Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-08-21

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 21
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 133▼ 143 vs year ago 446 · −32.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 39▼ 12 vs year ago 43 · −27.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 27▼ 9 vs year ago 23 · −39.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. 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 $232.20/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −156.55 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.
Average price
$232.20
19 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.96
vs AL average
−38.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575245.001,4093thin
Medium and Large 2519241.391,2537thin
Medium and Large 3553220.781,2219thin
One grade step is worth $24.22/cwt here — about $187 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd
232.20
—
AL average15 barns · 424 hd
249.16
−16.96
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
−38.30
This barn, trailing median6 sales
388.75
−156.55
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
Bulls—Average1,512152.372,3036thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,330146.541,9492thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,045123.401,2906thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2305

Every lot

39 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325287.50/cwt285.00–290.009344
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325275.00/cwt270.00–280.008944
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368262.48/cwt260.00–265.009662
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473258.64/cwt250.00–265.001,2234
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475237.80/cwt235.00–242.001,1305
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519241.39/cwt237.00–250.001,2537
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3526228.26/cwt227.00–232.001,2014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4093
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575214.80/cwt210.00–222.001,2355
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4703
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675206.25/cwt195.00–210.001,3924
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2679212.46/cwt210.00–222.001,4435
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added745234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,74768
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,77611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323259.87/cwt250.00–265.008398
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323230.66/cwt230.00–232.007453
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372240.65/cwt240.00–242.008953
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378228.66/cwt225.00–232.008642
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421227.81/cwt225.00–232.009595
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475212.14/cwt210.00–215.001,0087
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475206.80/cwt202.00–210.009825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,10310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537230.06/cwt218.00–232.001,2357
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578203.66/cwt200.00–205.001,1776
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622192.99/cwt190.00–200.001,2005
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425243.00/cwt240.00–245.001,0335
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470234.95/cwt230.00–240.001,1042
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3521220.71/cwt217.00–227.001,1504
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573203.51/cwt202.00–205.001,1662
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3627187.32/cwt182.00–190.001,1743
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715189.53/cwt187.00–192.001,3552
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,185137.46/cwt136.00–139.001,6292
Bulls——1,345155.23/cwt152.00–159.002,0882
Bulls——2,005164.43/cwt163.00–166.003,2972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035127.12/cwt125.00–129.001,3162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050121.54/cwt120.00–124.001,2764
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,330146.54/cwt144.00–149.001,9492
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,400.00/head1,300.00–1,600.001,4003
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—975.00/head950.00–1,000.009752

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.