Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-09-25

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 25
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 310▲ 257 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 39▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 8▲ 22 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 8.00 to 9.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.99/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$108.99
72 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.86
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1614115.0070625
Medium and Large 2455107.0348726
Medium and Large 3381104.2639721
One grade step is worth $10.74/cwt here — about $308 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 sale72 hd
108.99
—
AL average15 barns · 1,908 hd
113.85
−4.86
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—Low1,60166.621,0664thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18641.6849513
CowsLean 85-90%High96036.2034810

Every lot

37 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3326129.24/cwt127.00–130.004214
Steers—Medium and Large 2367133.74/cwt130.00–139.004915
Steers—Medium and Large 1373142.99/cwt140.00–146.005334
Steers—Medium and Large 1426142.82/cwt138.00–145.006086
Steers—Medium and Large 2568112.02/cwt110.00–114.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 2678112.03/cwt109.00–115.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 2725111.00/cwt111.00–111.008052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328108.37/cwt105.00–114.003559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374114.31/cwt109.00–118.004286
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377104.31/cwt100.00–108.003937
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428107.77/cwt105.00–114.004618
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472106.28/cwt103.00–111.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 348396.79/cwt94.00–100.004675
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526101.78/cwt100.00–108.005359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574110.83/cwt107.00–115.006366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added620117.50/cwt117.50–117.5072916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added658110.00/cwt110.00–110.007243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418120.50/cwt120.00–121.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426139.15/cwt135.00–141.005937
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429128.52/cwt124.00–131.005514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473132.65/cwt131.00–136.006273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475122.39/cwt119.00–126.005815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525109.25/cwt105.00–115.0057412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577105.36/cwt100.00–109.006085
Bulls—Medium and Large 262999.38/cwt95.00–103.006255
Bulls—Medium and Large 173599.01/cwt98.00–100.007282
Bulls—Medium and Large 276886.98/cwt85.00–89.006682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56361.81/cwt61.00–63.009662
Bulls——1,63871.43/cwt71.00–72.001,1702
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91037.09/cwt36.00–40.003384
Cows—Lean 85-90%97130.43/cwt28.00–32.002954
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04045.95/cwt45.00–47.004782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12535.94/cwt34.00–38.004043
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16241.36/cwt40.00–43.004817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30548.17/cwt46.00–51.006293
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—635.00/cwt570.00–700.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—366.00/cwt300.00–440.00—10

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.