Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-05-04

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, May 4
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
145 vs last sale 318 173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
15 vs last sale 41 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
64 vs last sale 71 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.66/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$145.66
45 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.83
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1398157.326269thin
Medium and Large 2464144.6167121
Medium and Large 3394140.1355215thin
One grade step is worth $17.20/cwt here — about $74 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 sale45 hd
145.66
AL average15 barns · 1,347 hd
140.83
+4.83
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
BullsLow1,32087.111,1503thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31973.989764thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06262.196603thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
BullsMedium and Large 2625133.51/cwt133.00–134.008342
BullsMedium and Large 3415148.04/cwt145.00–151.006142
BullsMedium and Large 3522136.68/cwt134.00–138.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 2368155.06/cwt150.00–157.005714
HeifersMedium and Large 2630122.65/cwt120.00–124.007733
SteersMedium and Large 2535155.96/cwt154.00–158.008342
SteersMedium and Large 3470151.63/cwt150.00–155.007133
SteersMedium and Large 2743130.50/cwt130.00–131.009702
HeifersMedium and Large 2430149.92/cwt146.00–154.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 2463146.97/cwt143.00–150.006803
HeifersMedium and Large 2527141.65/cwt140.00–143.007463
HeifersMedium and Large 2575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 3513125.06/cwt121.00–129.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 3472133.64/cwt130.00–136.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1431154.99/cwt154.00–156.006684
HeifersMedium and Large 1372159.19/cwt159.00–160.005925
HeifersMedium and Large 2323157.68/cwt156.00–160.005093
HeifersMedium and Large 3375139.50/cwt135.00–144.005234
SteersMedium and Large 2478164.93/cwt163.00–167.007882
HeifersMedium and Large 3328148.81/cwt147.00–151.004886
Bred CowsSmall 1-2512.50/cwt500.00–530.004
Bulls1,32087.11/cwt86.00–89.001,1503
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31973.98/cwt73.00–75.009764
CowsLean 85-90%1,06262.19/cwt60.00–65.006603

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.