Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-02-03

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 3
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
10 vs last sale 83 143 vs year ago 236 · 60.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
9 vs last sale 12 25 vs year ago 46 · 54.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
1 vs last sale 8 26 vs year ago 33 · 78.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.49/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$129.49
24 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.68
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478135.236464thin
Medium and Large 2485129.0562617thin
Medium and Large 3382124.294753thin
One grade step is worth $10.94/cwt here — about $172 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 sale24 hd
129.49
AL average16 barns · 1,361 hd
125.81
+3.68
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
BullsLow1,08475.388175thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21257.566974thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls1,08475.38/cwt75.00–77.008175
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17855.00/cwt55.00–55.006482
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24560.12/cwt59.00–61.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 1418142.47/cwt141.00–144.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 1538127.99/cwt127.00–129.006892
SteersMedium and Large 1418160.51/cwt160.00–161.006712
BullsMedium and Large 2575120.46/cwt118.00–123.006932
BullsMedium and Large 2417152.27/cwt149.00–155.006353
HeifersMedium and Large 2576118.25/cwt117.00–119.006814
HeifersMedium and Large 2480129.66/cwt129.00–130.006223
SteersMedium and Large 2405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
BullsMedium and Large 3420143.74/cwt142.00–145.006044
BullsMedium and Large 3482132.67/cwt130.00–135.006393
HeifersMedium and Large 2426137.39/cwt135.00–139.005855
HeifersMedium and Large 2623114.47/cwt113.00–116.007132
HeifersMedium and Large 2375138.67/cwt136.00–140.005203
BullsMedium and Large 2545136.00/cwt135.00–137.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 3382124.29/cwt122.00–126.004753
SteersMedium and Large 3330150.00/cwt145.00–155.004952
SteersMedium and Large 3377145.38/cwt138.00–148.005485
Bred CowsSmall 1-2575.00/cwt570.00–580.002
Bred CowsSmall 1-2755.00/cwt710.00–800.002
SteersMedium and Large 2525137.00/cwt137.00–137.007191

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.