Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.72/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$142.72

56 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.92

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	483	145.06	701	30
Medium and Large 1	572	144.19	825	11thin
Medium and Large 3	391	136.97	536	15thin

One grade step is worth $8.09/cwt here — about $165 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 sale56 hd

142.72

—

AL average16 barns · 1,767 hd

141.80

+0.92

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,748	84.12	1,470	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,371	63.75	874	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,143	58.69	671	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,131	55.10	623	9thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$850	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$778	3thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	144.96/cwt	142.00–148.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	148.99/cwt	147.00–153.00	709	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	139.00/cwt	138.00–140.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	144.19/cwt	144.00–146.00	825	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	142.82/cwt	140.00–144.00	740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	149.15/cwt	147.00–150.00	641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	136.28/cwt	135.00–140.00	790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	135.02/cwt	133.00–137.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	166.67/cwt	166.00–167.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	144.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	712	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	140.94/cwt	135.00–144.00	534	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	140.19/cwt	136.00–143.00	800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	132.06/cwt	129.00–135.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	149.63/cwt	147.00–153.00	558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	141.11/cwt	137.00–147.00	454	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	850.00/head	750.00–925.00	850	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	778.33/head	700.00–885.00	778	3
Bulls	—	—	1,748	84.12/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,470	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	58.69/cwt	58.00–59.00	671	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,332	66.39/cwt	64.00–69.00	884	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	55.10/cwt	54.00–57.00	623	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	61.11/cwt	59.00–63.00	862	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Wed Nov 2, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 220Last week 248Year ago 260

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 33Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 26Year ago 13

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	142.00–148.00	144.96
3	—	480	138.00–140.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	476	147.00–153.00	148.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	572	144.00–146.00	144.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	140.00–144.00	142.82
6	—	430	147.00–150.00	149.15
12	—	493	140.00–145.00	144.43
4	—	571	136.00–143.00	140.19
3	—	373	147.00–153.00	149.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	119.00–120.00	119.51
5	—	379	135.00–144.00	140.94
2	—	485	129.00–135.00	132.06
6	—	322	137.00–147.00	141.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	135.00–140.00	136.28
2	—	640	133.00–137.00	135.02
3	—	323	166.00–167.00	166.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	750.00–925.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	700.00–885.00	778.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	83.00–85.00	84.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	58.00–59.00	58.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,332	64.00–69.00	66.39
3	—	1,410	59.00–63.00	61.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,131	54.00–57.00	55.10

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle