Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-07-30

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jul 30
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 186▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 33▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.67/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 8 of 16 comparable sales and sits −24.77 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$333.67
7 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,847
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.54
vs AL average
−13.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2553333.671,8477thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
333.67
—
AL average16 barns · 582 hd
329.14
+4.54
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−13.83
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−24.77
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—Average1,643182.723,0022thin

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)—$2,3444thin

Every lot

22 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 1333485.23/cwt475.00–495.001,6165
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338455.98/cwt455.00–457.001,5412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366457.37/cwt450.00–470.001,6744
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373427.99/cwt420.00–440.001,5963
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3443360.99/cwt360.00–362.001,5992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8031
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285434.25/cwt430.00–437.001,2385
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390373.25/cwt365.00–380.001,4563
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436359.39/cwt355.00–362.001,5675
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5682
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477350.63/cwt347.00–355.001,6733
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530334.92/cwt330.00–340.001,7753
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571332.74/cwt332.00–335.001,9004
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628313.51/cwt312.00–315.001,9692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445361.33/cwt357.00–370.001,6083
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484348.48/cwt345.00–352.001,6876
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3534319.95/cwt312.00–325.001,7098
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585323.90/cwt320.00–330.001,8955
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3723273.04/cwt270.00–277.001,9743
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,643182.72/cwt181.00–185.003,0022
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,343.75/head2,275.00–2,400.002,3444

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.