Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-10-11

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Oct 11
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
161 head
174 vs last sale 335 174 vs year ago 335 · 51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
2 vs last sale 61 7 vs year ago 52 · +13.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
11 vs last sale 25 0 vs year ago 14 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.91/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$212.91
40 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.42
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2485216.921,05327
Medium and Large 3426204.5887113thin
One grade step is worth $12.34/cwt here — about $182 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 sale40 hd
212.91
AL average14 barns · 1,509 hd
206.50
+6.42
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
BullsAverage1,38791.871,2745thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54387.481,3504thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25784.661,06412
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05878.7483310

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8382thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2522236.92/cwt232.00–242.001,2373
BullsMedium and Large 3517219.98/cwt215.00–225.001,1373
BullsMedium and Large 2431243.76/cwt240.00–250.001,0515
BullsMedium and Large 2675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2152
HeifersMedium and Large 3568185.02/cwt180.00–190.001,0512
HeifersMedium and Large 2572201.65/cwt200.00–205.001,1533
HeifersMedium and Large 2320229.74/cwt225.00–232.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 2510214.46/cwt214.00–220.001,09413
HeifersMedium and Large 3324213.67/cwt210.00–220.006924
SteersMedium and Large 2374255.96/cwt252.00–260.009574
SteersMedium and Large 1475261.33/cwt260.00–262.001,2413
SteersMedium and Large 3325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008132
HeifersMedium and Large 3535199.94/cwt195.00–205.001,0703
HeifersMedium and Large 2475221.84/cwt217.00–227.001,0548
HeifersMedium and Large 3374208.76/cwt205.00–210.007814
SteersMedium and Large 1605237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4344
SteersMedium and Large 1568242.49/cwt240.00–245.001,3772
SteersMedium and Large 1665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5302
SteersMedium and Large 2327261.63/cwt255.00–265.008563
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2837.50/head750.00–925.008382
Bulls1,50897.54/cwt96.00–99.001,4713
Bulls1,20583.37/cwt82.00–85.001,0052
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65390.47/cwt90.00–91.001,4952
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43384.49/cwt84.00–85.001,2112
CowsLean 85-90%1,03082.06/cwt80.00–85.008453
CowsLean 85-90%1,07077.32/cwt75.00–79.008277
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27686.84/cwt86.00–89.001,1086
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23882.48/cwt80.00–84.001,0216

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.