Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-11-03

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Nov 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 208▲ 114 vs year ago 146 · +78.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 31▲ 3 vs year ago 23 · +13.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 10▼ 29 vs year ago 42 · −69.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.83/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$149.83
71 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.08
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514159.5782021
Medium and Large 2520146.5576243
Medium and Large 3424140.755977thin
One grade step is worth $18.83/cwt here — about $223 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 sale71 hd
149.83
—
AL average14 barns · 1,079 hd
142.75
+7.08
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—Low1,81177.601,4054thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31056.807444thin

Every lot

35 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 3377144.03/cwt141.00–150.005433
Steers—Medium and Large 2412159.57/cwt153.00–160.0065717
Steers—Medium and Large 3435142.02/cwt140.00–144.006182
Steers—Medium and Large 3485134.55/cwt132.00–137.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 1499161.00/cwt161.00–161.0080312
Steers—Medium and Large 2526147.39/cwt143.00–149.007758
Steers—Medium and Large 1534157.67/cwt155.00–158.008429
Steers—Medium and Large 2573137.81/cwt135.00–145.007907
Steers—Medium and Large 2606137.28/cwt134.00–138.008327
Steers—Medium and Large 2725121.00/cwt121.00–121.008774
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364139.02/cwt134.00–143.005068
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385127.47/cwt125.00–130.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420143.00/cwt143.00–143.006014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422130.69/cwt128.00–133.005526
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427120.32/cwt119.00–122.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473119.37/cwt117.00–121.005653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475134.00/cwt134.00–134.006378
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478125.21/cwt122.00–127.005999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added520137.00/cwt137.00–137.007128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527122.57/cwt120.00–126.006467
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533116.97/cwt115.00–119.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577121.31/cwt119.00–125.007003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420147.93/cwt146.00–150.006212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472142.17/cwt138.00–145.006716
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485128.02/cwt125.00–132.006213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527134.64/cwt131.00–139.007106
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575125.60/cwt125.00–126.007225
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620123.02/cwt121.00–125.007632
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59371.80/cwt70.00–74.001,1442
Bulls——2,02883.39/cwt82.00–85.001,6912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31056.80/cwt56.00–58.007444
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—787.50/cwt725.00–825.00—4
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—525.00/cwt500.00–550.00—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.