Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-07-10

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jul 10
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 112▲ 11 vs year ago 185 · +5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 7 vs year ago 35 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.29/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −118.16 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$240.29
24 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.67
vs AL average
−28.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2553241.651,33717thin
Medium and Large 3544237.001,2907thin
One grade step is worth $4.65/cwt here — about $47 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 sale24 hd
240.29
—
AL average16 barns · 609 hd
251.96
−11.67
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−28.57
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−118.16
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—Average1,657154.132,5546thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,377136.851,8845thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,175130.031,5284thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327345.00/cwt342.00–347.001,1286
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374335.25/cwt332.00–337.001,2544
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3388318.57/cwt315.00–322.001,2362
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468298.47/cwt295.00–302.001,3974
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537277.36/cwt275.00–280.001,4893
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565276.36/cwt270.00–277.001,56111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5242
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620262.32/cwt260.00–265.001,6263
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675249.43/cwt245.00–254.001,6842
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3331272.32/cwt270.00–277.009014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375261.75/cwt260.00–265.009828
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428258.73/cwt255.00–260.001,1074
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429262.24/cwt260.00–267.001,1255
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475245.68/cwt242.00–250.001,1673
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485256.64/cwt247.00–265.001,24520
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525240.80/cwt240.00–242.001,2645
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527245.71/cwt242.00–250.001,2957
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572238.80/cwt237.00–240.001,36610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3593227.49/cwt225.00–230.001,3492
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623225.62/cwt220.00–230.001,4063
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435285.64/cwt280.00–290.001,2433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438301.10/cwt295.00–307.001,3192
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476293.34/cwt287.00–300.001,3965
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538267.47/cwt265.00–270.001,4392
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585258.47/cwt257.00–260.001,5122
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628232.43/cwt230.00–235.001,4602
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2633240.98/cwt240.00–242.001,5252
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685223.47/cwt220.00–227.001,5312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,435149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,1382
Bulls——1,768156.70/cwt154.00–159.002,7704
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175130.03/cwt129.00–132.001,5284
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,377136.85/cwt134.00–140.001,8845

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.