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Frisco City Stockyards

Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jan 14

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

121 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 97▼ 111 vs year ago 232 · −47.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 22▼ 6 vs year ago 25 · −24.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $384.85/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +25.86 against this barn's trailing median of $358.99.

Average price

$384.85

15 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.70

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	386.98	2,075	13thin
Medium and Large 3	535	370.98	1,985	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale15 hd

384.85

—

AL average15 barns · 353 hd

395.55

−10.70

This barn, trailing median11 sales

358.99

+25.86

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

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $394.47, low $294.71, median $358.99 across 11 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,795	189.19	3,396	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,587	152.11	2,414	18

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,375	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	459.61/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,462	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	423.43/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,397	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	435.39/cwt	427.00–440.00	1,620	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,706	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	386.78/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,462	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	378.42/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,225	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,125	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	480.12/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,320	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,293	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	288	403.29/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,161	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	365.03/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,380	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	382.49/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,637	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	370.05/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,702	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	388.86/cwt	385.00–397.00	1,835	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	407.90/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,929	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	356.28/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,049	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	434.26/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,837	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	402.04/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,721	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	391.05/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,861	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	388.26/cwt	382.00–392.00	2,058	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	370.98/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,985	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	379.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,166	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,795	189.19/cwt	186.00–193.00	3,396	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	157.07/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,113	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,617	151.49/cwt	149.00–152.00	2,450	16

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Wed Jan 14, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 121Last week 97Year ago 232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 22Year ago 25

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	430.00–445.00	434.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	370.00–372.00	370.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	395.00–415.00	402.04
5	450–500	476	385.00–400.00	391.05
11	500–550	530	382.00–392.00	388.26
2	550–600	570	375.00–385.00	379.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	402.00–410.00	407.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	500.00	500.00
3	250–300	275	475.00–485.00	480.12
3	450–500	472	385.00–397.00	388.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	400.00–410.00	403.29
2	350–400	378	360.00–370.00	365.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	428	380.00–385.00	382.49
2	450–500	460	365.00–375.00	370.05
3	550–600	575	352.00–360.00	356.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	420.00–430.00	423.43
3	350–400	378	380.00–400.00	386.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	450.00–470.00	459.61
3	350–400	372	427.00–440.00	435.39
2	550–600	588	372.00–385.00	378.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	375	455.00	455.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	156.00–158.00	157.07
16	—	1,617	149.00–152.00	151.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,795	186.00–193.00	189.19

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.