Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2023-12-13

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Dec 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 161 vs last sale 331▼ 8 vs year ago 178 · −4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 34▼ 2 vs year ago 28 · −7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 13▼ 2 vs year ago 10 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $213.23/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$213.23
36 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.56
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447234.821,0506thin
Medium and Large 3325210.006833thin
Medium and Large 2527208.791,09927
One grade step is worth $26.03/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale36 hd
213.23
—
AL average13 barns · 1,194 hd
208.66
+4.56
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—Low1,363100.491,3706thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06591.519752thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97473.007114thin

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)—$9632thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)—$6064thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373263.43/cwt260.00–267.009832
Steers—Medium and Large 3421240.49/cwt240.00–242.001,0124
Steers—Medium and Large 2431260.94/cwt257.00–265.001,1254
Steers—Medium and Large 2465247.94/cwt242.00–252.001,1533
Steers—Medium and Large 3520229.48/cwt227.00–232.001,1932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323239.36/cwt235.00–242.007736
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325210.00/cwt210.00–210.006833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371238.06/cwt232.00–240.008834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410226.29/cwt222.00–232.009283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417236.31/cwt232.00–242.009853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477233.32/cwt230.00–235.001,1133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477218.68/cwt217.00–222.001,0433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625191.96/cwt187.00–197.001,2002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2765170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3019
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473235.22/cwt232.00–240.001,1134
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568186.09/cwt182.00–190.001,0572
Bulls—Medium and Large 3677168.33/cwt165.00–170.001,1403
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25197.34/cwt95.00–99.001,2184
Bulls——1,588106.80/cwt105.00–108.001,6962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97473.00/cwt70.00–75.007114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06591.51/cwt91.00–92.009752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—962.50/head900.00–1,025.009632
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed—606.25/head575.00–650.006064

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.