Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-01-04

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 4
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 178▼ 193 vs year ago 287 · −67.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 28▼ 20 vs year ago 33 · −60.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 10▼ 17 vs year ago 28 · −60.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.56/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$176.56
20 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$942
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$137
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$27.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.60
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2462183.6184910thin
Medium and Large 1585178.671,0456thin
Medium and Large 3633155.759864thin
One grade step is worth $27.86/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale20 hd
176.56
—
AL average15 barns · 867 hd
181.15
−4.60
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24064.477994thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05558.006122thin

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)—$9423thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327196.33/cwt195.00–197.006423
Steers—Medium and Large 2377191.38/cwt188.00–196.007223
Steers—Medium and Large 1515185.00/cwt185.00–185.009534
Steers—Medium and Large 2588174.52/cwt173.00–176.001,0262
Steers—Medium and Large 3633155.75/cwt155.00–156.009864
Steers—Medium and Large 2668161.98/cwt160.00–164.001,0822
Steers—Medium and Large 1725166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465141.96/cwt140.00–144.006602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488155.49/cwt155.00–156.007592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,00811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428191.51/cwt190.00–193.008202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429184.03/cwt182.00–186.007894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468177.95/cwt175.00–181.008332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05558.00/cwt58.00–58.006122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14560.45/cwt60.00–61.006922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33568.49/cwt68.00–69.009142
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—941.67/head900.00–1,000.009423

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.