Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-10-02

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Oct 2
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
156 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 157▼ 179 vs year ago 335 · −53.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 47▼ 42 vs year ago 61 · −68.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 12▼ 11 vs year ago 25 · −44.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $210.64/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −147.81 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$210.64
17 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.57
vs AL average
−36.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2549212.271,16514thin
Medium and Large 3532203.031,0803thin
One grade step is worth $9.24/cwt here — about $85 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 sale17 hd
210.64
—
AL average16 barns · 447 hd
223.21
−12.57
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−36.14
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−147.81
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,254112.711,4136thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,6305
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7638

Every lot

30 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380275.52/cwt275.00–277.001,0474
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480267.55/cwt265.00–270.001,2842
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524259.81/cwt255.00–262.001,3615
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578244.94/cwt240.00–250.001,4162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270268.40/cwt265.00–270.007253
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383249.26/cwt245.00–252.009554
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418249.29/cwt247.00–252.001,0423
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423240.96/cwt240.00–242.001,0192
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435225.06/cwt220.00–230.009792
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473235.06/cwt230.00–237.001,1124
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515219.31/cwt212.00–225.001,1296
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3532203.03/cwt202.00–205.001,0803
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574206.99/cwt205.00–217.001,1888
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623223.51/cwt222.00–225.001,3922
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680200.31/cwt197.00–202.001,3623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425250.81/cwt247.00–255.001,0662
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429263.83/cwt260.00–265.001,1327
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473254.82/cwt250.00–260.001,2056
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475242.50/cwt240.00–245.001,1524
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522233.29/cwt230.00–240.001,2183
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569221.33/cwt215.00–230.001,2595
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3579208.27/cwt207.00–212.001,2064
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618211.27/cwt207.00–215.001,3063
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3638202.47/cwt200.00–205.001,2922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251116.56/cwt115.00–117.001,4584
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3232
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,875.00/head1,800.00–1,950.001,8754
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,650.00/head1,600.00–1,700.001,6504
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,630.00/head1,525.00–1,750.001,6305

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.