Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-02-19

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 19
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 135▲ 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 21▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to light numbers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.95/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −89.50 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$268.95
3 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,393
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.10
vs AL average
−28.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2518268.951,3933thin
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 sale3 hd
268.95
—
AL average15 barns · 150 hd
261.85
+7.10
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
−28.88
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−89.50
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%Average1,196133.541,5974thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275422.55/cwt420.00–425.001,1622
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3002
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325385.71/cwt382.00–395.001,2547
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3343359.93/cwt350.00–370.001,2352
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385377.31/cwt370.00–385.001,4534
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380298.97/cwt297.00–300.001,1363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432327.25/cwt322.00–330.001,4143
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443303.46/cwt297.00–310.001,3442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467306.75/cwt297.00–317.001,4333
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479288.58/cwt282.00–292.001,3825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518268.95/cwt265.00–272.001,3933
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428325.63/cwt322.00–330.001,3948
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480310.64/cwt310.00–312.001,4913
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508302.49/cwt300.00–305.001,5372
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2586261.59/cwt257.00–267.001,5335
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,196133.54/cwt133.00–134.001,5974

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.