Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-08-31

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 31
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 353▲ 111 vs year ago 181 · +61.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 37▲ 18 vs year ago 14 · +128.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 15▲ 7 vs year ago 10 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 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 $149.82/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$149.82
108 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.17
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526152.9880565
Medium and Large 2490146.1471736
Medium and Large 3455139.426347thin
One grade step is worth $13.57/cwt here — about $171 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 sale108 hd
149.82
—
AL average14 barns · 1,755 hd
149.65
+0.17
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—Average1,66094.001,5602thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,21780.849846thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07773.857967thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8265
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7303thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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—563146.98/cwt143.00–151.008272
BullsMedium and Large 2—470157.96/cwt155.00–160.007423
BullsMedium and Large 2—431173.36/cwt170.00–176.007475
BullsMedium and Large 2—525152.24/cwt150.00–159.007998
BullsMedium and Large 3—520142.96/cwt141.00–145.007432
BullsMedium and Large 3—478151.35/cwt150.00–154.007233
SteersMedium and Large 1—775142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1012
SteersMedium and Large 1—725149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0803
SteersMedium and Large 2—462180.79/cwt179.00–181.0083510
SteersMedium and Large 3—568146.44/cwt144.00–149.008322
SteersMedium and Large 2—520167.67/cwt167.00–168.008723
SteersMedium and Large 2—375184.60/cwt181.00–190.006925
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—570160.00/cwt160.00–160.009125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—525162.00/cwt162.00–162.0085111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474155.22/cwt154.00–158.0073618
SteersMedium and Large 1—533177.50/cwt177.00–178.009462
SteersMedium and Large 1—585167.00/cwt167.00–167.009775
SteersMedium and Large 1—620162.95/cwt160.00–166.001,0102
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325157.28/cwt156.00–160.005114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—584138.46/cwt135.00–141.008094
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583144.50/cwt144.00–145.008422
SteersMedium and Large 3—377174.66/cwt174.00–175.006583
SteersMedium and Large 2—679141.63/cwt139.00–143.009628
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425153.16/cwt150.00–156.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478147.84/cwt145.00–150.007077
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526144.14/cwt140.00–146.007587
HeifersMedium and Large 2—720122.02/cwt121.00–123.008792
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009048
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378156.02/cwt155.00–158.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623134.34/cwt133.00–136.008373
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376161.20/cwt161.00–163.0060610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—487137.37/cwt135.00–140.006693
HeifersMedium and Large 3—431140.95/cwt136.00–145.006074
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633141.50/cwt141.00–142.008962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429159.46/cwt156.00–161.006844
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——730.00/head690.00–800.007303
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,055.00/head1,010.00–1,100.001,0552
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——673.33/head600.00–740.006733
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22384.51/cwt84.00–85.001,0342
Bulls——1,66094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5602
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08376.82/cwt76.00–79.008324
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07069.88/cwt68.00–73.007483
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,21479.00/cwt78.00–81.009594

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.