Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market. Slaughter cattle were not tested due to limited receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.74/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −115.24 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.

Average price

$256.74

4 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$13.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.02

vs AL average

−16.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	263.47	1,417	2thin
Medium and Large 3	525	250.00	1,313	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.47/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.54, low $332.53, median $371.98 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

256.74

—

AL average12 barns · 327 hd

249.72

+7.02

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−16.29

This barn, trailing median9 sales

371.98

−115.24

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

15 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 2	450–500	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	306.87/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,286	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	280.99/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	263.47/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	267.22/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,267	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	328.47/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	312.53/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	269.33/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,145	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	305.34/cwt	305.00–306.00	1,460	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	272.46/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,289	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	2

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 Jun 5, 2024

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

Receipts 104Last week 112Year ago 140

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market. Slaughter cattle were not tested due to limited receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	300.00–312.00	306.87
2	450–500	475	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	525	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	270.00–280.00	272.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	280.00–282.00	280.99
6	400–450	425	267.00–275.00	269.33
4	450–500	474	265.00–272.00	267.22
2	500–550	538	257.00–270.00	263.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	262.00	262.00
2	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	327.00–330.00	328.47
2	350–400	390	310.00–315.00	312.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	478	305.00–306.00	305.34

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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