Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-04-19

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Apr 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
77 vs last sale 202 30 vs year ago 155 · 19.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
3 vs last sale 22 6 vs year ago 25 · 24.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 10 16 vs year ago 24 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.60/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$203.60
35 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.58
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488207.431,0129thin
Medium and Large 2455204.4093020
Medium and Large 3427195.188336thin
One grade step is worth $12.24/cwt here — about $178 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 sale35 hd
203.60
AL average15 barns · 1,761 hd
204.17
−0.58
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,61091.001,4652thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07888.689563thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95088.568412thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$9836

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2620181.46/cwt180.00–183.001,1252
BullsMedium and Large 2470223.95/cwt220.00–227.001,0533
BullsMedium and Large 2524212.96/cwt210.00–220.001,1164
BullsMedium and Large 2570197.43/cwt195.00–200.001,1252
HeifersMedium and Large 1422214.18/cwt212.00–217.009045
HeifersMedium and Large 2528199.17/cwt195.00–204.001,0526
SteersMedium and Large 2370239.43/cwt237.00–242.008862
SteersMedium and Large 2435232.06/cwt227.00–237.001,0092
HeifersMedium and Large 3388200.02/cwt199.00–201.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 3410194.50/cwt192.00–197.007972
HeifersMedium and Large 3483191.03/cwt190.00–192.009232
HeifersMedium and Large 2428205.72/cwt200.00–210.008804
HeifersMedium and Large 2371210.59/cwt210.00–212.007815
HeifersMedium and Large 2473203.41/cwt200.00–205.009625
SteersMedium and Large 3375224.40/cwt220.00–230.008425
HeifersMedium and Large 1525206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0822
HeifersMedium and Large 1615191.97/cwt190.00–194.001,1812
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2983.33/head900.00–1,100.009836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07888.68/cwt88.00–89.009563
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4652
CowsLean 85-90%95088.56/cwt87.00–90.008412

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.