Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-05-29

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, May 29
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 308▲ 284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 30▲ 18 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 mostly steady.Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.86/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$122.86
96 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.12
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2435124.0053929
Medium and Large 1543123.2967055
Medium and Large 3398118.1647012thin
One grade step is worth $5.84/cwt here — about $69 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 sale96 hd
122.86
—
AL average10 barns · 1,025 hd
122.74
+0.12
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—Low1,44372.111,0412thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17052.256114thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05047.004942thin

Every lot

43 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 3318156.32/cwt156.00–157.004973
Steers—Medium and Large 2325160.83/cwt157.00–163.005235
Steers—Medium and Large 2371154.74/cwt151.00–160.005745
Steers—Medium and Large 3379146.52/cwt142.00–150.005558
Steers—Medium and Large 2423144.98/cwt141.00–149.006137
Steers—Medium and Large 2471142.97/cwt140.00–146.006738
Steers—Medium and Large 3475134.00/cwt134.00–134.006373
Steers—Medium and Large 2509142.00/cwt142.00–142.0072312
Steers—Medium and Large 1525144.00/cwt143.00–145.007564
Steers—Medium and Large 3525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006562
Steers—Medium and Large 1555138.00/cwt138.00–138.007665
Steers—Medium and Large 2576137.00/cwt137.00–137.007894
Steers—Medium and Large 2632125.34/cwt125.00–126.007923
Steers—Medium and Large 2674120.00/cwt120.00–120.008096
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3337123.05/cwt120.00–125.004153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374128.84/cwt125.00–135.004825
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375119.42/cwt116.00–122.004484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387137.68/cwt136.00–140.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 3412117.35/cwt115.00–119.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419126.44/cwt120.00–130.0053016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422135.97/cwt131.00–141.0057410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472129.89/cwt129.00–130.006139
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475118.47/cwt115.00–122.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 3513109.50/cwt109.00–110.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526121.06/cwt120.00–123.0063717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533113.73/cwt110.00–116.006064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577118.01/cwt117.00–119.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630118.00/cwt118.00–118.007432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774107.89/cwt107.00–109.008359
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410132.00/cwt130.00–134.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423145.41/cwt139.00–148.006155
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468122.51/cwt120.00–125.005732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476137.58/cwt136.00–140.006557
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510119.50/cwt119.00–120.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520124.89/cwt120.00–130.006493
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572122.99/cwt122.00–125.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580112.95/cwt111.00–115.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620118.26/cwt116.00–120.007334
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623113.49/cwt113.00–114.007072
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,44372.11/cwt71.00–73.001,0412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05047.00/cwt47.00–47.004942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17052.25/cwt51.00–53.006114

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.