Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-05-22

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, May 22
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 182▼ 13 vs year ago 157 · −8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 31▼ 13 vs year ago 41 · −31.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 7▼ 7 vs year ago 18 · −38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.83/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −113.62 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$244.83
21 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,349
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.66
vs AL average
−31.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547247.631,35418thin
Medium and Large 3575228.001,3113thin
One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
244.83
—
AL average12 barns · 419 hd
254.49
−9.66
National average163 barns · 12,702 hd
276.46
−31.63
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−113.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales
426376326276median 358.4503/1104/2908/1209/3010/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.54, low $289.87, median $358.45 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,508144.502,1786thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,390121.771,6935thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,211119.191,4434thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average989108.961,0777thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9634thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3327328.99/cwt327.00–330.001,0763
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370329.59/cwt327.00–335.001,2193
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318268.44/cwt267.00–270.008542
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322286.63/cwt285.00–290.009233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3379259.75/cwt257.00–265.009844
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390282.50/cwt280.00–285.001,1022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421270.47/cwt267.00–277.001,1396
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478242.41/cwt240.00–245.001,1592
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480260.80/cwt255.00–265.001,2527
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536251.57/cwt247.00–257.001,34813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575237.40/cwt235.00–240.001,3655
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575228.00/cwt227.00–230.001,3113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618232.53/cwt230.00–235.001,4372
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3432288.28/cwt285.00–290.001,2453
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3472266.63/cwt262.00–272.001,2586
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483290.50/cwt285.00–297.001,4036
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517272.29/cwt270.00–275.001,4083
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523258.49/cwt257.00–260.001,3522
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635257.46/cwt255.00–260.001,6352
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,398139.02/cwt137.00–141.001,9433
Bulls——1,617149.98/cwt148.00–151.002,4253
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%980105.95/cwt104.00–111.001,0385
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010116.50/cwt116.00–117.001,1772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211119.19/cwt118.00–121.001,4434
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390121.77/cwt120.00–125.001,6935
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,962.50/head1,825.00–2,100.001,9634

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.