Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-02-23

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 23
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
145 vs last sale 338 105 vs year ago 298 · 35.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
10 vs last sale 31 11 vs year ago 30 · +36.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
5 vs last sale 11 11 vs year ago 27 · 40.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.11/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$150.11
86 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.21
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431155.4367021
Medium and Large 1-2587155.0091039
Medium and Large 2400143.0757310thin
Medium and Large 3365135.6449516thin
One grade step is worth $19.80/cwt here — about $174 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 sale86 hd
150.11
AL average15 barns · 1,405 hd
145.91
+4.21
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
BullsAverage1,76397.561,7204thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,23872.608999thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03467.416975thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96359.595745thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 2418152.46/cwt150.00–155.006376
BullsMedium and Large 3425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 2468141.97/cwt140.00–144.006643
HeifersMedium and Large 1360161.00/cwt161.00–161.005808
HeifersMedium and Large 3379133.44/cwt130.00–137.005065
HeifersMedium and Large 2325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004882
HeifersMedium and Large 3324140.15/cwt135.00–145.004547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added587155.00/cwt155.00–155.0091039
HeifersMedium and Large 2420139.94/cwt135.00–145.005882
SteersMedium and Large 3325160.22/cwt159.00–162.005219
SteersMedium and Large 3418145.49/cwt145.00–146.006082
SteersMedium and Large 3373147.58/cwt145.00–150.005502
HeifersMedium and Large 1436156.83/cwt150.00–158.006847
HeifersMedium and Large 1615141.56/cwt138.00–145.008712
HeifersMedium and Large 1471148.78/cwt145.00–150.007014
SteersMedium and Large 2433157.49/cwt155.00–160.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 2370141.62/cwt140.00–145.005243
HeifersMedium and Large 3420130.48/cwt130.00–132.005484
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,243.75/cwt1,150.00–1,325.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2952.50/cwt930.00–975.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2750.00/cwt750.00–750.002
Bulls1,60393.21/cwt91.00–96.001,4942
Bulls1,923101.91/cwt101.00–103.001,9602
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23872.60/cwt70.00–75.008999
CowsLean 85-90%96359.59/cwt59.00–60.005745
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03467.41/cwt66.00–69.006975

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.