00–115.007102
BullsMedium and Large 2422137.31/cwt136.00–140.005793
BullsMedium and Large 2522121.32/cwt120.00–124.006333
BullsMedium and Large 2471132.57/cwt129.00–137.006247
BullsMedium and Large 3430123.50/cwt123.00–124.005312
BullsMedium and Large 3490122.98/cwt121.00–125.006032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2865.00/cwt850.00–875.003
HeifersMedium and Large 3425114.11/cwt111.00–117.004852
HeifersMedium and Large 3468110.97/cwt110.00–113.005193
SteersMedium and Large 2328153.31/cwt150.00–157.005032
SteersMedium and Large 2525135.46/cwt134.00–137.007112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2709.17/cwt660.00–790.006
Bred CowsSmall 1-2480.00/cwt420.00–520.003
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30061.48/cwt61.00–62.007992
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13058.07/cwt57.00–59.006564
HeifersMedium and Large 2333138.64/cwt136.00–142.004623
HeifersMedium and Large 2375134.17/cwt130.00–139.005033
HeifersMedium and Large 2475118.33/cwt115.00–120.005626
HeifersMedium and Large 2425129.72/cwt124.00–134.005518
Bulls1,34384.07/cwt83.00–85.001,1292
Bulls1,91393.83/cwt92.00–96.001,7952
BullsMedium and Large 3625100.00/cwt100.00–100.006252
BullsMedium and Large 3575108.00/cwt105.00–111.006213
BullsMedium and Large 3543110.50/cwt110.00–111.006002
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40860.32/cwt60.00–61.008493

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.