Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2020-11-11

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Nov 11
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
▲ 274 vs last sale 146▲ 329 vs year ago 91 · +361.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 23▲ 2 vs year ago 22 · +9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 42▼ 11 vs year ago 24 · −45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.91/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$119.91
172 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$422
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.12
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2715125.4089770
Medium and Large 1450125.2456312thin
Medium and Large 2478115.6055262
Medium and Large 3418113.4247428
One grade step is worth $11.98/cwt here — about $422 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 sale172 hd
119.91
—
AL average11 barns · 1,703 hd
119.79
+0.12
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22557.046994thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94046.214346thin

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1326169.84/cwt169.00–171.005546
Steers—Medium and Large 3368146.68/cwt146.00–147.005403
Steers—Medium and Large 1372164.14/cwt162.00–167.006116
Steers—Medium and Large 2385150.92/cwt148.00–154.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 2427150.92/cwt148.00–152.0064413
Steers—Medium and Large 1557137.00/cwt137.00–137.007634
Steers—Medium and Large 2576127.40/cwt125.00–128.007345
Steers—Medium and Large 2656121.00/cwt121.00–121.007944
Steers—Medium and Large 2746113.60/cwt112.00–114.008475
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318125.96/cwt125.00–127.004012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328120.96/cwt120.00–124.003976
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373118.64/cwt115.00–120.004438
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375124.88/cwt120.00–128.0046812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422120.17/cwt115.00–125.0050716
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426113.39/cwt110.00–115.004835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436127.00/cwt127.00–127.005547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469122.78/cwt121.00–126.005765
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473107.49/cwt105.00–110.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475114.50/cwt114.00–115.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524110.38/cwt109.00–112.0057813
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526102.72/cwt100.00–106.005407
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577107.55/cwt105.00–110.006219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616107.28/cwt105.00–109.006614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685101.94/cwt98.00–106.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715125.40/cwt125.40–125.4089770
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418162.52/cwt156.00–166.006795
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423147.81/cwt145.00–152.006256
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428133.43/cwt130.00–137.005715
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473136.54/cwt131.00–141.006469
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473123.47/cwt119.00–128.005844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475141.00/cwt141.00–141.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518128.65/cwt128.00–130.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 3524117.52/cwt110.00–120.006164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526125.13/cwt123.00–127.006587
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565118.68/cwt116.00–121.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 3571110.00/cwt105.00–113.006284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625110.33/cwt110.00–111.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006752
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91042.69/cwt42.00–43.003883
Cows—Lean 85-90%97049.72/cwt49.00–51.004823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20556.00/cwt56.00–56.006752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24558.08/cwt57.00–59.007232
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—775.00/cwt660.00–890.00—4
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—620.00/cwt590.00–650.00—4

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.