Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.30/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$220.30

33 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$10.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.79

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	462	223.59	1,033	23
Medium and Large 3	468	212.75	995	10thin

One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about $38 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 sale33 hd

220.30

—

AL average16 barns · 1,864 hd

215.51

+4.79

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,333	100.88	1,345	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,192	93.88	1,119	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	997	83.40	831	6thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	83.40/cwt	81.00–85.00	831	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	103.49/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,460	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,286	99.31/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,277	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	88.49/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,051	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	96.03/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	233.50/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,343	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	208.48/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	239.48/cwt	237.00–242.00	917	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	245.97/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	257.03/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,074	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	210.96/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	206.26/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	270.97/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	222.99/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	225.93/cwt	222.00–232.00	962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	221.99/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	214.32/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	226.97/cwt	222.00–232.00	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	243.50/cwt	240.00–247.00	791	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,139	2

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 Jun 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 201Year ago 276

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 86Year ago 24

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	997	81.00–85.00	83.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,411	102.00–105.00	103.49
10	—	1,286	98.00–100.00	99.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	88.00–89.00	88.49
5	—	1,194	94.00–98.00	96.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	230.00–237.00	233.50
2	—	483	245.00–247.00	245.97
2	—	418	252.00–262.00	257.03
2	—	375	270.00–272.00	270.97
3	—	622	222.00–225.00	222.99
2	—	525	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	205.00–212.00	208.48
2	—	383	237.00–242.00	239.48
4	—	426	222.00–232.00	225.93
3	—	488	219.00–225.00	221.99
6	—	522	212.00–218.00	214.32
4	—	325	240.00–247.00	243.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	205.00–215.00	210.96
3	—	513	202.00–210.00	206.26
2	—	373	222.00–232.00	226.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	217.00	217.00

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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