Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-02-25

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 25
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 110▼ 45 vs year ago 148 · −30.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 15▼ 15 vs year ago 24 · −62.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 9▼ 1 vs year ago 16 · −6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $454.49/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 7 of 6 comparable sales and sits +65.74 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.
Average price
$454.49
2 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,400
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.80
vs AL average
−32.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528454.492,4002thin
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 sale2 hd
454.49
—
AL average14 barns · 143 hd
458.29
−3.80
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
−32.53
This barn, trailing median6 sales
388.75
+65.74
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,658159.012,6362thin

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)—$2,2752thin

Every lot

22 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283611.44/cwt600.00–620.001,7306
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315570.98/cwt550.00–585.001,7993
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338533.42/cwt525.00–545.001,8033
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383501.04/cwt490.00–510.001,9195
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387524.85/cwt520.00–530.002,03110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438496.01/cwt495.00–497.002,1732
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476481.26/cwt480.00–485.002,2914
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528454.49/cwt452.00–457.002,4002
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323498.44/cwt497.00–500.001,6102
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368494.38/cwt490.00–505.001,8194
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375476.00/cwt472.00–480.001,7852
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408478.48/cwt475.00–482.001,9522
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421456.20/cwt450.00–465.001,9214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477410.69/cwt410.00–412.001,9593
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534393.86/cwt387.00–402.002,1034
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437475.08/cwt470.00–480.002,0763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438433.53/cwt432.00–435.001,8992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462468.36/cwt465.00–470.002,1643
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515467.45/cwt465.00–470.002,4072
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540414.95/cwt410.00–420.002,2412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,658159.01/cwt158.00–160.002,6362
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,275.00/head2,250.00–2,300.002,2752

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.