Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-06-05

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jun 5
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Receipts
104 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 112▼ 36 vs year ago 140 · −25.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market. Slaughter cattle were not tested due to limited receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.74/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −101.71 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$256.74
4 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,365
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.02
vs AL average
−16.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538263.471,4172thin
Medium and Large 3525250.001,3132thin
One grade step is worth $13.47/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale4 hd
256.74
—
AL average12 barns · 327 hd
249.72
+7.02
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
−16.29
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−101.71
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.

Every lot

15 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3338328.47/cwt327.00–330.001,1102
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2004
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390312.53/cwt310.00–315.001,2192
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478305.34/cwt305.00–306.001,4603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390280.99/cwt280.00–282.001,0962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425269.33/cwt267.00–275.001,1456
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1142
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474267.22/cwt265.00–272.001,2674
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2352
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538263.47/cwt257.00–270.001,4172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419306.87/cwt300.00–312.001,2866
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473272.46/cwt270.00–280.001,2894
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4812

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.