Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-01-17

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 17
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
53 vs last sale 145 93 vs year ago 185 · 50.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
8 vs last sale 40 22 vs year ago 26 · +84.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
7 vs last sale 54 38 vs year ago 9 · +422.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $271.84/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$271.84
15 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,246
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.01
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1441281.571,2418thin
Medium and Large 2479260.711,2487thin
One grade step is worth $20.87/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale15 hd
271.84
AL average8 barns · 366 hd
248.82
+23.01
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
BullsAverage1,488103.041,5337thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23690.861,1237thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99385.7685214

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)$1,2083thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$9325
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8564thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,0756
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$9808

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1382296.55/cwt290.00–300.001,1333
HeifersMedium and Large 2565213.47/cwt210.00–217.001,2062
HeifersMedium and Large 2428235.94/cwt230.00–240.001,0104
SteersMedium and Large 2613232.51/cwt230.00–235.001,4252
SteersMedium and Large 2325296.67/cwt290.00–300.009643
SteersMedium and Large 1328310.97/cwt307.00–315.001,0202
SteersMedium and Large 1575247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4203
SteersMedium and Large 2575234.96/cwt230.00–240.001,3512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,208.33/head1,150.00–1,300.001,2083
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2932.00/head875.00–1,010.009325
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2980.00/head950.00–1,010.009808
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,075.00/head1,050.00–1,125.001,0756
Bred CowsSmall 1-2856.25/head800.00–975.008564
Bulls1,583106.18/cwt103.00–108.001,6815
Bulls1,25095.20/cwt94.00–96.001,1902
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25886.67/cwt85.00–88.001,0903
CowsLean 85-90%99184.07/cwt82.00–87.0083310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1474
CowsLean 85-90%99990.00/cwt89.00–93.008994

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.