Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-03-16

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Mar 16
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
246 vs last sale 332 118 vs year ago 204 · 57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
5 vs last sale 16 6 vs year ago 15 · +40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
8 vs last sale 14 9 vs year ago 15 · 60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle steady to 2.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.84/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$163.84
22 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$255
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$3.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.62
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3375166.346245thin
Medium and Large 2539163.1187917thin
One grade step is worth $3.23/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale22 hd
163.84
AL average13 barns · 543 hd
164.46
−0.62
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
BullsLow1,48696.411,4335thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29783.031,0775thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23781.43/cwt79.00–83.001,0073
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38885.43/cwt85.00–86.001,1862
Bulls1,15792.50/cwt89.00–95.001,0703
Bulls1,980102.28/cwt101.00–104.002,0252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,008.33/cwt875.00–1,100.006
SteersMedium and Large 3375166.34/cwt160.00–170.006245
HeifersMedium and Large 2415147.49/cwt147.00–148.006122
HeifersMedium and Large 2375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 2513137.00/cwt136.00–138.007032
SteersMedium and Large 2415179.00/cwt179.00–179.007438
SteersMedium and Large 2665143.00/cwt143.00–143.009515
SteersMedium and Large 2628156.46/cwt155.00–159.009834
HeifersMedium and Large 1416160.10/cwt156.00–161.006669
BullsMedium and Large 2520149.90/cwt145.00–155.007792

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.