Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $251.43/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −120.97 against this barn's trailing median of $372.41.

Average price

$251.43

5 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,370

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.70

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	251.43	1,370	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $394.47, low $321.10, median $372.41 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 sale5 hd

251.43

—

AL average13 barns · 266 hd

237.73

+13.70

This barn, trailing median9 sales

372.41

−120.97

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	1,459	133.05	1,941	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,387	122.31	1,696	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	116.41	1,499	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,102	109.13	1,203	6thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	116.97/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,530	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	126.49/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,505	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	112.11/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,442	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	122.31/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,696	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	112.96/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,256	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	105.30/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	263.39/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,364	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	270.99/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,290	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	282.02/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,193	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	300.99/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	355.10/cwt	345.00–365.00	916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	233.49/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	253.70/cwt	247.00–257.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	232.61/cwt	225.00–240.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	332.52/cwt	330.00–335.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	239.15/cwt	235.00–250.00	885	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	227.45/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	226.35/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,064	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	300.03/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	216.01/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,270	2
Bulls	—	—	1,750	140.65/cwt	139.00–142.00	2,461	2
Bulls	—	—	1,168	125.45/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	206.06/cwt	200.00–212.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	285.92/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	292.46/cwt	290.00–295.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	233.40/cwt	230.00–237.00	987	2

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 Oct 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 113Last week 156Year ago 161

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 19Year ago 59

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,308	116.00–120.00	116.97
2	—	1,190	126.00–127.00	126.49
6	—	1,286	110.00–113.00	112.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	120.00–126.00	122.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,112	112.00–114.00	112.96
3	—	1,092	102.00–107.00	105.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	139.00–142.00	140.65
2	—	1,168	122.00–129.00	125.45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	275.00–290.00	282.02
4	450–500	476	267.00–277.00	270.99
3	500–550	518	255.00–270.00	263.39
2	550–600	585	232.00–235.00	233.49
2	600–650	618	225.00–230.00	227.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	300.00–302.00	300.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	345.00–365.00	355.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	330.00–335.00	332.52
2	350–400	363	295.00–305.00	300.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	290.00–295.00	292.46
2	350–400	378	282.00–290.00	285.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	247.00–257.00	253.70
4	350–400	370	235.00–250.00	239.15
2	400–450	423	230.00–237.00	233.40
3	450–500	470	225.00–227.00	226.35
2	550–600	588	215.00–217.00	216.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	225.00–240.00	232.61
2	450–500	470	200.00–212.00	206.06

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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