Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-02-16

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 16
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
338 head
▲ 225 vs last sale 113▲ 338 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 30▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 8▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.51/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$156.51
128 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.28
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432161.0169697
Medium and Large 2413146.4760621
Medium and Large 3382133.9651210thin
One grade step is worth $27.05/cwt here — about $184 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 sale128 hd
156.51
—
AL average14 barns · 1,663 hd
149.24
+7.28
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—Average1,48497.631,4494thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16074.548658thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95366.066303thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3327168.65/cwt166.00–170.005513
Steers—Medium and Large 2369176.79/cwt174.00–179.006524
Steers—Medium and Large 1375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 3382161.38/cwt160.00–164.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added385191.00/cwt191.00–191.0073510
Steers—Medium and Large 1427179.98/cwt179.00–181.007693
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added465183.14/cwt183.00–185.0085214
Steers—Medium and Large 2488157.50/cwt157.00–158.007692
Steers—Medium and Large 1528167.65/cwt165.00–169.008853
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added570167.00/cwt167.00–167.009523
Steers—Medium and Large 1572161.04/cwt157.00–164.009213
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3311140.49/cwt138.00–143.004374
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332158.97/cwt157.00–161.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added357168.50/cwt168.50–168.5060232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375147.00/cwt142.00–152.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377159.40/cwt158.00–161.0060110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383134.84/cwt130.00–140.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424145.67/cwt139.00–148.006189
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430132.00/cwt129.00–135.005682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added457163.50/cwt163.50–163.5074728
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474140.00/cwt135.00–145.006645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475148.43/cwt146.00–149.007057
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475122.00/cwt120.00–124.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523147.37/cwt145.00–149.007718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added535153.00/cwt153.00–153.0081912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410160.00/cwt159.00–161.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 3474143.76/cwt139.00–148.006814
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477154.88/cwt151.00–159.007398
Bulls—Medium and Large 3516133.49/cwt130.00–140.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530146.02/cwt145.00–147.007742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570144.51/cwt142.00–146.008244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633132.06/cwt129.00–135.008362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720122.94/cwt120.00–126.008852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38394.56/cwt94.00–95.001,3082
Bulls——1,585100.70/cwt99.00–102.001,5962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95366.06/cwt64.00–67.006303
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15775.85/cwt74.00–78.008786
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17070.59/cwt68.00–73.008262
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
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.