Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-08-07

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 154▲ 2 vs year ago 201 · +1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 45▼ 20 vs year ago 50 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $246.87/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −141.88 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.
Average price
$246.87
14 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,384
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.87
vs AL average
−28.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2561246.871,38414thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale14 hd
246.87
—
AL average13 barns · 263 hd
263.73
−16.87
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
−28.21
This barn, trailing median6 sales
388.75
−141.88
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

6 sales
457414372330median 388.7504/1504/2208/0508/1209/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $442.67, low $343.72, median $388.75 across 6 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,290133.611,7243thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,141124.261,4189thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,108112.501,2472thin

Every lot

28 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332383.47/cwt380.00–390.001,2733
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378324.82/cwt317.00–330.001,2285
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523256.02/cwt252.00–260.001,3392
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567245.34/cwt245.00–247.001,39112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627240.56/cwt239.00–247.001,50814
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675238.00/cwt235.00–240.001,6075
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725230.33/cwt230.00–232.001,67012
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2766228.00/cwt225.00–230.001,7464
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340273.30/cwt260.00–287.009292
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0882
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415254.24/cwt245.00–260.001,0554
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3424234.24/cwt230.00–240.009934
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425260.80/cwt260.00–262.001,1085
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469235.18/cwt230.00–240.001,1036
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1034
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527225.55/cwt222.00–230.001,1897
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572236.57/cwt232.00–237.001,35312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576219.14/cwt216.00–225.001,2626
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632227.04/cwt222.00–232.001,4353
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413263.48/cwt260.00–267.001,0882
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423317.19/cwt310.00–322.001,3425
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483263.45/cwt260.00–267.001,2722
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485244.90/cwt240.00–250.001,1882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,106125.33/cwt123.00–128.001,3867
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108112.50/cwt112.00–113.001,2472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265120.51/cwt120.00–121.001,5242
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290133.61/cwt131.00–137.001,7243

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.