Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-02-14

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
31 vs last sale 204 6 vs year ago 167 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
15 vs last sale 46 2 vs year ago 33 · 6.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
15 vs last sale 31 16 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 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $324.31/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$324.31
43 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,298
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+36.53
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2384329.561,26726
Medium and Large 1446321.611,43310thin
Medium and Large 3394308.631,2177thin
One grade step is worth $20.93/cwt here — about $50 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 sale43 hd
324.31
AL average13 barns · 853 hd
287.77
+36.53
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
BullsAverage1,653114.521,8937thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,503102.961,5478thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21591.951,1172thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$1,0883thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$9723thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 2532273.58/cwt267.00–277.001,4553
BullsMedium and Large 2620252.98/cwt250.00–257.001,5683
BullsMedium and Large 2675235.33/cwt232.00–242.001,5883
BullsMedium and Large 2575267.00/cwt262.00–272.001,5354
BullsMedium and Large 2433311.60/cwt307.00–317.001,3495
BullsMedium and Large 2472296.86/cwt292.00–302.001,4013
SteersMedium and Large 1518301.01/cwt300.00–302.001,5592
SteersMedium and Large 1325363.33/cwt360.00–370.001,1813
SteersMedium and Large 1575277.33/cwt272.00–280.001,5953
SteersMedium and Large 2475302.98/cwt300.00–305.001,4394
SteersMedium and Large 2373328.40/cwt325.00–332.001,2257
SteersMedium and Large 2325348.33/cwt345.00–355.001,1329
HeifersMedium and Large 2379266.19/cwt260.00–270.001,0094
SteersMedium and Large 1360346.06/cwt342.00–350.001,2462
SteersMedium and Large 3375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1632
SteersMedium and Large 3525272.55/cwt270.00–275.001,4312
SteersMedium and Large 3320331.77/cwt325.00–335.001,0623
SteersMedium and Large 2426320.50/cwt317.00–325.001,3656
HeifersMedium and Large 1374277.96/cwt275.00–282.001,0406
HeifersMedium and Large 3318256.60/cwt255.00–260.008163
HeifersMedium and Large 2429246.78/cwt245.00–250.001,0594
HeifersMedium and Large 2481244.73/cwt240.00–247.001,1774
HeifersMedium and Large 2576232.13/cwt225.00–235.001,3377
HeifersMedium and Large 2330275.64/cwt272.00–280.009103
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,088.33/head1,025.00–1,190.001,0883
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2971.67/head890.00–1,025.009723
Bulls1,821116.95/cwt115.00–119.002,1305
Bulls1,233108.45/cwt108.00–109.001,3372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21591.95/cwt90.00–94.001,1172
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,503102.96/cwt102.00–104.001,5478

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.