Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2019-10-23

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Oct 23
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
472 head
▲ 238 vs last sale 234▲ 472 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 17▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 9▲ 8 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 to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.68/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$130.68
147 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.61
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458139.386385thin
Medium and Large 1-2741137.001,01568
Medium and Large 2569125.6271435
Medium and Large 3442123.1054439
One grade step is worth $16.28/cwt here — about $94 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 sale147 hd
130.68
—
AL average15 barns · 1,359 hd
129.07
+1.61
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—Low1,41060.868586thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14540.7546716

Every lot

49 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3326130.57/cwt128.00–136.004267
Steers—Medium and Large 2335143.45/cwt140.00–147.004812
Steers—Medium and Large 2365142.00/cwt139.00–145.005182
Steers—Medium and Large 3375129.07/cwt122.00–133.0048413
Steers—Medium and Large 3424124.50/cwt124.00–126.005284
Steers—Medium and Large 1458139.38/cwt137.00–140.006385
Steers—Medium and Large 2480127.58/cwt125.00–131.006123
Steers—Medium and Large 3490117.54/cwt114.00–121.005762
Steers—Medium and Large 3525116.17/cwt112.00–119.006106
Steers—Medium and Large 2538125.92/cwt121.00–130.0067712
Steers—Medium and Large 3577111.81/cwt110.00–115.006455
Steers—Medium and Large 2625122.49/cwt121.00–125.007664
Steers—Medium and Large 2660122.00/cwt122.00–122.008059
Steers—Medium and Large 3683110.02/cwt108.00–112.007512
Steers—Medium and Large 2723114.66/cwt111.00–118.008293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added741137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,01568
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327121.44/cwt119.00–124.003979
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338113.69/cwt112.00–116.003843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377116.32/cwt112.00–122.004398
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377107.98/cwt105.00–111.0040710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422111.09/cwt108.00–115.0046911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005022
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427103.66/cwt101.00–106.004436
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463108.29/cwt106.00–111.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475110.00/cwt110.00–110.0052310
Heifers—Medium and Large 347796.81/cwt95.00–100.004625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525103.99/cwt101.00–107.005466
Heifers—Medium and Large 352690.46/cwt87.00–95.0047622
Heifers—Medium and Large 357092.00/cwt90.00–94.005242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623103.68/cwt101.00–105.006466
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426129.23/cwt127.00–133.005519
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426123.50/cwt122.00–126.0052614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475125.00/cwt123.00–127.005945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479131.31/cwt128.00–138.006296
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485109.72/cwt107.00–111.005324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525111.00/cwt111.00–111.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530102.04/cwt100.00–106.005413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576109.20/cwt105.00–112.006294
Bulls—Medium and Large 357698.99/cwt96.00–100.005704
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623109.47/cwt108.00–111.006822
Bulls—Medium and Large 362989.99/cwt88.00–92.005665
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630102.32/cwt99.00–105.006456
Bulls—Medium and Large 267893.67/cwt90.00–97.006353
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37359.33/cwt58.00–61.008154
Bulls——1,48363.91/cwt63.00–65.009482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11438.89/cwt36.00–41.0043310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19743.86/cwt43.00–45.005256
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—657.50/cwt630.00–685.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—480.00/cwt430.00–530.00—2

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.