Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.21/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$122.21

24 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$20.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.58

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	130.51	679	2thin
Medium and Large 2	431	127.98	551	14thin
Medium and Large 3	531	110.04	584	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $95 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

122.21

—

AL average15 barns · 1,261 hd

123.79

−1.58

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	1,570	73.95	1,161	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,123	47.53	534	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	420	147.44/cwt	145.00–150.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	133.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	127.97/cwt	127.00–129.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	128.30/cwt	127.00–131.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	130.68/cwt	130.00–132.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	125.49/cwt	124.00–127.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	114.00/cwt	112.00–115.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.92/cwt	147.00–159.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	125.75/cwt	120.00–129.00	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	668	95.77/cwt	91.00–101.00	640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	162.19/cwt	156.00–166.00	542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	133.97/cwt	133.00–135.00	429	2
Bulls	—	—	1,500	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,125	2
Bulls	—	—	1,640	72.89/cwt	71.00–74.00	1,195	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	47.53/cwt	47.00–48.00	534	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 Oct 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 86Last week 395Year ago 257

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 68Year ago 11

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 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	—	420	145.00–150.00	147.44
2	—	483	132.00–135.00	133.51
2	—	570	127.00–129.00	127.97
3	—	523	127.00–131.00	128.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	129.00	129.00
3	—	380	130.00–132.00	130.68
2	—	520	120.00–125.00	122.52
5	—	472	120.00–129.00	125.75
2	—	320	133.00–135.00	133.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	124.00–127.00	125.49
3	—	525	112.00–115.00	114.00
3	—	668	91.00–101.00	95.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	130.00–131.00	130.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	147.00–159.00	152.92
4	—	334	156.00–166.00	162.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,640	71.00–74.00	72.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	47.00–48.00	47.53

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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