Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.41/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$215.41

31 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,032

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$295

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

$5.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.96

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	374	219.45	821	9thin
Medium and Large 2	522	213.76	1,115	22

One grade step is worth $5.69/cwt here — about −$295 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 sale31 hd

215.41

—

AL average16 barns · 1,667 hd

223.37

−7.96

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,469	100.54	1,477	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	92.22	1,300	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	87.16	1,018	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,081	77.51	838	4thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,093	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$981	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$924	4thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	90.35/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,093	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	77.51/cwt	77.00–79.00	838	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	92.22/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,300	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	83.97/cwt	83.00–85.00	946	3
Bulls	—	—	1,255	94.66/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,188	3
Bulls	—	—	1,629	104.95/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,710	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	981.25/head	950.00–1,000.00	981	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,092.86/head	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,093	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	923.75/head	850.00–960.00	924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	229.34/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,436	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	239.25/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	221.20/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	220.13/cwt	215.00–225.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	225.04/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	250.03/cwt	245.00–255.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	201.66/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	207.47/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,396	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	274.90/cwt	270.00–280.00	874	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	218.99/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	230.46/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	223.35/cwt	220.00–225.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	233.75/cwt	230.00–235.00	993	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	214.88/cwt	210.00–220.00	918	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	237.76/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,136	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 Jan 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 137Year ago 275

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 53Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 38Year ago 15

No trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	89.00–91.00	90.35
3	—	1,127	83.00–85.00	83.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,081	77.00–79.00	77.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,410	90.00–94.00	92.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	92.00–96.00	94.66
4	—	1,629	102.00–108.00	104.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	950.00–1,000.00	981.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,092.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	850.00–960.00	923.75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	626	227.00–232.00	229.34
4	—	575	237.00–240.00	239.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	629	215.00–225.00	221.20
2	—	585	220.00–230.00	225.04
3	—	715	200.00–203.00	201.66
4	—	673	205.00–215.00	207.47
3	—	318	270.00–280.00	274.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	245.00–255.00	250.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	215.00–225.00	220.13
3	—	323	220.00–225.00	223.35
3	—	427	210.00–220.00	214.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	163.00	163.00
2	—	625	180.00	180.00
2	—	528	218.00–220.00	218.99
6	—	479	225.00–232.00	230.46
8	—	425	230.00–235.00	233.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	235.00	235.00
4	—	478	237.00–240.00	237.76

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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