Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2020-04-22

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Apr 22
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
311 head
▲ 236 vs last sale 75▲ 311 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 42▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 56▲ 13 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 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.73/cwt on 139 head.
Average price
$114.73
139 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.01
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559116.3965076
Medium and Large 3378114.774349thin
Medium and Large 2517112.3858154
One grade step is worth $4.02/cwt here — about $69 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 sale139 hd
114.73
—
AL average10 barns · 677 hd
116.74
−2.01
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—Low1,52377.521,1804thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16855.736514thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02152.8353913

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1381151.00/cwt151.00–151.005753
Steers—Medium and Large 2385140.38/cwt140.00–142.005405
Steers—Medium and Large 1445150.00/cwt150.00–150.0066813
Steers—Medium and Large 2525127.00/cwt127.00–127.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1547136.31/cwt136.00–139.0074625
Steers—Medium and Large 2613113.49/cwt112.00–115.006962
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added629131.00/cwt131.00–131.0082413
Steers—Medium and Large 1665117.15/cwt117.00–120.0077927
Steers—Medium and Large 1730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008034
Steers—Medium and Large 1788109.00/cwt109.00–109.0085911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325117.43/cwt116.00–119.003822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332127.98/cwt125.00–131.004253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370131.50/cwt131.00–132.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372126.82/cwt124.00–130.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378115.41/cwt111.00–117.004365
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433110.51/cwt110.00–111.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436120.35/cwt118.00–123.0052514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475115.25/cwt110.00–120.005478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481122.49/cwt121.00–123.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added518121.50/cwt121.50–121.5062930
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529110.97/cwt107.00–113.005875
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572102.96/cwt100.00–106.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added589119.00/cwt119.00–119.0070116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618106.00/cwt106.00–106.0065524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625103.00/cwt101.00–105.006444
Heifers—Medium and Large 267599.75/cwt99.00–106.006739
Heifers—Medium and Large 274390.00/cwt90.00–90.006693
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420131.52/cwt129.00–133.005524
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430121.45/cwt120.00–123.005222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476125.48/cwt123.00–131.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 3481118.78/cwt116.00–122.005714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530117.64/cwt115.00–119.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578113.75/cwt109.00–118.006578
Bulls—Medium and Large 2626104.76/cwt100.00–110.006564
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41575.48/cwt75.00–76.001,0682
Bulls——1,63079.56/cwt79.00–80.001,2972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95346.77/cwt45.00–48.004464
Cows—Lean 85-90%97652.76/cwt51.00–55.005155
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14558.97/cwt58.00–61.006754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14852.54/cwt52.00–53.006032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18858.92/cwt57.00–61.007002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,278.33/cwt1,200.00–1,325.00—6
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—867.50/cwt810.00–925.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—857.50/cwt840.00–875.00—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.