Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-09-28

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 28
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
40 vs last sale 349 86 vs year ago 395 · 21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
10 vs last sale 35 43 vs year ago 68 · 63.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
36 vs last sale 9 12 vs year ago 57 · 21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.43/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$163.43
80 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.57
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1350198.986965thin
Medium and Large 2479163.2678144
Medium and Large 3464157.9573231
One grade step is worth $41.03/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale80 hd
163.43
AL average15 barns · 1,240 hd
159.87
+3.57
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
BullsHigh2,02799.372,0143thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15071.078186thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00966.996766thin

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)$94418
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8228
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$7584thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$7001thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 2680124.50/cwt124.00–125.008472
BullsMedium and Large 2423159.97/cwt156.00–166.006775
BullsMedium and Large 2482159.01/cwt155.00–164.007665
BullsMedium and Large 3618121.06/cwt116.00–126.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 2482142.79/cwt137.00–147.006885
HeifersMedium and Large 2576128.61/cwt127.00–135.007415
SteersMedium and Large 3525146.00/cwt146.00–146.007674
SteersMedium and Large 3378171.10/cwt165.00–174.006477
SteersMedium and Large 2565151.80/cwt150.00–152.0085810
SteersMedium and Large 3558143.00/cwt141.00–145.007984
SteersMedium and Large 2467163.56/cwt161.00–164.0076423
HeifersMedium and Large 2523137.32/cwt136.00–140.007183
SteersMedium and Large 2337188.25/cwt183.00–192.006343
SteersMedium and Large 2421175.18/cwt170.00–178.007385
SteersMedium and Large 3481158.26/cwt155.00–160.007617
SteersMedium and Large 1370195.00/cwt190.00–200.007223
SteersMedium and Large 3635138.02/cwt137.00–139.008762
HeifersMedium and Large 3565123.47/cwt120.00–127.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 2423148.99/cwt145.00–152.006308
HeifersMedium and Large 3378140.73/cwt134.00–142.005328
SteersMedium and Large 3426161.78/cwt160.00–166.006895
SteersMedium and Large 1320204.94/cwt203.00–207.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 3420137.41/cwt135.00–140.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 3478132.23/cwt130.00–135.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 3532130.95/cwt127.00–134.006973
HeifersMedium and Large 1475152.49/cwt151.00–158.0072416
SteersMedium and Large 3313174.96/cwt170.00–180.005482
SteersMedium and Large 2517154.30/cwt151.00–159.007983
HeifersMedium and Large 3323142.60/cwt138.00–146.004617
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2821.88/head725.00–925.008228
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2757.50/head720.00–850.007584
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2944.44/head875.00–1,060.0094418
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bulls2,02799.37/cwt98.00–100.002,0143
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15872.37/cwt71.00–74.008384
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13568.47/cwt68.00–69.007772
CowsLean 85-90%1,01668.49/cwt68.00–69.006964
CowsLean 85-90%99564.00/cwt64.00–64.006372

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.