Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-09-11

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 11
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▼ 380 vs last sale 586▲ 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 33▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 8.00 to 13.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.60/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$108.60
85 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.11
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537112.9360645
Medium and Large 2502104.8052736
Medium and Large 352994.014974thin
One grade step is worth $18.92/cwt here — about $109 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 sale85 hd
108.60
—
AL average13 barns · 1,233 hd
108.71
−0.11
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52052.487986thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15046.155315thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3315134.50/cwt132.00–137.004242
Steers—Medium and Large 2318145.96/cwt145.00–147.004642
Steers—Medium and Large 1370149.67/cwt146.00–152.005543
Steers—Medium and Large 2378134.93/cwt133.00–137.005102
Steers—Medium and Large 2625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332117.96/cwt115.00–122.003923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374113.81/cwt109.00–116.004265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added418127.00/cwt127.00–127.005315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429109.50/cwt105.00–112.004704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432115.66/cwt115.00–116.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469113.23/cwt112.00–115.005314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added477129.00/cwt129.00–129.006158
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482105.34/cwt105.00–106.005083
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490102.00/cwt101.00–103.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524103.14/cwt100.00–106.005408
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535108.17/cwt107.00–111.0057910
Heifers—Medium and Large 356886.02/cwt82.00–90.004892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575100.27/cwt96.00–104.005777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587108.33/cwt105.00–109.0063610
Heifers—Medium and Large 262497.46/cwt95.00–101.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 267389.50/cwt89.00–90.006022
Heifers—Medium and Large 177390.00/cwt90.00–90.006965
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425145.00/cwt140.00–150.006164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425134.80/cwt132.00–137.005735
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430117.95/cwt112.00–122.005073
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478105.37/cwt101.00–110.005045
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483117.99/cwt117.00–119.005702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535105.02/cwt104.00–106.005622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575101.98/cwt101.00–103.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2631100.00/cwt99.00–102.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 267297.58/cwt93.00–101.006565
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11750.25/cwt48.00–52.005613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20040.00/cwt40.00–40.004802
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44354.72/cwt53.00–56.007904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67548.00/cwt48.00–48.008042

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.