Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-06-25

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jun 25
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 185▲ 24 vs year ago 112 · +21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 25▲ 9 vs year ago 18 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 22▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.91/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 6 of 16 comparable sales and sits −40.54 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$317.91
13 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.27
vs AL average
−18.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544322.591,75410thin
Medium and Large 3525302.331,5873thin
One grade step is worth $20.26/cwt here — about $166 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 sale13 hd
317.91
—
AL average12 barns · 376 hd
319.18
−1.27
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−18.00
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−40.54
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,424160.962,2924thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,108153.491,7014thin

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)—$1,6902thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1258483.29/cwt480.00–485.001,2473
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340401.12/cwt395.00–410.001,3644
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3388358.45/cwt350.00–367.001,3912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423404.60/cwt402.00–407.001,7112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438395.98/cwt392.00–400.001,7342
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467401.95/cwt397.00–407.001,8773
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470385.72/cwt380.00–390.001,8133
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515359.38/cwt355.00–362.001,8515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583333.49/cwt330.00–337.001,9444
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625333.39/cwt330.00–337.002,0842
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265424.81/cwt415.00–435.001,1262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317401.68/cwt395.00–410.001,2733
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382356.44/cwt350.00–360.001,3626
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438338.48/cwt335.00–342.001,4832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484335.95/cwt332.00–340.001,6264
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525302.33/cwt300.00–307.001,5873
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531326.27/cwt320.00–330.001,7327
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573313.99/cwt310.00–317.001,7993
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3610293.49/cwt292.00–295.001,7902
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638303.32/cwt300.00–305.001,9353
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435368.62/cwt365.00–375.001,6037
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438332.46/cwt325.00–340.001,4562
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470363.46/cwt360.00–367.001,7084
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520333.09/cwt327.00–342.001,7325
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5662
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3564278.83/cwt275.00–287.001,5737
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673290.77/cwt282.00–300.001,9572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,108153.49/cwt152.00–155.001,7014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,424160.96/cwt158.00–165.002,2924
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,690.00/head1,650.00–1,730.001,6902

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.