Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-01-10

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 10
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 137▼ 130 vs year ago 275 · −47.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 53▼ 27 vs year ago 67 · −40.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 38▲ 39 vs year ago 15 · +260.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.41/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$215.41
31 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$295
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$5.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.96
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3374219.458219thin
Medium and Large 2522213.761,11522
One grade step is worth $5.69/cwt here — about −$295 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 sale31 hd
215.41
—
AL average16 barns · 1,667 hd
223.37
−7.96
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—Low1,469100.541,4777thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41092.221,3005thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16987.161,0186thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08177.518384thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0937
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9814thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$9244thin

Every lot

27 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 2318274.90/cwt270.00–280.008743
Steers—Medium and Large 3368250.03/cwt245.00–255.009202
Steers—Medium and Large 1575239.25/cwt237.00–240.001,3764
Steers—Medium and Large 2585225.04/cwt220.00–230.001,3162
Steers—Medium and Large 1626229.34/cwt227.00–232.001,4366
Steers—Medium and Large 2629221.20/cwt215.00–225.001,3914
Steers—Medium and Large 2673207.47/cwt205.00–215.001,3964
Steers—Medium and Large 2715201.66/cwt200.00–203.001,4423
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323223.35/cwt220.00–225.007213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372220.13/cwt215.00–225.008193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425233.75/cwt230.00–235.009938
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427214.88/cwt210.00–220.009183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479230.46/cwt225.00–232.001,1046
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528218.99/cwt218.00–220.001,1562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1824
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478237.76/cwt237.00–240.001,1364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2342
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25594.66/cwt92.00–96.001,1883
Bulls——1,629104.95/cwt102.00–108.001,7104
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08177.51/cwt77.00–79.008384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12783.97/cwt83.00–85.009463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21090.35/cwt89.00–91.001,0933
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41092.22/cwt90.00–94.001,3005
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,092.86/head1,025.00–1,200.001,0937
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—981.25/head950.00–1,000.009814
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—923.75/head850.00–960.009244

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.