Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-01-07

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 128▲ 12 vs year ago 85 · +14.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 13▲ 1 vs year ago 21 · +4.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 15▲ 10 vs year ago 6 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $361.63/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 11 of 16 comparable sales and sits +3.18 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$361.63
4 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.14
vs AL average
−48.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2551361.631,9914thin
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 sale4 hd
361.63
—
AL average16 barns · 481 hd
366.76
−5.14
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
−48.48
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
+3.18
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—Average1,785191.053,4102thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,430167.532,3962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,203154.411,8586thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,4253thin

Every lot

26 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2272464.97/cwt460.00–470.001,2653
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3752
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318492.68/cwt485.00–500.001,5672
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3982
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328456.23/cwt450.00–475.001,4965
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366433.85/cwt430.00–440.001,5888
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3386417.52/cwt415.00–425.001,6124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0352
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2228432.47/cwt430.00–435.009862
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270449.75/cwt440.00–460.001,2143
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273423.47/cwt420.00–427.001,1562
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3288408.29/cwt405.00–410.001,1763
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3983
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330398.45/cwt395.00–402.001,3152
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3377384.91/cwt377.00–390.001,4513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378417.55/cwt415.00–420.001,5782
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3419361.42/cwt355.00–370.001,5144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528367.25/cwt360.00–375.001,9392
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573356.00/cwt355.00–357.002,0402
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427443.01/cwt442.00–445.001,8923
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438410.81/cwt400.00–422.001,7992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480397.27/cwt390.00–405.001,9072
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,785191.05/cwt190.00–192.003,4102
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203154.41/cwt152.00–156.001,8586
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430167.53/cwt167.00–168.002,3962
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,425.00/head1,300.00–1,650.001,4253

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.