Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-02-12

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 231 vs last sale 366▼ 38 vs year ago 173 · −22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 38▼ 10 vs year ago 31 · −32.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 39▼ 8 vs year ago 16 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.13/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −100.32 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$258.13
14 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,400
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.84
vs AL average
−38.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538269.411,4519thin
Medium and Large 2575239.501,3772thin
Medium and Large 3532236.711,2593thin
One grade step is worth $32.70/cwt here — about $191 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 sale14 hd
258.13
—
AL average13 barns · 324 hd
258.97
−0.84
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−38.87
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−100.32
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—High1,553151.382,3506thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220129.911,5852thin

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)—$1,0502thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2287401.48/cwt390.00–410.001,1523
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0402
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328390.04/cwt385.00–395.001,2792
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483321.03/cwt320.00–322.001,5512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580285.09/cwt280.00–290.001,6542
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8236
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278315.12/cwt310.00–325.008763
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326301.72/cwt300.00–305.009844
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327286.63/cwt280.00–290.009373
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370269.80/cwt265.00–275.009982
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375285.27/cwt280.00–290.001,0702
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3419251.84/cwt245.00–257.001,0554
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432298.03/cwt297.00–300.001,2873
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465242.45/cwt240.00–245.001,1272
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490254.53/cwt252.00–257.001,2472
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528272.55/cwt267.00–277.001,4397
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3532236.71/cwt235.00–240.001,2593
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575258.43/cwt250.00–267.001,4862
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575239.50/cwt232.00–247.001,3772
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4999
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427307.38/cwt305.00–310.001,3133
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485300.00/cwt295.00–305.001,4554
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527272.35/cwt270.00–277.001,4353
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573269.01/cwt267.00–270.001,5413
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7052
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,250130.06/cwt128.00–132.001,6262
Bulls——1,608158.07/cwt156.00–160.002,5422
Bulls——1,800166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,9882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220129.91/cwt129.00–131.001,5852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502

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.