Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-01-26

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 26
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
255 head
102 vs last sale 153 172 vs year ago 83 · +207.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 30 3 vs year ago 12 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
10 vs last sale 13 15 vs year ago 8 · +187.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.16/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$160.16
75 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$922
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$358
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$17.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.24
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3334165.8855410thin
Medium and Large 1612160.8498557
Medium and Large 2616148.129128thin
One grade step is worth $17.76/cwt here — about −$358 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 sale75 hd
160.16
AL average16 barns · 1,287 hd
159.91
+0.24
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
BullsLow1,56784.441,3234thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2490164.01/cwt163.00–165.008042
BullsMedium and Large 3425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006592
BullsMedium and Large 2425167.37/cwt164.00–173.007118
BullsMedium and Large 2526154.52/cwt152.00–162.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 2325148.00/cwt146.00–150.004814
HeifersMedium and Large 3427137.87/cwt132.00–142.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 2523139.48/cwt135.00–144.007292
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added530156.00/cwt156.00–156.0082717
SteersMedium and Large 3375159.95/cwt158.00–162.006002
SteersMedium and Large 1610156.76/cwt152.00–157.0095621
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added755145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,09512
HeifersMedium and Large 2433147.40/cwt144.00–151.006382
HeifersMedium and Large 3321140.76/cwt140.00–144.004525
SteersMedium and Large 3324167.36/cwt165.00–172.005428
SteersMedium and Large 2675140.00/cwt140.00–140.009456
SteersMedium and Large 2438172.46/cwt170.00–175.007552
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added465184.00/cwt184.00–184.0085617
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added455158.00/cwt158.00–158.007195
HeifersMedium and Large 1525146.83/cwt144.00–148.007716
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added625140.00/cwt140.00–140.008759
HeifersMedium and Large 3378140.56/cwt135.00–144.005315
HeifersMedium and Large 1755126.00/cwt126.00–126.009516
SteersMedium and Large 1732144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0547
Bred CowsSmall 1-2590.00/cwt485.00–675.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2858.33/cwt825.00–875.003
Bred CowsSmall 1-2691.67/cwt675.00–700.003
Bulls1,39080.68/cwt79.00–83.001,1212
Bulls1,74388.19/cwt87.00–89.001,5372

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.