Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.52/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$200.52

21 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$17.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.95

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	503	208.08	1,047	12thin
Medium and Large 3	485	190.45	923	9thin

One grade step is worth $17.63/cwt here — about $124 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 sale21 hd

200.52

—

AL average16 barns · 1,980 hd

210.47

−9.95

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%	Low	1,289	89.47	1,153	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	88.11	1,115	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,049	82.21	862	6thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	220.91/cwt	217.00–225.00	950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	201.38/cwt	196.00–207.00	1,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	230.63/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,114	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	211.68/cwt	210.00–215.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	253.60/cwt	250.00–260.00	933	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	242.46/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,171	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	218.49/cwt	217.00–220.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	269.56/cwt	267.00–272.00	898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	187.57/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	216.75/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	204.45/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,065	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	182.25/cwt	180.00–187.00	948	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,333	87.32/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,164	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	78.50/cwt	78.00–79.00	878	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	89.84/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,149	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	83.77/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,031	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	92.33/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,136	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	84.06/cwt	82.00–85.00	852	4

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 Nov 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 139Year ago 140

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 57Year ago 45

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	217.00–225.00	220.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	196.00–207.00	201.38
3	—	483	225.00–235.00	230.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	210.00–215.00	211.68
2	—	575	175.00	175.00
4	—	520	180.00–187.00	182.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	217.00–220.00	218.49
2	—	575	185.00–190.00	187.57
4	—	480	215.00–220.00	216.75
4	—	521	202.00–212.00	204.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	250.00–260.00	253.60
2	—	483	240.00–245.00	242.46
2	—	333	267.00–272.00	269.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,333	86.00–90.00	87.32
3	—	1,230	91.00–93.00	92.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	78.00–79.00	78.50
4	—	1,014	82.00–85.00	84.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,279	88.00–92.00	89.84
4	—	1,231	81.00–85.00	83.77

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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