Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-09-18

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 18
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
231 head
108 vs last sale 123 150 vs year ago 381 · 39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
29 vs last sale 26 9 vs year ago 64 · 14.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
17 vs last sale 39 4 vs year ago 18 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.51/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 156.47 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.
Average price
$215.51
17 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.04
vs AL average
21.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510225.001,1487thin
Medium and Large 2556208.861,16210thin
One grade step is worth $16.14/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale17 hd
215.51
AL average12 barns · 558 hd
228.55
−13.04
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−21.50
This barn, trailing median9 sales
371.98
−156.47
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
BullsHigh1,733152.102,6362thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,412116.191,64010
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,092115.661,2638thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,021106.701,09010

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,9068
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,9504thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450429237.22/cwt235.00–240.001,0184
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650615198.49/cwt197.00–200.001,2212
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320336.77/cwt330.00–340.001,0783
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550543246.00/cwt245.00–247.001,3362
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008452
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550534212.69/cwt207.00–217.001,1364
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450428255.76/cwt247.00–262.001,0959
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400377245.09/cwt240.00–250.009249
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600571206.31/cwt202.00–215.001,1786
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400376276.17/cwt270.00–280.001,0386
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478226.52/cwt220.00–232.001,0836
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520239.71/cwt235.00–242.001,2463
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650625221.50/cwt220.00–223.001,3844
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500478225.31/cwt222.00–227.001,0773
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550527216.65/cwt210.00–220.001,1423
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450433217.09/cwt212.00–222.009402
CowsLean 85-90%1,020109.96/cwt108.00–113.001,1226
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,420112.24/cwt111.00–114.001,5945
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,403120.15/cwt119.00–122.001,6865
CowsBoner 80-85%1,092111.69/cwt110.00–115.001,2203
CowsBoner 80-85%1,092118.05/cwt116.00–121.001,2895
Bulls1,733152.10/cwt148.00–156.002,6362
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500481251.21/cwt245.00–255.001,2084
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550533222.49/cwt220.00–225.001,1862
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328271.05/cwt270.00–272.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624216.66/cwt213.00–217.001,35212
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650632198.02/cwt197.00–200.001,2513
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500472237.63/cwt230.00–245.001,1226
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429249.61/cwt241.00–251.001,07112
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3978
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700670183.47/cwt182.00–185.001,2292
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1487
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575238.80/cwt238.00–240.001,3735
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650635229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4545
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1262
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375250.80/cwt250.00–252.009415
CowsLean 85-90%1,023101.82/cwt100.00–106.001,0424
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350328231.05/cwt230.00–232.007582
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350335265.15/cwt260.00–270.008882
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400374243.18/cwt240.00–252.009095
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450427273.01/cwt272.00–275.001,1663
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450443237.03/cwt232.00–242.001,0502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,950.00/head1,900.00–2,000.001,9504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,162.50/head2,025.00–2,325.002,1634
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,650.00/head1,550.00–1,775.001,6504

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.