Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.45/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$149.45

13 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$320

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$5.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.81

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	428	153.91	659	2thin
Medium and Large 1	658	148.64	979	11thin

One grade step is worth $5.27/cwt here — about −$320 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 sale13 hd

149.45

—

AL average14 barns · 757 hd

161.25

−11.81

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	87.95	1,196	2thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	157.02/cwt	155.00–159.00	730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	153.53/cwt	152.00–155.00	642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	152.43/cwt	150.00–155.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	140.67/cwt	140.00–141.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	954	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	153.91/cwt	149.00–159.00	659	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	87.95/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,196	2

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Wed Mar 23, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 86Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 21Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	155.00–159.00	157.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	152.00–155.00	153.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	150.00–155.00	152.43
3	—	475	140.00–141.00	140.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	145.00	145.00
8	—	636	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	149.00–159.00	153.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	87.00–89.00	87.95

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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