Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-07-27

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jul 27
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
234 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 224▲ 76 vs year ago 158 · +48.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 35▲ 1 vs year ago 37 · +2.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 4▲ 0 vs year ago 19 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.10/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$135.10
79 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.33
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569144.7282322
Medium and Large 2543132.7972234
Medium and Large 3464129.3160023
One grade step is worth $15.42/cwt here — about $224 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 sale79 hd
135.10
—
AL average12 barns · 1,408 hd
139.42
−4.33
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
Bulls—Low1,27781.951,0475thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30567.3187812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11862.096944thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$6503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4202thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8458

Every lot, as filed

46 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 2—432156.28/cwt153.00–158.006753
BullsMedium and Large 2—478153.82/cwt152.00–155.007356
BullsMedium and Large 3—435148.03/cwt145.00–151.006442
BullsMedium and Large 2—528147.42/cwt145.00–150.007782
BullsMedium and Large 3—625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007502
BullsMedium and Large 3—482143.29/cwt140.00–145.006913
SteersMedium and Large 3—313165.12/cwt160.00–170.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—795135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0732
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—513150.81/cwt150.00–151.0077411
SteersMedium and Large 2—320176.49/cwt176.00–177.005652
SteersMedium and Large 1—575165.00/cwt165.00–165.009492
SteersMedium and Large 1—408179.50/cwt179.00–180.007322
SteersMedium and Large 2—673135.03/cwt132.00–137.009093
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660129.00/cwt129.00–129.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006893
SteersMedium and Large 1—365183.45/cwt180.00–187.006702
SteersMedium and Large 1—532170.12/cwt170.00–171.009058
SteersMedium and Large 3—375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006002
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479137.67/cwt135.00–140.006596
HeifersMedium and Large 1—640138.19/cwt138.00–139.008845
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520135.31/cwt134.00–138.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623126.21/cwt123.00–133.007864
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321147.21/cwt145.00–150.004735
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,70062.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0542
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25371.97/cwt70.00–75.009024
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16564.18/cwt62.00–66.007482
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,20865.98/cwt64.00–68.007976
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07060.00/cwt60.00–60.006422
Bulls——1,05875.64/cwt73.00–78.008002
Bulls——1,42386.16/cwt85.00–88.001,2263
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——650.00/head600.00–700.006503
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——420.00/head400.00–440.004202
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——845.00/head800.00–880.008458
HeifersMedium and Large 2—566133.17/cwt130.00–138.007545
BullsMedium and Large 3—570131.64/cwt130.00–135.007503
BullsMedium and Large 3—525139.46/cwt138.00–141.007322
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425130.60/cwt125.00–135.0055510
HeifersMedium and Large 3—579121.47/cwt115.00–125.007034
HeifersMedium and Large 3—481127.30/cwt124.00–131.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415142.02/cwt138.00–147.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 2—778117.33/cwt116.00–118.009133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—718119.01/cwt118.00–120.008543
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377137.65/cwt133.00–140.005193
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—690120.50/cwt120.00–121.008312
SteersMedium and Large 1—645154.79/cwt152.00–155.0099814

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.