Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-02-01

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
105 vs last sale 114 106 vs year ago 113 · +93.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
18 vs last sale 18 6 vs year ago 30 · +20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
19 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 8 · +137.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.57/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$168.57
77 head · 743 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,252
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$444
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$12.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.50
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3351177.526236thin
Medium and Large 1-2786168.001,32066
Medium and Large 1645165.381,0675thin
One grade step is worth $12.14/cwt here — about −$444 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 sale77 hd
168.57
AL average13 barns · 901 hd
184.07
−15.50
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08376.478284thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98172.017069thin

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)$7604thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$6382thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8258
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$7336

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2425183.34/cwt180.00–187.007792
HeifersMedium and Large 2428159.11/cwt155.00–163.006813
SteersMedium and Large 1627169.34/cwt169.00–170.001,0623
HeifersMedium and Large 3333152.02/cwt147.00–155.005063
HeifersMedium and Large 1471172.09/cwt168.00–174.0081110
HeifersMedium and Large 1392174.83/cwt173.00–175.0068511
SteersMedium and Large 3375176.73/cwt174.00–179.006633
SteersMedium and Large 3327178.31/cwt173.00–181.005833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added786168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,32066
HeifersMedium and Large 2319163.01/cwt159.00–169.005205
HeifersMedium and Large 2371163.01/cwt158.00–168.006056
HeifersMedium and Large 3425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 1625157.00/cwt157.00–157.009812
HeifersMedium and Large 3384147.81/cwt145.00–151.005684
SteersMedium and Large 1673159.43/cwt156.00–163.001,0732
Bred CowsSmall 1-2637.50/head625.00–650.006382
Bred CowsSmall 1-2712.50/head650.00–775.007132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2733.33/head700.00–775.007336
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2825.00/head750.00–900.008258
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2807.50/head775.00–840.008082
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08579.00/cwt79.00–79.008572
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08073.94/cwt72.00–76.007992
CowsLean 85-90%1,05369.43/cwt69.00–70.007312
CowsLean 85-90%96871.70/cwt71.00–74.006946
CowsLean 85-90%91579.00/cwt79.00–79.007231

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.