Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-08-14

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 14
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 192▲ 117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 23▲ 15 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 steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.25/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$124.25
48 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$12
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.73
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2375133.505014thin
Medium and Large 1589125.0273734
Medium and Large 3435117.9051210thin
One grade step is worth $15.60/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale48 hd
124.25
—
AL average15 barns · 859 hd
125.97
−1.73
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—Average1,46877.101,1322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15353.506172thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3373122.55/cwt119.00–126.004577
Steers—Medium and Large 2375133.50/cwt131.00–136.005014
Steers—Medium and Large 1521129.36/cwt129.00–133.0067411
Steers—Medium and Large 3578107.05/cwt104.00–112.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1593126.00/cwt126.00–126.007478
Steers—Medium and Large 1637121.32/cwt121.00–126.0077315
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320117.46/cwt115.00–120.003762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437121.98/cwt117.00–125.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 347598.56/cwt97.00–100.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480119.01/cwt115.00–123.005713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515109.01/cwt105.00–113.005613
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443130.02/cwt126.00–134.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458132.48/cwt128.00–137.006072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517125.99/cwt124.00–129.006513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568115.98/cwt115.00–118.006593
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,46877.10/cwt76.00–78.001,1322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15353.50/cwt53.00–54.006172

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.