Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-11-17

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Nov 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
228 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 277▼ 35 vs year ago 263 · −13.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 42▼ 29 vs year ago 76 · −38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 42▼ 95 vs year ago 105 · −90.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.33/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$131.33
102 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$389
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.55
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2680134.1791263
Medium and Large 2458129.6859330
Medium and Large 3447116.995239thin
One grade step is worth $17.17/cwt here — about $389 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 sale102 hd
131.33
—
AL average15 barns · 1,862 hd
126.78
+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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,65379.441,3132thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57454.988655thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15950.645879thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06242.7045310

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
BullsMedium and Large 3—430132.97/cwt130.00–136.005722
BullsMedium and Large 2—529135.95/cwt130.00–140.007195
BullsMedium and Large 1—413163.02/cwt160.00–166.006732
BullsMedium and Large 2—623115.66/cwt114.00–119.007213
BullsMedium and Large 2—478137.96/cwt135.00–144.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515120.96/cwt119.00–123.006232
SteersMedium and Large 2—323166.98/cwt166.00–170.005396
SteersMedium and Large 2—487147.38/cwt146.00–156.007187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—678134.80/cwt134.80–134.8091460
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—711121.50/cwt121.50–121.508643
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322139.21/cwt135.00–141.004485
SteersMedium and Large 2—373163.99/cwt162.00–166.006122
SteersMedium and Large 2—595139.00/cwt139.00–139.008273
SteersMedium and Large 3—375152.00/cwt151.00–153.005702
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478130.19/cwt126.00–132.006229
HeifersMedium and Large 2—434132.32/cwt128.00–134.0057411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325126.59/cwt125.00–130.004115
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670108.36/cwt105.00–110.007263
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,050.00/cwt950.00–1,150.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——837.50/cwt800.00–875.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——753.33/cwt625.00–825.00—3
Bulls——1,65379.44/cwt79.00–80.001,3132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20452.77/cwt52.00–53.006354
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12348.93/cwt47.00–50.005495
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61753.49/cwt52.00–54.008653
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51057.21/cwt55.00–59.008642
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12245.86/cwt44.00–47.005155
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00239.53/cwt38.00–41.003965

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.