Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-11-01

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Nov 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
31 vs last sale 200 51 vs year ago 220 · 23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
12 vs last sale 82 53 vs year ago 41 · +129.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
25 vs last sale 0 12 vs year ago 13 · +92.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $213.83/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$213.83
25 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.53
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455231.861,0567thin
Medium and Large 2437215.789435thin
Medium and Large 3432203.3787813thin
One grade step is worth $28.50/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 sale25 hd
213.83
AL average14 barns · 1,121 hd
201.29
+12.53
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
BullsHigh1,486101.151,5036thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,27585.491,0908thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20283.301,00124
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01674.2275418

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8205
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$7833thin

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 2469241.37/cwt240.00–245.001,1325
BullsMedium and Large 2515231.02/cwt230.00–232.001,1902
BullsMedium and Large 2424244.20/cwt240.00–247.001,0354
HeifersMedium and Large 3375208.33/cwt205.00–210.007816
HeifersMedium and Large 1428235.68/cwt235.00–237.001,0093
HeifersMedium and Large 1476229.00/cwt225.00–233.001,0904
SteersMedium and Large 3675190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2832
SteersMedium and Large 3377251.64/cwt245.00–255.009493
HeifersMedium and Large 2372222.29/cwt220.00–227.008273
HeifersMedium and Large 2535206.02/cwt205.00–207.001,1022
HeifersMedium and Large 3537195.64/cwt190.00–200.001,0513
HeifersMedium and Large 3563190.99/cwt190.00–192.001,0752
HeifersMedium and Large 3313212.44/cwt210.00–215.006652
SteersMedium and Large 2473256.02/cwt255.00–257.001,2112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2820.00/head750.00–850.008205
Bred CowsSmall 1-2783.33/head700.00–850.007833
Bulls1,545106.03/cwt104.00–108.001,6383
Bulls1,42796.26/cwt96.00–97.001,3743
CowsLean 85-90%99179.68/cwt77.00–82.007905
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0793
CowsLean 85-90%1,02672.12/cwt70.00–74.0074013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12678.78/cwt76.00–80.008877
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21783.79/cwt81.00–86.001,02013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28889.59/cwt87.00–91.001,1544
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26086.99/cwt85.00–89.001,0965

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.