Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-07-23

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jul 23
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 295▲ 32 vs year ago 154 · +20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 65▼ 12 vs year ago 45 · −26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 31▼ 3 vs year ago 15 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.83/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −50.62 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$307.83
25 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.82
vs AL average
−32.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2553310.531,71718thin
Medium and Large 3551300.881,6587thin
One grade step is worth $9.65/cwt here — about $58 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 sale25 hd
307.83
—
AL average16 barns · 622 hd
322.65
−14.82
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−32.35
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−50.62
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
Bulls—Average1,657181.743,0113thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,615152.862,4694thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222150.261,83614

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)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,7382thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7333thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315465.16/cwt460.00–470.001,4654
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315425.16/cwt420.00–430.001,3392
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373435.90/cwt425.00–445.001,6265
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385393.38/cwt390.00–395.001,5153
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432395.15/cwt390.00–405.001,7073
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528358.46/cwt357.00–360.001,8932
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562353.35/cwt350.00–360.001,9863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265424.81/cwt420.00–430.001,1262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added325436.62/cwt435.00–440.001,4193
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337384.90/cwt380.00–395.001,2973
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365342.71/cwt335.00–350.001,2516
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387363.17/cwt360.00–365.001,4056
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428321.04/cwt320.00–322.001,3742
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435362.31/cwt360.00–370.001,5766
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added436399.87/cwt395.00–415.001,7434
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437347.30/cwt342.00–352.001,5185
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468353.13/cwt350.00–360.001,6536
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470341.32/cwt337.00–347.001,60417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483312.46/cwt310.00–315.001,5094
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518319.79/cwt315.00–325.001,6577
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3531306.79/cwt305.00–310.001,6294
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575304.64/cwt300.00–310.001,75211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578293.01/cwt292.00–295.001,6943
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621299.80/cwt295.00–305.001,8628
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2676288.06/cwt285.00–290.001,9475
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2768265.96/cwt262.00–270.002,0432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468356.82/cwt355.00–360.001,6705
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3468328.46/cwt327.00–330.001,5374
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3574282.83/cwt280.00–287.001,6235
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,657181.74/cwt178.00–185.003,0113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193154.72/cwt153.00–160.001,8466
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243146.92/cwt145.00–150.001,8268
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,615152.86/cwt151.00–154.002,4694
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,737.50/head1,725.00–1,750.001,7382
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,733.33/head1,650.00–1,800.001,7333

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.