Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-09-07

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 7
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
364 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 292▲ 41 vs year ago 323 · +12.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 32▲ 20 vs year ago 24 · +83.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 17▼ 2 vs year ago 13 · −15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.71/cwt on 154 head.
Average price
$147.71
154 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.14
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514151.6678079
Medium and Large 2500144.9872558
Medium and Large 3440138.6661017thin
One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $170 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 sale154 hd
147.71
—
AL average11 barns · 1,679 hd
152.85
−5.14
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—Average1,60297.281,5583thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13478.498904thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28377.299919thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08270.097588thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,0884thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427154.95/cwt151.00–158.006627
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475157.92/cwt156.00–160.0075012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—718129.49/cwt129.00–130.009302
SteersMedium and Large 2—672146.32/cwt145.00–149.009833
SteersMedium and Large 3—633141.94/cwt139.00–145.008982
HeifersMedium and Large 2—677127.28/cwt125.00–130.008627
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673133.50/cwt131.00–135.008984
SteersMedium and Large 1—677154.33/cwt153.00–156.001,0453
SteersMedium and Large 1—323210.33/cwt210.00–211.006793
SteersMedium and Large 2—570162.99/cwt160.00–166.009294
SteersMedium and Large 2—523166.25/cwt165.00–167.008694
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423160.19/cwt158.00–162.0067810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525150.31/cwt150.00–156.0078942
SteersMedium and Large 2—477178.15/cwt172.00–180.008506
SteersMedium and Large 2—375186.15/cwt182.00–190.006986
SteersMedium and Large 2—325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006502
SteersMedium and Large 2—428178.95/cwt176.00–182.007663
SteersMedium and Large 3—375176.00/cwt173.00–179.006604
SteersMedium and Large 3—321184.76/cwt182.00–187.005934
BullsMedium and Large 2—578148.94/cwt142.00–152.008614
BullsMedium and Large 2—476165.27/cwt161.00–170.007878
BullsMedium and Large 2—423172.80/cwt170.00–177.007315
BullsMedium and Large 1—525171.00/cwt171.00–171.008982
BullsMedium and Large 1—695144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0015
BullsMedium and Large 1—475173.47/cwt172.00–175.008242
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13478.49/cwt78.00–80.008904
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12368.38/cwt67.00–69.007685
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27577.91/cwt77.00–81.009937
Bulls——1,60297.28/cwt95.00–100.001,5583
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01372.94/cwt72.00–74.007393
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31075.10/cwt74.00–76.009842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——775.00/head750.00–800.007752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,087.50/head1,075.00–1,100.001,0884
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633136.50/cwt136.00–137.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520131.02/cwt125.00–135.006816
BullsMedium and Large 2—530157.14/cwt152.00–161.008337
BullsMedium and Large 2—625143.00/cwt143.00–143.008942
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374158.00/cwt155.00–160.005917
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480146.77/cwt146.00–149.007044
HeifersMedium and Large 3—476131.75/cwt129.00–135.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423142.91/cwt140.00–146.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573137.62/cwt135.00–140.007898
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526144.24/cwt141.00–145.007598
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378162.02/cwt161.00–165.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575152.33/cwt149.00–154.008763
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327159.33/cwt157.00–161.005219
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626131.38/cwt128.00–135.008228
SteersMedium and Large 1—580168.46/cwt167.00–170.009772
SteersMedium and Large 1—518175.44/cwt173.00–178.009092
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321151.64/cwt148.00–155.004875

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.