Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-09-04

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
265 head
57 vs last sale 322 102 vs year ago 367 · 27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
18 vs last sale 74 25 vs year ago 31 · +80.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
1 vs last sale 11 8 vs year ago 18 · 44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $213.17/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 158.81 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.
Average price
$213.17
31 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.32
vs AL average
27.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2564216.011,21819thin
Medium and Large 3550208.671,14812thin
One grade step is worth $7.34/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
426390354319median 371.9803/1104/0804/2906/1708/12
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 sale31 hd
213.17
AL average9 barns · 340 hd
224.49
−11.32
National average148 barns · 7,025 hd
240.69
−27.52
This barn, trailing median9 sales
371.98
−158.81
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,435126.471,8152thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,377132.411,8237thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,184125.321,4849thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,022114.281,16816

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,1252thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,377132.41/cwt129.00–135.001,8237
CowsLean 85-90%1,000111.07/cwt110.00–113.001,1118
CowsLean 85-90%1,044117.49/cwt114.00–119.001,2278
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220121.43/cwt121.00–122.001,4812
Bulls1,435126.47/cwt124.00–129.001,8152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174126.43/cwt124.00–130.001,4847
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550523219.26/cwt215.00–225.001,1477
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800775182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4112
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400384239.69/cwt235.00–242.009204
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550526211.51/cwt210.00–215.001,1136
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500482233.43/cwt230.00–240.001,1253
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600583208.04/cwt205.00–212.001,2134
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450425250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0632
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500460267.53/cwt265.00–270.001,2312
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450418224.84/cwt220.00–235.009403
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650628197.57/cwt195.00–200.001,2412
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423236.23/cwt235.00–240.009994
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600587213.28/cwt210.00–215.001,25212
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650622209.39/cwt207.00–212.001,3025
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400376259.18/cwt255.00–265.009754
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700678198.32/cwt195.00–200.001,3453
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600582236.59/cwt230.00–240.001,3773
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800775192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4883
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650628227.22/cwt225.00–230.001,4274
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350322265.45/cwt260.00–270.008553
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500458262.03/cwt257.00–267.001,2002
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400378308.13/cwt300.00–315.001,1653
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750732215.68/cwt215.00–217.001,5793
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700667208.98/cwt205.00–212.001,3943
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750728193.42/cwt190.00–197.001,4082
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550524220.70/cwt217.00–222.001,1567
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550523240.87/cwt237.00–245.001,2602
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478228.73/cwt225.00–232.001,0935
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550532253.86/cwt251.00–262.001,35120
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400372334.91/cwt330.00–340.001,2463
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577258.01/cwt257.00–260.001,4893
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619248.39/cwt247.00–252.001,5388
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600574205.83/cwt202.00–210.001,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350340242.54/cwt240.00–245.008252
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550518245.99/cwt245.00–247.001,2742
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400380278.97/cwt277.00–280.001,0603
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700675195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3162
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650633206.00/cwt205.00–207.001,3042
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,125.00/head1,050.00–1,200.001,1252

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.