Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $262.52/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −139.91 against this barn's trailing median of $402.43.

Average price

$262.52

4 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,244

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$14.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.43

vs AL average

−28.87 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	270.00	1,283	2thin
Medium and Large 2	473	255.03	1,206	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.97/cwt here — about $76 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 400–500 lb

18 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $450.07, low $351.87, median $402.43 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

262.52

—

AL average16 barns · 477 hd

256.08

+6.43

National average196 barns · 17,866 hd

291.38

−28.87

This barn, trailing median18 sales

402.43

−139.91

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	—	High	1,975	149.64	2,955	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,314	119.87	1,575	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,133	119.68	1,356	3thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	298.80/cwt	297.00–300.00	971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	277.47/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	255.03/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,206	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	332.54/cwt	330.00–335.00	964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,211	2
Bulls	—	—	1,975	149.64/cwt	148.00–151.00	2,955	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	119.68/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,356	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,296	118.31/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,533	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,661	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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 129Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 13Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	297.00–300.00	298.80
2	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	275.00–280.00	277.47
2	450–500	473	250.00–260.00	255.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	330.00–335.00	332.54
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,975	148.00–151.00	149.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,133	119.00–120.00	119.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,296	117.00–122.00	118.31
2	—	1,350	123.00	123.00

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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