Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-09-22

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 22
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 207 vs last sale 193▲ 189 vs year ago 211 · +89.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 22▼ 2 vs year ago 26 · −7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 15▲ 8 vs year ago 18 · +44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.04/cwt on 139 head.
Average price
$122.04
139 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.69
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2478124.3959565
Medium and Large 1590122.1772042
Medium and Large 3457117.1053532
One grade step is worth $7.30/cwt here — about $60 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
122.04
—
AL average16 barns · 1,941 hd
125.73
−3.69
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—Average1,66480.201,3354thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15553.556192thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3325148.00/cwt145.00–151.004814
Steers—Medium and Large 2373154.97/cwt150.00–160.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 3374146.28/cwt140.00–150.005477
Steers—Medium and Large 1425158.00/cwt158.00–158.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 2425150.04/cwt147.00–153.006383
Steers—Medium and Large 3460135.69/cwt132.00–138.006243
Steers—Medium and Large 2474143.78/cwt141.00–151.006825
Steers—Medium and Large 3529131.00/cwt128.00–134.006935
Steers—Medium and Large 2531142.30/cwt140.00–144.007567
Steers—Medium and Large 2573129.96/cwt128.00–134.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 3575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006902
Steers—Medium and Large 2635126.46/cwt126.00–130.0080317
Steers—Medium and Large 2677122.00/cwt121.00–124.008263
Steers—Medium and Large 2723116.17/cwt116.00–117.008406
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324133.79/cwt131.00–137.004335
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328127.02/cwt123.00–130.004175
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373131.17/cwt129.00–137.0048910
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376123.77/cwt121.00–126.004655
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424126.90/cwt126.00–128.0053810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430120.29/cwt117.00–122.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468129.67/cwt128.00–130.006076
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474123.85/cwt122.00–127.0058714
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474117.29/cwt115.00–118.005567
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521121.12/cwt118.00–125.006318
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528111.26/cwt108.00–116.005879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1551124.00/cwt124.00–124.0068313
Heifers—Medium and Large 3577103.32/cwt100.00–105.005963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578119.41/cwt115.00–123.0069015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640119.19/cwt119.00–121.0076321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675119.00/cwt119.00–119.008032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2677114.00/cwt113.00–115.007723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418146.35/cwt142.00–151.006125
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424134.38/cwt130.00–139.0057010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473133.41/cwt130.00–136.006315
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475119.33/cwt116.00–126.005676
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513126.51/cwt125.00–128.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520116.33/cwt111.00–121.006056
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578115.99/cwt114.00–118.006706
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590109.50/cwt109.00–110.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2622113.01/cwt110.00–115.007033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670104.72/cwt102.00–109.007024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2732103.69/cwt100.00–106.007593
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,66480.20/cwt78.00–81.001,3354
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15553.55/cwt53.00–54.006192
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—805.00/cwt780.00–830.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—723.33/cwt640.00–790.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—660.00/cwt600.00–720.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—516.00/cwt450.00–580.00—5

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.