Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-08-28

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
586 head
▲ 293 vs last sale 293▲ 586 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 80▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 31▲ 27 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 sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.59/cwt on 336 head.
Average price
$139.59
336 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$332
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.53
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537140.67755291
Medium and Large 2413134.8655738
Medium and Large 3352120.124237thin
One grade step is worth $20.55/cwt here — about $332 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 sale336 hd
139.59
—
AL average16 barns · 1,672 hd
133.06
+6.53
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—Average1,88378.331,4753thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06045.004772thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2312144.00/cwt144.00–144.0044919
Steers—Medium and Large 3320123.63/cwt120.00–126.003963
Steers—Medium and Large 1338159.02/cwt158.00–160.005372
Steers—Medium and Large 1367162.13/cwt161.00–163.0059546
Steers—Medium and Large 3376117.49/cwt115.00–120.004424
Steers—Medium and Large 2378132.64/cwt130.00–134.005013
Steers—Medium and Large 2440134.00/cwt134.00–134.005904
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added462146.50/cwt146.50–146.5067798
Steers—Medium and Large 1492134.98/cwt132.00–138.006649
Steers—Medium and Large 2523124.32/cwt123.00–126.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 2581121.00/cwt121.00–121.007037
Steers—Medium and Large 1620126.75/cwt124.00–127.0078648
Steers—Medium and Large 2625117.46/cwt116.00–119.007342
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added668132.75/cwt132.75–132.7588774
Steers—Medium and Large 1698120.00/cwt120.00–120.0083814
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2306131.68/cwt126.00–132.0040335
Heifers—Medium and Large 3324112.39/cwt110.00–116.003645
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365112.64/cwt110.00–115.004113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2394121.83/cwt118.00–122.0048055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436126.30/cwt126.00–128.0055119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476118.24/cwt115.00–121.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480123.48/cwt122.00–125.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485107.53/cwt105.00–110.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505124.00/cwt124.00–124.006264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538115.01/cwt114.00–116.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563111.00/cwt110.00–112.006252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2638108.49/cwt108.00–109.006922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428115.99/cwt115.00–117.004962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438136.02/cwt135.00–137.005962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005942
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478113.98/cwt113.00–115.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480130.51/cwt130.00–131.006262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510124.49/cwt123.00–126.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518101.30/cwt100.00–104.005253
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522115.17/cwt113.00–117.006015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576115.84/cwt112.00–126.006675
Bulls—Medium and Large 2629113.19/cwt112.00–114.007125
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,88378.33/cwt78.00–79.001,4753
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06045.00/cwt45.00–45.004772
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—643.33/cwt570.00–770.00—12
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—605.00/cwt520.00–680.00—5

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.