Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-09-17

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 17
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 289▼ 35 vs year ago 231 · −15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 41▼ 30 vs year ago 55 · −54.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 16▲ 14 vs year ago 22 · +63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.62/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −33.83 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$324.62
27 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.93
vs AL average
−35.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536331.301,77515thin
Medium and Large 3562316.281,77912thin
One grade step is worth $15.02/cwt here — about −$3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale27 hd
324.62
—
AL average13 barns · 592 hd
340.55
−15.93
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−35.04
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−33.83
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—Low1,418168.792,3932thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,300152.491,9825thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,167139.981,6345thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,1002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7258
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0426

Every lot

43 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228535.05/cwt530.00–540.001,2202
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278478.90/cwt470.00–485.001,3314
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318397.60/cwt395.00–400.001,2642
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325471.46/cwt460.00–485.001,5323
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364409.18/cwt400.00–425.001,4895
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3384382.48/cwt380.00–390.001,4694
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540384.57/cwt377.00–392.002,0772
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583364.73/cwt362.00–370.002,1265
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215500.23/cwt490.00–510.001,0752
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2228449.42/cwt440.00–460.001,0253
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328382.10/cwt375.00–390.001,2532
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371374.10/cwt365.00–380.001,3886
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371341.21/cwt340.00–345.001,2664
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424352.14/cwt347.00–362.001,4934
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435330.64/cwt325.00–335.001,4383
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487342.07/cwt337.00–350.001,66610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525320.89/cwt317.00–325.001,6854
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528333.70/cwt330.00–340.001,76212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567321.68/cwt320.00–325.001,8243
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3581313.97/cwt310.00–317.001,8248
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624315.23/cwt312.00–325.001,9674
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1252
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667303.77/cwt297.00–312.002,0265
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718299.47/cwt297.00–302.002,1502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428364.04/cwt360.00–375.001,5584
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430343.88/cwt340.00–355.001,4794
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470356.60/cwt350.00–362.001,6764
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525321.81/cwt317.00–327.001,6902
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538341.63/cwt340.00–345.001,8383
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582328.44/cwt320.00–335.001,9123
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3621295.11/cwt285.00–305.001,8337
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683310.96/cwt300.00–322.002,1242
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713302.42/cwt295.00–310.002,1562
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3740276.00/cwt270.00–282.002,0422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,418168.79/cwt168.00–170.002,3932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,167139.98/cwt138.00–146.001,6345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265155.94/cwt155.00–157.001,9732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323150.19/cwt149.00–153.001,9873
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,100.00/head3,000.00–3,200.003,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,725.00/head2,500.00–3,250.002,7258
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,175.00/head2,100.00–2,250.002,1752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,041.67/head1,900.00–2,300.002,0426

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.