Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-08-11

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
331 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 191▲ 179 vs year ago 152 · +117.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 40▲ 15 vs year ago 32 · +46.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 16▼ 7 vs year ago 17 · −41.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers 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 $128.69/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$128.69
118 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.46
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500130.1365089
Medium and Large 2462124.7557621
Medium and Large 3407122.985018thin
One grade step is worth $7.15/cwt here — about $150 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 sale118 hd
128.69
—
AL average14 barns · 1,932 hd
132.14
−3.46
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—Average1,37279.261,0874thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47262.269165thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22161.2874811
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07754.835907thin

Every lot

40 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 2380161.96/cwt159.00–165.006153
Steers—Medium and Large 3382152.38/cwt151.00–155.005823
Steers—Medium and Large 1415166.00/cwt166.00–166.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 2428158.48/cwt158.00–159.006782
Steers—Medium and Large 3468137.46/cwt135.00–140.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 1495161.00/cwt161.00–161.0079724
Steers—Medium and Large 2575133.20/cwt132.00–135.007665
Steers—Medium and Large 1586142.00/cwt142.00–142.0083262
Steers—Medium and Large 2621127.49/cwt123.00–132.007926
Steers—Medium and Large 1702132.00/cwt132.00–132.009276
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355143.00/cwt143.00–143.005086
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370125.81/cwt123.00–129.004656
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374131.63/cwt129.00–135.004926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444135.15/cwt135.00–140.0060032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478121.57/cwt120.00–125.005817
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518114.49/cwt114.00–115.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525126.00/cwt126.00–126.0066229
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528122.25/cwt120.00–124.006454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1591122.97/cwt122.00–127.0072710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007759
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426134.24/cwt130.00–140.005724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472137.18/cwt134.00–139.006476
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472127.82/cwt124.00–130.006035
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520127.50/cwt127.00–128.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525131.50/cwt130.00–133.006904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625116.00/cwt116.00–116.007252
Bulls—Medium and Large 3668106.52/cwt105.00–108.007122
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29874.90/cwt71.00–78.009722
Bulls——1,44583.62/cwt82.00–85.001,2082
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05253.37/cwt53.00–55.005615
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13858.49/cwt58.00–59.006662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20263.33/cwt62.00–64.007616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24358.81/cwt58.00–60.007315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47262.26/cwt61.00–64.009165
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—875.00/cwt850.00–925.00—6
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—825.00/cwt825.00–825.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—925.00/cwt825.00–1,025.00—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.