Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-12-20

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Dec 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
33 vs last sale 170 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
27 vs last sale 26 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
30 vs last sale 8 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $226.67/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$226.67
35 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.21
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1442239.021,0566thin
Medium and Large 2451226.641,02221
Medium and Large 3363217.487908thin
One grade step is worth $21.53/cwt here — about $266 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
226.67
AL average14 barns · 1,457 hd
217.46
+9.21
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
BullsLow1,46893.071,3662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16488.841,03411
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03380.8583510

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)$1,4437
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,4086
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$9638
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,47510
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$1,22910

Every lot, as filed

29 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10484.60/cwt82.00–87.009345
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23490.12/cwt88.00–92.001,1124
CowsLean 85-90%1,03378.93/cwt77.00–82.008157
CowsLean 85-90%1,03385.34/cwt85.00–86.008823
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17396.89/cwt95.00–99.001,1372
Bulls1,46893.07/cwt90.00–96.001,3662
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,442.86/head1,350.00–1,550.001,4437
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2962.50/head875.00–1,075.009638
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,512.50/head1,400.00–1,600.001,5134
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,475.00/head1,350.00–1,575.001,47510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,229.00/head1,100.00–1,300.001,22910
HeifersMedium and Large 2479231.36/cwt227.00–235.001,1085
HeifersMedium and Large 2330238.57/cwt232.00–242.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 2375233.50/cwt232.00–235.008764
HeifersMedium and Large 3478204.92/cwt200.00–210.009802
HeifersMedium and Large 3325221.67/cwt220.00–225.007206
HeifersMedium and Large 2571206.23/cwt205.00–210.001,1784
HeifersMedium and Large 2427231.33/cwt230.00–232.009883
HeifersMedium and Large 2508217.02/cwt212.00–222.001,1022
SteersMedium and Large 2383268.49/cwt267.00–270.001,0282
SteersMedium and Large 2326272.15/cwt267.00–277.008876
SteersMedium and Large 2425259.22/cwt255.00–265.001,1024
HeifersMedium and Large 1512229.67/cwt227.00–232.001,1763
HeifersMedium and Large 1372248.36/cwt245.00–250.009243
BullsMedium and Large 2525240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2602
BullsMedium and Large 2422252.12/cwt247.00–257.001,0646
BullsMedium and Large 2572234.90/cwt230.00–240.001,3443
BullsMedium and Large 1420266.30/cwt262.00–272.001,1183

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.