Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-08-24

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 24
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
353 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 290▲ 3 vs year ago 350 · +0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 21▲ 6 vs year ago 31 · +19.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $178.54/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$178.54
113 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,052
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$345
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.35
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655180.191,18079
Medium and Large 3336176.0959210thin
Medium and Large 2480174.1483524
One grade step is worth $6.05/cwt here — about $345 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 sale113 hd
178.54
—
AL average15 barns · 1,402 hd
172.19
+6.35
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—Average1,563102.011,5943thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34180.061,0747thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08074.068003thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2173thin

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 3329178.25/cwt178.00–180.005868
Steers—Medium and Large 3365167.47/cwt165.00–170.006112
Steers—Medium and Large 2378182.00/cwt180.00–185.006886
Steers—Medium and Large 2432180.31/cwt179.00–181.007793
Steers—Medium and Large 2470178.25/cwt175.00–181.008383
Steers—Medium and Large 2509173.66/cwt166.00–175.008847
Steers—Medium and Large 1510177.00/cwt177.00–177.009037
Steers—Medium and Large 2565159.50/cwt159.00–160.009012
Steers—Medium and Large 2615159.00/cwt159.00–159.009783
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added669180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,20872
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377157.28/cwt154.00–161.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425159.00/cwt159.00–159.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425154.50/cwt154.00–155.006574
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435139.53/cwt137.00–142.006072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470151.42/cwt149.00–154.007122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472158.12/cwt156.00–162.007467
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521143.88/cwt140.00–146.0075010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538129.48/cwt125.00–134.006972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added615155.00/cwt155.00–155.009534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629136.78/cwt134.00–140.008605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added665148.00/cwt148.00–148.009846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675140.00/cwt140.00–140.009453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0232
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1406184.62/cwt182.00–185.007508
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423158.68/cwt156.00–160.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425172.56/cwt167.00–177.007339
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475150.00/cwt145.00–155.007134
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482166.85/cwt160.00–170.0080434
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527134.68/cwt133.00–138.007103
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575155.00/cwt155.00–155.0089116
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,563102.01/cwt101.00–103.001,5943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08074.06/cwt73.00–76.008003
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27878.04/cwt77.00–79.009973
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38981.58/cwt80.00–83.001,1334
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,216.67/head1,075.00–1,300.001,2173

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.