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 13 comparable sales and sits −102.61 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

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

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.54, low $289.87, median $359.34 across 13 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 median13 sales

359.34

−102.61

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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