Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady, however a lower undertone was noted. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle too few to trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.49/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −119.49 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.

Average price

$252.49

16 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$20.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.36

vs AL average

−5.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	258.91	1,430	11thin
Medium and Large 2	545	238.37	1,299	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.54/cwt here — about $131 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 sale16 hd

252.49

—

AL average14 barns · 628 hd

254.85

−2.36

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−5.31

This barn, trailing median9 sales

371.98

−119.49

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,341	138.77	1,861	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,222	134.46	1,643	9thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	266.00/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	335.91/cwt	312.00–345.00	1,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	272.35/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,029	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	199.86/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	289.85/cwt	289.00–295.00	1,635	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	253.32/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	246.01/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	292.26/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	227.32/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	243.95/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,264	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	943	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	250.55/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,165	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	267.50/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,083	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	298.57/cwt	292.00–310.00	1,254	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	279.89/cwt	275.00–285.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,407	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,451	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	274.97/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	256.79/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	326.45/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,247	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,341	138.77/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,861	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	128.53/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,485	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	139.32/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,620	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	133.77/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,739	4

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 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 171Last week 196Year ago 181

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 28Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	315.00	315.00
1	350–400	355	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	590	260.00–273.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	312.00–345.00	335.91
5	350–400	382	322.00–332.00	326.45
1	400–450	405	317.00	317.00
3	500–550	532	290.00–297.00	292.26
7	550–600	564	289.00–295.00	289.85
5	650–700	664	250.00–260.00	256.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	378	265.00–280.00	272.35
4	400–450	405	260.00–270.00	267.50
5	450–500	465	247.00–255.00	250.55
3	500–550	518	242.00–245.00	243.95
2	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
3	600–650	622	225.00–230.00	227.32
2	700–750	720	190.00–210.00	199.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	275.00–285.00	279.89
3	400–450	442	250.00–255.00	253.32
2	450–500	473	245.00–247.00	246.01
1	600–650	640	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	525	268.00	268.00
5	550–600	585	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	292.00–310.00	298.57
2	450–500	460	297.00	297.00
2	500–550	545	275.00	275.00
3	550–600	580	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	468	270.00–280.00	274.97
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	595	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	535	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,341	137.00–140.00	138.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	127.00–130.00	128.53
3	—	1,163	139.00–140.00	139.32
4	—	1,300	133.00–135.00	133.77

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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