Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-02-10

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 93▲ 3 vs year ago 177 · +1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 21▲ 1 vs year ago 30 · +3.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 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 $120.98/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$120.98
96 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$460
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$5.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.55
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3346126.104368thin
Medium and Large 2544120.5565620
Medium and Large 1743120.5089568
One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about −$460 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 sale96 hd
120.98
—
AL average16 barns · 1,446 hd
125.53
−4.55
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—Average1,58386.681,3723thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15360.376966thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29059.457672thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96847.514602thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2478149.03/cwt147.00–151.007123
Steers—Medium and Large 2588127.99/cwt126.00–129.007535
Steers—Medium and Large 2612125.32/cwt124.00–126.007676
Steers—Medium and Large 1680127.00/cwt127.00–127.008642
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3316127.19/cwt125.00–130.004024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323135.56/cwt133.00–138.004382
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375125.00/cwt124.00–126.004694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425130.96/cwt130.00–132.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490126.51/cwt126.00–127.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524123.19/cwt120.00–126.006465
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577118.83/cwt114.00–123.006866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added743120.50/cwt120.50–120.5089568
Heifers—Medium and Large 277398.67/cwt96.00–100.007633
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415132.50/cwt130.00–135.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513126.49/cwt125.00–128.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568122.97/cwt121.00–125.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585110.97/cwt107.00–115.006492
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58386.68/cwt83.00–89.001,3723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96847.51/cwt47.00–48.004602
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10856.49/cwt56.00–57.006262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17662.31/cwt61.00–63.007334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29059.45/cwt59.00–60.007672

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.