Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-05-28

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, May 28
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 113 vs last sale 219▼ 6 vs year ago 112 · −5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 41▼ 12 vs year ago 29 · −41.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 19▲ 8 vs year ago 4 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $346.76/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −41.99 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.
Average price
$346.76
9 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,971
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.32
vs AL average
−27.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2555347.381,9295thin
Medium and Large 1585345.982,0244thin
One grade step is worth $1.40/cwt here — about −$95 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
346.76
—
AL average9 barns · 169 hd
344.44
+2.32
National average120 barns · 5,578 hd
374.14
−27.38
This barn, trailing median6 sales
388.75
−41.99
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

6 sales
457414372330median 388.7504/1504/2208/0508/1209/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $442.67, low $343.72, median $388.75 across 6 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
CowsLean 85-90%Low893134.001,1972thin

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)—$1,7002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,4753thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,2384thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325400.77/cwt390.00–415.001,3035
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340375.07/cwt370.00–380.001,2752
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378395.10/cwt390.00–400.001,4932
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378362.96/cwt360.00–367.001,3723
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470371.63/cwt370.00–375.001,7473
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542355.64/cwt352.00–360.001,9283
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9262
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585345.98/cwt345.00–347.002,0244
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618328.49/cwt325.00–332.002,0302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315355.00/cwt350.00–360.001,1182
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318377.26/cwt372.00–385.001,2003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3393337.48/cwt335.00–340.001,3262
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470309.84/cwt305.00–315.001,4562
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515337.52/cwt335.00–340.001,7382
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528312.58/cwt310.00–315.001,6502
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568296.00/cwt295.00–297.001,6812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415356.02/cwt355.00–357.001,4772
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428332.04/cwt327.00–337.001,4213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478345.78/cwt340.00–352.001,6532
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510333.53/cwt330.00–337.001,7012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629297.46/cwt290.00–300.001,8714
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2672290.66/cwt290.00–292.001,9533
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%893134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1972
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,237.50/head2,000.00–2,475.002,2384
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,700.00/head1,600.00–1,800.001,7002
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,475.00/head1,400.00–1,625.001,4753

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.