Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-03-09

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Mar 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
332 head
▲ 211 vs last sale 121▲ 33 vs year ago 299 · +11.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 36▼ 23 vs year ago 39 · −59.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 12▲ 5 vs year ago 9 · +55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.04/cwt on 177 head.
Average price
$141.04
177 head · 794 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.91
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2650151.0098216thin
Medium and Large 1808140.051,132161
One grade step is worth $10.95/cwt here — about −$151 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 sale177 hd
141.04
—
AL average13 barns · 904 hd
156.95
−15.91
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—Average1,64597.421,6036thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14369.047892thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added445180.00/cwt180.00–180.008018
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added538167.75/cwt166.50–172.0090226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650151.00/cwt151.00–151.0098216
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added779141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,09815
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added865134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,16358
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added940126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,18954
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310147.43/cwt143.00–152.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added406162.50/cwt162.50–162.506609
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433145.26/cwt141.00–151.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474142.87/cwt136.00–146.006778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added475159.00/cwt159.00–159.007559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528135.40/cwt134.00–138.007155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added541156.00/cwt156.00–156.0084417
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575133.13/cwt127.00–137.007656
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580115.98/cwt114.00–117.006733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618128.57/cwt125.00–132.007952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added658137.00/cwt137.00–137.0090128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added730127.00/cwt127.00–127.009273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added860117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0065
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418157.46/cwt156.00–159.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475144.00/cwt144.00–144.006842
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56891.99/cwt91.00–93.001,4422
Bulls——1,684100.13/cwt98.00–103.001,6864
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14369.04/cwt68.00–70.007892
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2—1,281.25/cwt1,200.00–1,400.00—4
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2—943.00/cwt840.00–1,050.00—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.