Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-01-11

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 11
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
275 head
▲ 181 vs last sale 94▲ 65 vs year ago 210 · +31.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 13▲ 28 vs year ago 39 · +71.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 11▼ 6 vs year ago 21 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher. Replacement cows sold steady. 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 $153.11/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$153.11
78 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.32
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534160.2785733
Medium and Large 2448154.0869027
Medium and Large 3461138.5663818thin
One grade step is worth $21.70/cwt here — about $218 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 sale78 hd
153.11
—
AL average16 barns · 2,398 hd
156.43
−3.32
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—High1,62395.281,5464thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38586.991,2048thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15578.8991112
CowsLean 85-90%Low96265.3562813

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$5002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8254thin

Every lot

47 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 2318205.20/cwt200.00–210.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 1325212.00/cwt212.00–212.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 2375190.00/cwt190.00–190.007132
Steers—Medium and Large 3375179.49/cwt179.00–180.006732
Steers—Medium and Large 2475186.00/cwt186.00–186.008843
Steers—Medium and Large 2520183.02/cwt181.00–185.009522
Steers—Medium and Large 1540185.96/cwt185.00–190.001,0045
Steers—Medium and Large 1560184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0304
Steers—Medium and Large 2575175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0062
Steers—Medium and Large 1666172.43/cwt168.00–173.001,14816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328170.53/cwt170.00–171.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 3332151.73/cwt150.00–155.005043
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376149.50/cwt148.00–150.005624
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378163.18/cwt157.00–167.006174
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424144.83/cwt144.00–145.006146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425163.65/cwt162.00–166.006963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427153.00/cwt150.00–160.0065310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468161.65/cwt161.00–163.007573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added475171.00/cwt171.00–171.008123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477152.40/cwt150.00–157.007275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added515164.00/cwt164.00–164.008457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523159.33/cwt156.00–161.008336
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534147.56/cwt144.00–152.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563142.01/cwt139.00–145.008002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573153.30/cwt150.00–156.008783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added615156.00/cwt156.00–156.009595
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635120.98/cwt120.00–122.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added665152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418174.53/cwt170.00–179.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423183.14/cwt180.00–189.007756
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474179.34/cwt177.00–181.008506
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475170.96/cwt170.00–172.008122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525169.50/cwt165.00–174.008904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575145.49/cwt145.00–146.008372
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585141.50/cwt139.00–144.008282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608141.51/cwt140.00–143.008602
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57599.62/cwt98.00–101.001,5692
Bulls——1,67090.93/cwt90.00–92.001,5192
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93062.71/cwt60.00–65.005839
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03371.28/cwt70.00–74.007364
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13568.96/cwt67.00–70.007835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16985.99/cwt84.00–89.001,0057
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36280.31/cwt80.00–81.001,0943
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39891.00/cwt89.00–94.001,2725
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—500.00/head500.00–500.005002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—825.00/head800.00–850.008254

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.