Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-10-06

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Oct 6
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 309 vs last sale 395▼ 171 vs year ago 257 · −66.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 68▲ 8 vs year ago 11 · +72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.21/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$122.21
24 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.58
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520130.516792thin
Medium and Large 2431127.9855114thin
Medium and Large 3531110.045848thin
One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $95 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 sale24 hd
122.21
—
AL average15 barns · 1,261 hd
123.79
−1.58
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—Average1,57073.951,1614thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12347.535342thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2334162.19/cwt156.00–166.005424
Steers—Medium and Large 2375152.92/cwt147.00–159.005732
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320133.97/cwt133.00–135.004292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333125.49/cwt124.00–127.004182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380130.68/cwt130.00–132.004973
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425129.00/cwt129.00–129.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472125.75/cwt120.00–129.005945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520130.51/cwt130.00–131.006792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520122.52/cwt120.00–125.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525114.00/cwt112.00–115.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 366895.77/cwt91.00–101.006403
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420147.44/cwt145.00–150.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483133.51/cwt132.00–135.006452
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510120.00/cwt120.00–120.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523128.30/cwt127.00–131.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570127.97/cwt127.00–129.007292
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1252
Bulls——1,64072.89/cwt71.00–74.001,1952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12347.53/cwt47.00–48.005342

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.