Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-07-09

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jul 9
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 136▲ 8 vs year ago 196 · +4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 27▼ 2 vs year ago 28 · −7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 5▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.54/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −31.45 against this barn's trailing median of $358.99.
Average price
$327.54
15 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.03
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2531331.621,7608thin
Medium and Large 3519322.891,6767thin
One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about $84 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 sale15 hd
327.54
—
AL average16 barns · 498 hd
325.51
+2.03
This barn, trailing median11 sales
358.99
−31.45
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
408366323281median 358.9904/1506/1708/0509/0210/21
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,763186.943,2962thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,477162.092,3948thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,130154.981,7512thin

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)—$2,8258
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7333thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2923thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,1173thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273503.35/cwt500.00–505.001,3743
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280487.37/cwt485.00–490.001,3652
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323429.16/cwt422.00–435.001,3864
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328463.17/cwt450.00–475.001,5192
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3333405.19/cwt400.00–410.001,3492
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3379388.71/cwt380.00–395.001,4734
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422408.64/cwt407.00–412.001,7243
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7003
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480378.97/cwt375.00–385.001,8193
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527361.12/cwt355.00–367.001,9035
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562345.66/cwt345.00–347.001,9433
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640340.99/cwt340.00–342.002,1822
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658320.69/cwt317.00–325.002,1103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3673307.55/cwt305.00–310.002,0702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228469.34/cwt450.00–490.001,0702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2288410.04/cwt405.00–415.001,1812
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338390.22/cwt380.00–400.001,3192
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372375.55/cwt370.00–380.001,3973
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418366.57/cwt365.00–372.001,5327
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418334.85/cwt330.00–340.001,4002
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428353.40/cwt350.00–357.001,5132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3481329.19/cwt327.00–332.001,5835
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520325.00/cwt320.00–330.001,6902
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533343.42/cwt340.00–347.001,8302
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565303.06/cwt300.00–307.001,7123
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572318.01/cwt315.00–322.001,8193
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3632283.01/cwt280.00–287.001,7893
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2708262.51/cwt260.00–265.001,8592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423396.42/cwt392.00–400.001,6775
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427380.89/cwt370.00–385.001,6265
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478355.74/cwt347.00–362.001,70013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3483328.48/cwt327.00–330.001,5872
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3519322.89/cwt320.00–325.001,6767
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520338.48/cwt335.00–347.001,7606
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563311.03/cwt305.00–317.001,7512
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8752
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680295.04/cwt290.00–300.002,0062
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,763186.94/cwt186.00–188.003,2962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130154.98/cwt154.00–156.001,7512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300171.46/cwt171.00–172.002,2292
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525156.75/cwt156.00–158.002,3904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,558163.41/cwt161.00–166.002,5462
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,825.00/head2,600.00–3,100.002,8258
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,733.33/head2,700.00–2,750.002,7333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,291.67/head2,175.00–2,375.002,2923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,116.67/head1,975.00–2,250.002,1173

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.