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Frisco City Stockyards

Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Apr 2

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

109 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 187▼ 160 vs year ago 269 · −59.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 17▼ 1 vs year ago 30 · −3.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $315.48/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −43.51 against this barn's trailing median of $358.99.

Average price

$315.48

15 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.68

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	317.62	1,738	10thin
Medium and Large 3	525	311.20	1,634	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.42/cwt here — about $104 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 sale15 hd

315.48

—

AL average14 barns · 234 hd

328.16

−12.68

This barn, trailing median11 sales

358.99

−43.51

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

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $394.47, low $294.71, median $358.99 across 11 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,365	163.88	2,237	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	146.74	2,154	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,153	136.25	1,571	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	129.82	1,338	4thin

Every lot

24 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	435.82/cwt	430.00–442.00	1,408	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	394.80/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,500	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	353.42/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,343	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	395.04/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,671	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	321.00/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,011	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	408	303.52/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,238	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	313.00/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,487	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	289.46/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,528	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	278.96/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,607	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	588	266.05/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,564	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	262.80/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,645	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	363.11/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,601	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	335.92/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,619	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	330.50/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,705	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	311.20/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,634	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	309.04/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,755	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	286.00/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,830	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	230.07/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,576	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,365	163.88/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,237	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,031	129.82/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,338	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	136.25/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,571	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	146.74/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,154	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Wed Apr 2, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 187Year ago 269

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 17Year ago 30

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	430.00–442.00	435.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	350.00–360.00	353.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	390.00–400.00	394.80
3	400–450	423	385.00–400.00	395.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	317.00–325.00	321.00
2	400–450	408	300.00–307.00	303.52
2	550–600	588	262.00–270.00	266.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	475	305.00–317.00	313.00
2	500–550	528	282.00–297.00	289.46
6	550–600	576	275.00–282.00	278.96
5	600–650	626	260.00–265.00	262.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	310.00–312.00	311.20
2	650–700	685	225.00–235.00	230.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	350.00–370.00	363.11
5	450–500	482	332.00–342.00	335.92
4	500–550	516	327.00–335.00	330.50
6	550–600	568	305.00–315.00	309.04
2	600–650	640	282.00–290.00	286.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	163.00–165.00	163.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,468	145.00–149.00	146.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,031	128.00–132.00	129.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,153	135.00–139.00	136.25

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.