Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.12/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −146.86 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.

Average price

$225.12

7 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.25

vs AL average

−39.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	556	225.12	1,253	7thin

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

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 sale7 hd

225.12

—

AL average15 barns · 710 hd

232.37

−7.25

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−39.98

This barn, trailing median9 sales

371.98

−146.86

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	—	Low	1,327	121.36	1,610	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls	—	—	1,327	121.36/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	323.02/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	289.46/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	259.03/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,342	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	274.82/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,154	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	264.52/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,254	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	246.64/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	231.01/cwt	230.00–232.00	993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	241.79/cwt	235.00–247.00	909	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	219.26/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	302.39/cwt	295.00–305.00	998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	239.68/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,019	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	223.17/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	258.55/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	316.59/cwt	310.00–320.00	880	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	212.56/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	241.67/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	262.36/cwt	260.00–265.00	834	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	305.59/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	257.74/cwt	250.00–265.00	964	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	231.28/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,103	3

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 Nov 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 137Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 17Year ago 44

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,327	117.00–124.00	121.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	320.00–327.00	323.02
2	500–550	523	287.00–292.00	289.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	295.00–305.00	302.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	310.00–320.00	316.59
3	350–400	377	302.00–310.00	305.59
2	500–550	528	257.00–260.00	258.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	270.00–290.00	274.82
5	450–500	474	257.00–275.00	264.52
3	500–550	518	257.00–260.00	259.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	470	240.00–255.00	246.64
3	500–550	525	240.00–245.00	241.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	235.00–247.00	241.79
2	400–450	430	230.00–232.00	231.01
4	450–500	475	215.00–225.00	219.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	260.00–265.00	262.36
8	350–400	374	250.00–265.00	257.74
5	400–450	425	227.00–250.00	239.68
3	450–500	477	227.00–237.00	231.28
2	500–550	525	230.00	230.00
5	550–600	569	220.00–227.00	223.17
2	600–650	620	210.00–215.00	212.56
2	650–700	675	200.00	200.00

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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