Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-06-07

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jun 7
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
26 vs last sale 114 118 vs year ago 258 · 45.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
5 vs last sale 26 5 vs year ago 26 · +19.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 10 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. 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 $225.81/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$225.81
35 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.14
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472234.051,10416thin
Medium and Large 2494220.211,08917thin
Medium and Large 3463207.519612thin
One grade step is worth $26.54/cwt here — about $143 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
225.81
AL average9 barns · 796 hd
216.67
+9.14
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
BullsLow1,200100.001,2002thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,211104.581,2665thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,142100.781,15111
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03189.079184thin

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)$9252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8002thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 2677207.35/cwt205.00–210.001,4043
BullsMedium and Large 2413251.49/cwt250.00–253.001,0392
BullsMedium and Large 2477250.50/cwt247.00–256.001,1956
BullsMedium and Large 2625214.49/cwt213.00–216.001,3412
BullsMedium and Large 3660191.03/cwt187.00–195.001,2612
BullsMedium and Large 2573221.89/cwt217.00–227.001,2712
HeifersMedium and Large 2474226.14/cwt220.00–230.001,0726
SteersMedium and Large 2373262.92/cwt257.00–267.009813
SteersMedium and Large 2530248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3145
SteersMedium and Large 2328283.47/cwt280.00–287.009302
SteersMedium and Large 3335252.57/cwt250.00–255.008462
HeifersMedium and Large 1433236.44/cwt235.00–240.001,0245
HeifersMedium and Large 2422226.30/cwt222.00–232.009553
HeifersMedium and Large 2568210.53/cwt205.00–215.001,1963
HeifersMedium and Large 1489232.96/cwt232.00–237.001,13911
HeifersMedium and Large 3463207.51/cwt205.00–210.009612
HeifersMedium and Large 2518215.24/cwt210.00–217.001,1155
Bred CowsSmall 1-2800.00/head700.00–900.008002
Bred CowsSmall 1-2925.00/head900.00–950.009252
Bulls1,200100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,113102.70/cwt102.00–104.001,1436
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17798.47/cwt95.00–100.001,1595
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,211104.58/cwt103.00–106.001,2665
CowsLean 85-90%1,03189.07/cwt88.00–91.009184

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.