Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.29/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −131.69 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.

Average price

$240.29

24 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$4.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.67

vs AL average

−28.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	241.65	1,337	17thin
Medium and Large 3	544	237.00	1,290	7thin

One grade step is worth $4.65/cwt here — about $47 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 sale24 hd

240.29

—

AL average16 barns · 609 hd

251.96

−11.67

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−28.57

This barn, trailing median9 sales

371.98

−131.69

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	—	Average	1,657	154.13	2,554	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,377	136.85	1,884	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	130.03	1,528	4thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,768	156.70/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,770	4
Bulls	—	—	1,435	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,138	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	130.03/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,528	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	136.85/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,884	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	301.10/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,319	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	258.47/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	262.24/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	249.43/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	345.00/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	276.36/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,561	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	245.68/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,167	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	272.32/cwt	270.00–277.00	901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	258.73/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,107	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	240.98/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	223.47/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	256.64/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,245	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	267.47/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	232.43/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	285.64/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	277.36/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	262.32/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	225.62/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	335.25/cwt	332.00–337.00	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	298.47/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	238.80/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,366	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	261.75/cwt	260.00–265.00	982	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	240.80/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,264	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	227.49/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	318.57/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,236	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	293.34/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	245.71/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,295	7

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 Jul 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 112Year ago 185

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 18Year ago 35

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,768	154.00–159.00	156.70
2	—	1,435	149.00	149.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,175	129.00–132.00	130.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,377	134.00–140.00	136.85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	295.00–307.00	301.10
5	450–500	476	287.00–300.00	293.34
2	550–600	585	257.00–260.00	258.47
2	600–650	633	240.00–242.00	240.98
2	650–700	685	220.00–227.00	223.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	280.00–290.00	285.64
2	500–550	538	265.00–270.00	267.47
2	600–650	628	230.00–235.00	232.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	260.00–267.00	262.24
20	450–500	485	247.00–265.00	256.64
7	500–550	527	242.00–250.00	245.71
10	550–600	572	237.00–240.00	238.80
3	600–650	623	220.00–230.00	225.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	270.00–277.00	272.32
8	350–400	375	260.00–265.00	261.75
4	400–450	428	255.00–260.00	258.73
3	450–500	475	242.00–250.00	245.68
5	500–550	525	240.00–242.00	240.80
2	550–600	593	225.00–230.00	227.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	342.00–347.00	345.00
4	350–400	374	332.00–337.00	335.25
4	450–500	468	295.00–302.00	298.47
3	500–550	537	275.00–280.00	277.36
11	550–600	565	270.00–277.00	276.36
3	600–650	620	260.00–265.00	262.32
2	650–700	675	245.00–254.00	249.43
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	315.00–322.00	318.57
2	550–600	575	265.00	265.00

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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