Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2020-11-04

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Nov 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
146 head
131 vs last sale 277 328 vs year ago 474 · 69.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
2 vs last sale 25 45 vs year ago 68 · 66.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
1 vs last sale 43 20 vs year ago 22 · +90.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 11.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.04/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$118.04
52 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.44
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1403128.7051912thin
Medium and Large 2467115.4153929
Medium and Large 3383113.3543411thin
One grade step is worth $15.35/cwt here — about $84 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 sale52 hd
118.04
AL average9 barns · 785 hd
117.60
+0.44
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
BullsAverage1,93878.531,5222thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19847.465693thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93343.954102thin

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 1428147.66/cwt146.00–150.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1373129.65/cwt128.00–133.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 1413128.38/cwt124.00–130.005309
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2620.83/cwt525.00–700.006
HeifersMedium and Large 2473115.64/cwt113.00–119.005473
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2800.00/cwt775.00–825.004
HeifersMedium and Large 2573109.42/cwt106.00–113.006272
SteersMedium and Large 2373148.13/cwt145.00–154.005535
BullsMedium and Large 2425142.45/cwt141.00–144.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2470132.55/cwt131.00–134.006232
Bred CowsSmall 1-2785.00/cwt740.00–850.004
Bred CowsSmall 1-2658.33/cwt520.00–750.006
HeifersMedium and Large 274088.50/cwt88.00–89.006552
HeifersMedium and Large 3365114.45/cwt111.00–118.004182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,061.25/cwt1,000.00–1,175.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850.00/cwt775.00–925.003
HeifersMedium and Large 2327126.33/cwt124.00–131.004135
SteersMedium and Large 1365160.78/cwt159.00–164.005875
HeifersMedium and Large 2374122.82/cwt120.00–126.004595
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19847.46/cwt45.00–49.005693
BullsMedium and Large 2675109.00/cwt109.00–109.007362
BullsMedium and Large 2527128.28/cwt125.00–131.006767
HeifersMedium and Large 3339118.77/cwt115.00–123.004034
HeifersMedium and Large 261898.94/cwt96.00–102.006112
SteersMedium and Large 2421145.02/cwt141.00–147.006115
CowsLean 85-90%93343.95/cwt43.00–45.004102
HeifersMedium and Large 2525113.60/cwt113.00–115.005965
SteersMedium and Large 2325164.00/cwt158.00–168.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 3426108.57/cwt107.00–110.004635
HeifersMedium and Large 2425118.51/cwt114.00–124.005045
Bulls1,93878.53/cwt78.00–79.001,5222

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.