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 13 comparable sales and sits −106.85 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

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

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 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 median13 sales

359.34

−106.85

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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