Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2024-11-20

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Nov 20
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 129▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 13▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $262.52/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −120.11 against this barn's trailing median of $382.62.
Average price
$262.52
4 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.43
vs AL average
−28.87 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475270.001,2832thin
Medium and Large 2473255.031,2062thin
One grade step is worth $14.97/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
262.52
—
AL average16 barns · 477 hd
256.08
+6.43
National average196 barns · 17,866 hd
291.38
−28.87
This barn, trailing median21 sales
382.62
−120.11
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 400–500 lb

21 sales
464413362312median 382.6203/1104/2207/1508/2610/28
Heifers 400–500 lb: high $450.07, low $325.68, median $382.62 across 21 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—High1,975149.642,9552thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,314119.871,5756thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,133119.681,3563thin

Every lot

11 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290332.54/cwt330.00–335.009642
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325298.80/cwt297.00–300.009715
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375277.47/cwt275.00–280.001,0412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473255.03/cwt250.00–260.001,2062
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2832
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2622
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,975149.64/cwt148.00–151.002,9552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133119.68/cwt119.00–120.001,3563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,296118.31/cwt117.00–122.001,5334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,6612

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.