Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-03-23

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Mar 23
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 86▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 21▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.45/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$149.45
13 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$931
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$320
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$5.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.81
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3428153.916592thin
Medium and Large 1658148.6497911thin
One grade step is worth $5.27/cwt here — about −$320 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 sale13 hd
149.45
—
AL average14 barns · 757 hd
161.25
−11.81
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36087.951,1962thin

Every lot

8 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 3428153.91/cwt149.00–159.006592
Steers—Medium and Large 1636150.00/cwt150.00–150.009548
Steers—Medium and Large 1718145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0413
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380152.43/cwt150.00–155.005792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475140.67/cwt140.00–141.006683
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418153.53/cwt152.00–155.006422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465157.02/cwt155.00–159.007302
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36087.95/cwt87.00–89.001,1962

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.