Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2022-12-07

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Dec 7
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
302 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 201▼ 56 vs year ago 358 · −15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 21▼ 11 vs year ago 41 · −26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.50/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$147.50
67 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.72
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489159.5978012thin
Medium and Large 2413153.5563425
Medium and Large 3447137.6361630
One grade step is worth $21.96/cwt here — about $164 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 sale67 hd
147.50
—
AL average12 barns · 1,538 hd
151.22
−3.72
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—Average1,80586.441,5602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15660.737027thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38359.948293thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3368165.51/cwt161.00–169.006094
Steers—Medium and Large 2372173.09/cwt170.00–180.006448
Steers—Medium and Large 3520157.03/cwt154.00–160.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 2528167.44/cwt165.00–170.008842
Steers—Medium and Large 2573161.69/cwt155.00–165.009263
Steers—Medium and Large 3625142.50/cwt140.00–145.008912
Steers—Medium and Large 1639166.01/cwt165.00–167.001,0617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added751158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,18713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327148.23/cwt145.00–150.004859
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329159.84/cwt157.00–165.005266
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374158.26/cwt152.00–161.005927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383164.98/cwt164.00–166.006322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418161.51/cwt160.00–163.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426141.16/cwt137.00–145.006016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430151.84/cwt148.00–156.006536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477149.01/cwt148.00–150.007113
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478135.96/cwt130.00–139.006503
Heifers—Medium and Large 3524129.40/cwt126.00–132.0067810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533157.76/cwt156.00–158.008418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572137.96/cwt135.00–142.007893
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625122.98/cwt120.00–126.007692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419170.99/cwt170.00–172.007164
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438156.02/cwt155.00–157.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463163.99/cwt162.00–166.007593
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521134.24/cwt130.00–140.006994
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531151.77/cwt148.00–154.008065
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575123.24/cwt120.00–128.007094
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623123.62/cwt120.00–125.007705
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683118.49/cwt118.00–119.008092
Bulls—Medium and Large 371398.02/cwt96.00–100.006992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,80586.44/cwt86.00–87.001,5602
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12057.53/cwt56.00–59.006444
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20364.99/cwt64.00–66.007823
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38359.94/cwt59.00–61.008293

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.