Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-10-19

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Oct 19
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
248 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 335▲ 108 vs year ago 140 · +77.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 52▼ 2 vs year ago 35 · −5.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 14▲ 16 vs year ago 10 · +160.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.82/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$128.82
46 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.38
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483148.447172thin
Medium and Large 2536140.3175320
Medium and Large 3503117.6259124
One grade step is worth $30.82/cwt here — about $126 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 sale46 hd
128.82
—
AL average16 barns · 1,392 hd
134.20
−5.38
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—High1,61383.441,3467thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24661.9577211

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$6066

Every lot

37 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 1380149.00/cwt149.00–149.005661
Steers—Medium and Large 3388152.01/cwt150.00–154.005902
Steers—Medium and Large 3420150.90/cwt147.00–155.006342
Steers—Medium and Large 2425166.00/cwt166.00–166.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 3468147.03/cwt142.00–152.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 1488165.49/cwt165.00–166.008082
Steers—Medium and Large 1525163.00/cwt163.00–163.008562
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added575162.00/cwt162.00–162.009322
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added665155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0318
Steers—Medium and Large 2675132.00/cwt132.00–132.008912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363132.49/cwt131.00–134.004812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418135.51/cwt135.00–136.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428129.69/cwt125.00–133.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475121.24/cwt116.00–126.005768
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480136.05/cwt131.00–141.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483148.44/cwt146.00–151.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520131.53/cwt130.00–133.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added527151.33/cwt149.00–153.007986
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528115.00/cwt110.00–120.006075
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565109.58/cwt105.00–114.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added576145.98/cwt143.00–148.008415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685113.04/cwt110.00–116.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 368591.67/cwt90.00–93.006283
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413142.02/cwt141.00–143.005872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420155.99/cwt155.00–157.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480127.91/cwt125.00–131.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528114.83/cwt110.00–120.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 3582109.34/cwt109.00–110.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 3624101.24/cwt100.00–105.006324
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32076.28/cwt76.00–77.001,0073
Bulls——1,77886.55/cwt86.00–87.001,5392
Bulls——1,88891.06/cwt90.00–92.001,7192
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17057.05/cwt55.00–59.006674
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26363.27/cwt61.00–66.007995
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35568.47/cwt68.00–69.009282
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—750.00/head650.00–800.007503
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—461.67/head410.00–500.004623

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.