Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-05-19

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, May 19
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
441 head
▲ 294 vs last sale 147▲ 50 vs year ago 391 · +12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 10▼ 46 vs year ago 62 · −74.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 5▼ 47 vs year ago 63 · −74.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.79/cwt on 226 head.
Average price
$122.79
226 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.86
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639125.04799151
Medium and Large 2517119.4061855
Medium and Large 3483115.0955520
One grade step is worth $9.95/cwt here — about $244 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 sale226 hd
122.79
—
AL average15 barns · 1,777 hd
121.92
+0.86
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—Average1,43383.001,1892thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45861.188923thin

Every lot

47 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 3376133.25/cwt131.00–137.005014
Steers—Medium and Large 3430129.30/cwt127.00–133.005563
Steers—Medium and Large 1516143.00/cwt143.00–143.0073810
Steers—Medium and Large 3516123.46/cwt121.00–127.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 1599138.00/cwt138.00–138.0082722
Steers—Medium and Large 3614117.50/cwt115.00–120.007214
Steers—Medium and Large 2625122.00/cwt122.00–122.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added665131.00/cwt131.00–131.008716
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added726130.00/cwt130.00–130.009444
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313128.47/cwt125.00–132.004022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328134.92/cwt133.00–137.004432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370130.50/cwt130.00–131.004832
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375124.00/cwt121.00–127.004656
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433125.47/cwt123.00–128.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475123.13/cwt119.00–127.0058516
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475116.48/cwt116.00–117.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515127.83/cwt127.00–128.006586
Heifers—Medium and Large 3522111.38/cwt110.00–115.005815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528118.17/cwt116.00–121.0062413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added540130.50/cwt130.50–130.5070511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added552129.00/cwt129.00–129.0071217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576115.00/cwt111.00–117.0066210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580107.32/cwt105.00–110.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624110.30/cwt106.00–113.006886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added626126.75/cwt126.75–126.7579316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639122.24/cwt119.00–123.0078120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added675125.75/cwt125.75–125.7584971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727110.00/cwt110.00–110.008007
Heifers—Medium and Large 373894.51/cwt94.00–95.006972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773105.00/cwt105.00–105.008123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3421128.00/cwt125.00–131.005395
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424137.74/cwt132.00–142.005845
Bulls—Medium and Large 3474122.99/cwt120.00–128.0058311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476132.01/cwt129.00–136.006284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525124.80/cwt124.00–125.006555
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526121.00/cwt118.00–122.006366
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575121.47/cwt120.00–123.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 3588113.00/cwt112.00–114.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625117.50/cwt117.00–118.007344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2768104.98/cwt104.00–106.008062
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,43383.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45861.18/cwt60.00–63.008923
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—805.00/cwt730.00–880.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—913.33/cwt880.00–950.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—860.00/cwt800.00–920.00—3
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—690.00/cwt680.00–710.00—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.