Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-02-02

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 255▲ 20 vs year ago 93 · +21.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 15▲ 9 vs year ago 21 · +42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 23▲ 1 vs year ago 7 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower 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 $139.87/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$139.87
51 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.85
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2408145.3059314thin
Medium and Large 1552143.1679018thin
Medium and Large 3408132.7654219thin
One grade step is worth $12.55/cwt here — about $51 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 sale51 hd
139.87
—
AL average14 barns · 1,395 hd
139.03
+0.85
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18669.0881912
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15063.487302thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3328166.98/cwt165.00–168.005483
Steers—Medium and Large 3375164.00/cwt164.00–164.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 2393169.53/cwt165.00–174.006662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317157.05/cwt154.00–160.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325138.71/cwt134.00–143.004517
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372135.14/cwt130.00–139.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375148.30/cwt145.00–150.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426133.20/cwt130.00–135.005675
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427140.35/cwt139.00–142.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468139.62/cwt138.00–143.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475149.60/cwt145.00–154.007113
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478127.49/cwt125.00–130.006092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523148.51/cwt146.00–150.007776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575141.20/cwt137.00–144.008125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625132.75/cwt130.00–135.008304
Heifers—Medium and Large 3640112.50/cwt110.00–115.007202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473142.21/cwt137.00–147.006733
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15063.48/cwt62.00–65.007302
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16063.76/cwt62.00–65.007403
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19173.79/cwt72.00–76.008795
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19967.19/cwt66.00–69.008064
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—862.50/cwt825.00–900.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—855.00/cwt760.00–950.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—725.00/cwt640.00–810.00—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.