Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-04-21

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Apr 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 452 vs last sale 607▼ 156 vs year ago 311 · −50.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 66▲ 15 vs year ago 27 · +55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 36▲ 34 vs year ago 13 · +261.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.90/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$125.90
29 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$561
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.93
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476131.756274thin
Medium and Large 2458126.8858115thin
Medium and Large 3415122.1050610thin
One grade step is worth $9.65/cwt here — about $121 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 sale29 hd
125.90
—
AL average15 barns · 1,435 hd
126.83
−0.93
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37360.528314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14657.2165612
CowsLean 85-90%Average93051.704817thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15758.95/cwt57.00–62.006827
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13054.78/cwt54.00–56.006195
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37360.52/cwt60.00–61.008314
CowsLean 85-90%—96055.47/cwt55.00–56.005332
CowsLean 85-90%—91850.19/cwt49.00–51.004615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476131.75/cwt131.00–132.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466127.62/cwt125.00–130.005955
SteersMedium and Large 2—431150.15/cwt150.00–151.006477
BullsMedium and Large 3—468125.99/cwt125.00–127.005902
BullsMedium and Large 3—418138.67/cwt135.00–141.005803
BullsMedium and Large 2—468140.49/cwt139.00–142.006572
BullsMedium and Large 2—578117.91/cwt114.00–122.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415123.29/cwt120.00–125.005124
SteersMedium and Large 3—328146.02/cwt143.00–150.004794
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325127.03/cwt126.00–128.004132
SteersMedium and Large 2—518136.32/cwt136.00–137.007063
BullsMedium and Large 2—524131.23/cwt127.00–136.006884
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518121.65/cwt119.00–126.006303
HeifersMedium and Large 3—388124.41/cwt120.00–129.004832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427128.59/cwt126.00–132.005497
SteersMedium and Large 2—476144.01/cwt143.00–145.006856
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530112.49/cwt112.00–113.005962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——625.00/cwt550.00–675.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——820.00/cwt750.00–875.00—5
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——885.00/cwt820.00–950.00—2
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,275.00/cwt1,175.00–1,375.00—4
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——936.82/cwt875.00–1,030.00—11
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——625.00/cwt600.00–675.00—3
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——735.00/cwt675.00–800.00—3
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——746.25/cwt670.00–825.00—16

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.