Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-05-22

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, May 22
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
308 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 195▲ 308 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 14▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 22▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.49/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$125.49
112 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.07
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2448127.5957254
Medium and Large 1545127.0069224
Medium and Large 3435121.0952634
One grade step is worth $6.50/cwt here — about $46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale112 hd
125.49
—
AL average16 barns · 2,038 hd
125.42
+0.07
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
Bulls—Average1,50770.481,0625thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46053.777856thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20353.2064013
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02645.264644thin

Every lot

50 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2301154.00/cwt154.00–154.004648
Steers—Medium and Large 3325145.08/cwt140.00–150.004722
Steers—Medium and Large 3378139.69/cwt137.00–143.005286
Steers—Medium and Large 2381149.92/cwt145.00–155.0057113
Steers—Medium and Large 2426146.04/cwt142.00–148.006224
Steers—Medium and Large 1475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 2513137.49/cwt136.00–139.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 1533147.34/cwt145.00–148.007859
Steers—Medium and Large 1578142.21/cwt140.00–145.008224
Steers—Medium and Large 2586135.72/cwt132.00–139.007954
Steers—Medium and Large 2627127.99/cwt126.00–129.008023
Steers—Medium and Large 3662112.00/cwt112.00–112.007417
Steers—Medium and Large 2693122.01/cwt120.00–124.008462
Steers—Medium and Large 1773119.48/cwt118.00–121.009242
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321136.00/cwt136.00–136.004373
Heifers—Medium and Large 3332127.80/cwt125.00–130.004245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370133.02/cwt131.00–137.0049223
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375127.29/cwt125.00–130.004777
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423131.70/cwt130.00–135.005577
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424122.21/cwt119.00–127.0051810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425136.00/cwt136.00–136.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468128.32/cwt128.00–129.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474118.80/cwt117.00–121.005635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521124.14/cwt121.00–125.006476
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525114.00/cwt110.00–115.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530128.20/cwt127.00–129.0067915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570120.73/cwt120.00–123.006884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578124.00/cwt124.00–124.007174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2621111.00/cwt111.00–111.006898
Heifers—Medium and Large 3630100.50/cwt100.00–101.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656119.00/cwt119.00–119.007813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417135.66/cwt134.00–137.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421140.86/cwt140.00–146.005939
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465125.50/cwt121.00–130.005842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479137.97/cwt134.00–140.006614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524127.86/cwt125.00–130.006707
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530117.46/cwt111.00–120.006234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565118.65/cwt115.00–122.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 3660107.50/cwt107.00–108.007102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30869.40/cwt68.00–70.009083
Bulls——1,80572.09/cwt71.00–74.001,3012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91349.51/cwt49.00–50.004522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13841.01/cwt40.00–42.004672
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16555.51/cwt55.00–56.006472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21052.78/cwt51.00–54.0063911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40856.50/cwt56.00–57.007962
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48652.40/cwt50.00–54.007794
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—813.75/cwt710.00–880.00—8
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—720.00/cwt670.00–750.00—3
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—490.00/cwt410.00–570.00—2

This sale against other markets

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.