Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-01-19

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 19
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
57 vs last sale 210 146 vs year ago 299 · 48.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
9 vs last sale 39 8 vs year ago 22 · +36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
8 vs last sale 21 2 vs year ago 11 · +18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.28/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$145.28
46 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.35
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529148.7578730
Medium and Large 2450146.2265812thin
Medium and Large 3488116.435684thin
One grade step is worth $32.32/cwt here — about $219 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 sale46 hd
145.28
AL average13 barns · 1,212 hd
139.93
+5.35
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
BullsLow1,36080.041,0892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15967.457827thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31467.248849thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99854.095402thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1425175.00/cwt175.00–175.007442
BullsMedium and Large 2429167.96/cwt164.00–172.007216
BullsMedium and Large 2590132.00/cwt132.00–132.007791
BullsMedium and Large 3423144.98/cwt144.00–146.006132
BullsMedium and Large 2520152.62/cwt150.00–158.007943
HeifersMedium and Large 1572148.01/cwt146.00–149.008473
HeifersMedium and Large 3593107.01/cwt104.00–110.006352
SteersMedium and Large 2377177.65/cwt173.00–180.006703
HeifersMedium and Large 1426159.32/cwt155.00–165.006795
HeifersMedium and Large 1611139.86/cwt139.00–140.008557
HeifersMedium and Large 1517149.52/cwt147.00–150.0077315
HeifersMedium and Large 2426149.39/cwt145.00–151.006365
HeifersMedium and Large 2493139.50/cwt139.00–140.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 2575138.00/cwt138.00–138.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 3383125.84/cwt121.00–131.004822
HeifersMedium and Large 2378150.89/cwt146.00–156.005703
BullsMedium and Large 2490157.61/cwt154.00–163.007723
SteersMedium and Large 3370161.92/cwt160.00–164.005992
SteersMedium and Large 2308184.46/cwt180.00–189.005682
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,100.00/cwt1,050.00–1,150.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850.00/cwt825.00–900.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800.00/cwt800.00–800.002
Bulls1,36080.04/cwt79.00–81.001,0892
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29571.31/cwt69.00–74.009234
CowsLean 85-90%99854.09/cwt53.00–55.005402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15967.45/cwt65.00–70.007827
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33063.99/cwt62.00–67.008515

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.