Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-01-27

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 27
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
216 vs last sale 299 144 vs year ago 227 · 63.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
10 vs last sale 22 29 vs year ago 41 · 70.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
3 vs last sale 11 17 vs year ago 25 · 68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.29/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$134.29
25 head · 385 lb average
Value per head Derived
$517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.91
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2383138.8053213thin
Medium and Large 1525132.006933thin
Medium and Large 3341128.534389thin
One grade step is worth $10.26/cwt here — about $94 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 sale25 hd
134.29
AL average16 barns · 1,314 hd
123.38
+10.91
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
BullsLow1,10065.247183thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1525132.00/cwt132.00–132.006933
BullsMedium and Large 2432149.34/cwt149.00–150.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 2425135.47/cwt133.00–138.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 2468133.54/cwt132.00–135.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 2373140.19/cwt136.00–141.005236
HeifersMedium and Large 2320141.73/cwt138.00–144.004543
SteersMedium and Large 3385143.41/cwt140.00–147.005522
SteersMedium and Large 2316162.68/cwt160.00–166.005144
Bulls1,10065.24/cwt62.00–70.007183
SteersMedium and Large 2375157.69/cwt154.00–161.005914
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2660.00/cwt650.00–670.004
BullsMedium and Large 3405139.00/cwt138.00–140.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 3325129.48/cwt127.00–134.004216
HeifersMedium and Large 3373126.64/cwt125.00–129.004723
SteersMedium and Large 3320150.84/cwt146.00–156.004832

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.