Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.01/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$128.01

15 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$23.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.26

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	393	131.08	515	13thin
Medium and Large 3	473	108.05	511	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.03/cwt here — about $4 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 sale15 hd

128.01

—

AL average15 barns · 1,544 hd

124.75

+3.26

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	—	Low	1,048	78.45	822	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,350	57.64	778	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	Medium and Large 2	—	495	140.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	130.47/cwt	127.00–134.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	127.99/cwt	127.00–129.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	130.78/cwt	126.00–136.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	134.79/cwt	134.00–136.00	434	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	156.48/cwt	155.00–158.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	149.96/cwt	147.00–152.00	715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	108.05/cwt	105.00–111.00	511	2
Bulls	—	—	1,048	78.45/cwt	76.00–80.00	822	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	57.64/cwt	56.00–59.00	778	2

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 66Last week 298Year ago 155

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 30Year ago 37

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	135.00–145.00	140.00
2	—	585	127.00–134.00	130.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	127.00–129.00	127.99
2	—	525	125.00–126.00	125.50
4	—	380	126.00–136.00	130.78
5	—	322	134.00–136.00	134.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	105.00–111.00	108.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	155.00–158.00	156.48
2	—	535	139.00–140.00	139.50
3	—	477	147.00–152.00	149.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,048	76.00–80.00	78.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	56.00–59.00	57.64

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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