Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.98/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$120.98

96 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$460

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$5.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.55

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	346	126.10	436	8thin
Medium and Large 2	544	120.55	656	20
Medium and Large 1	743	120.50	895	68

One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about −$460 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 sale96 hd

120.98

—

AL average16 barns · 1,446 hd

125.53

−4.55

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,583	86.68	1,372	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	60.37	696	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,290	59.45	767	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	47.51	460	2thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,583	86.68/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,372	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	62.31/cwt	61.00–63.00	733	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	56.49/cwt	56.00–57.00	626	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	59.45/cwt	59.00–60.00	767	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	47.51/cwt	47.00–48.00	460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	864	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	127.19/cwt	125.00–130.00	402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	125.00/cwt	124.00–126.00	469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	149.03/cwt	147.00–151.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	127.99/cwt	126.00–129.00	753	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	122.97/cwt	121.00–125.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	135.56/cwt	133.00–138.00	438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	123.19/cwt	120.00–126.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	743	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	895	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	125.32/cwt	124.00–126.00	767	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	118.83/cwt	114.00–123.00	686	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	110.97/cwt	107.00–115.00	649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	130.96/cwt	130.00–132.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	98.67/cwt	96.00–100.00	763	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Wed Feb 10, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 93Year ago 177

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 21Year ago 30

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,583	83.00–89.00	86.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,176	61.00–63.00	62.31
2	—	1,108	56.00–57.00	56.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	59.00–60.00	59.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	47.00–48.00	47.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	147.00–151.00	149.03
5	—	588	126.00–129.00	127.99
6	—	612	124.00–126.00	125.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	125.00–128.00	126.49
2	—	568	121.00–125.00	122.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	130.00–135.00	132.50
2	—	585	107.00–115.00	110.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	316	125.00–130.00	127.19
4	—	375	124.00–126.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	133.00–138.00	135.56
5	—	524	120.00–126.00	123.19
2	—	490	126.00–127.00	126.51
6	—	577	114.00–123.00	118.83
2	—	425	130.00–132.00	130.96
3	—	773	96.00–100.00	98.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	743	120.50	120.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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