Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-08-13

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 13
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
216 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 150▲ 83 vs year ago 133 · +62.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 24▼ 19 vs year ago 39 · −48.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 13▼ 15 vs year ago 27 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Replacement cattle were too few to trend. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifer sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder bulls were lightly tested. Trade was moderate with good to moderate demand on feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $352.68/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 3 of 6 comparable sales and sits −36.07 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.
Average price
$352.68
7 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.23
vs AL average
−34.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2540352.681,9067thin
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
352.68
—
AL average15 barns · 393 hd
363.91
−11.23
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
−34.81
This barn, trailing median6 sales
388.75
−36.07
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
Bulls—Average1,574182.252,8696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,066151.171,6116thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,113124.751,3882thin

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)—$1,8501thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy300462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,3881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,6501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8451
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8974
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533353.96/cwt350.00–365.001,8876
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,16115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1531
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630339.98/cwt337.50–342.502,1423
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3703295.50/cwt295.00–296.002,0772
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,36627
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3971
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,49713
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830306.25/cwt302.50–307.502,5424
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,5711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0781
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0441
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340396.70/cwt395.00–397.501,3493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353403.76/cwt402.50–405.001,4252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381368.50/cwt360.00–380.001,4046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419367.50/cwt360.00–375.001,5404
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7103
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472361.85/cwt355.00–365.001,7087
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538352.79/cwt345.00–354.001,8987
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7171
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2594327.69/cwt320.00–328.001,94624
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,21010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3230380.00/cwt380.00–380.008741
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy255500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2322480.87/cwt470.00–487.501,5483
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,6191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415329.37/cwt322.50–337.501,3674
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,7911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478374.03/cwt360.00–387.501,7886
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,7881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525320.10/cwt310.00–330.001,6812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7453
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0011
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675262.50/cwt257.50–270.001,7723
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,155161.94/cwt160.00–164.001,8702
Bulls——1,730180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,1141
Bulls——1,802196.53/cwt190.00–200.003,5413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3291
Cows—Boner 80-85%985148.00/cwt147.00–149.001,4582
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,063150.67/cwt150.00–152.001,6023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,9641
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,255112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,4121
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501

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.