Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-02-11

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 11
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 107▼ 25 vs year ago 135 · −18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 15▼ 6 vs year ago 21 · −28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 16▲ 1 vs year ago 8 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady with slaughter bulls selling up to 215 cwt. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly 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 $388.08/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 15 of 16 comparable sales and sits +29.63 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$388.08
6 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,040
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.43
vs AL average
−35.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2526393.622,0704thin
Medium and Large 3525377.001,9792thin
One grade step is worth $16.62/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale6 hd
388.08
—
AL average16 barns · 523 hd
396.51
−8.43
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−35.87
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
+29.63
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,342179.022,4023thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,275174.182,2214thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9003thin

Every lot

28 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 1260604.90/cwt600.00–610.001,5732
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3310438.60/cwt430.00–455.001,3603
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325525.31/cwt520.00–530.001,7072
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328555.03/cwt550.00–560.001,8203
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370480.41/cwt470.00–490.001,7782
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9882
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422468.30/cwt450.00–480.001,9763
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330424.77/cwt420.00–430.001,4022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370403.24/cwt400.00–410.001,4923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375487.53/cwt485.00–490.001,8282
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388428.39/cwt425.00–430.001,6623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475385.01/cwt380.00–395.001,8295
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483408.60/cwt402.00–415.001,9742
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,9792
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526393.62/cwt385.00–400.002,0704
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420485.86/cwt475.00–495.002,0415
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425445.61/cwt430.00–460.001,8945
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430408.54/cwt405.00–412.001,7572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3481396.69/cwt395.00–400.001,9084
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490409.90/cwt400.00–420.002,0092
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538393.45/cwt390.00–397.002,1172
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618361.63/cwt360.00–365.002,2353
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683354.95/cwt350.00–360.002,4242
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,0472
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,342179.02/cwt177.00–180.002,4023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400170.35/cwt168.00–172.002,3852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,900.00/head1,800.00–1,950.001,9003

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.