Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-06-24

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jun 24
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 12▼ 9 vs year ago 136 · −6.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 10▼ 16 vs year ago 27 · −59.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 126▲ 5 vs year ago 5 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $408.95/cwt on 8 head, up $8.47 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +20.20 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.
Average price
$408.95
▲ 8.47 vs prior sale
8 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,280
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$41.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−34.28
vs AL average
−59.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2557414.162,3057thin
Medium and Large 3565372.502,1051thin
One grade step is worth $41.66/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale8 hd
408.95
—
AL average13 barns · 186 hd
443.23
−34.28
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
−59.51
This barn, trailing median6 sales
388.75
+20.20
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
Bulls—High1,800220.003,9601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,300165.502,1522thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,083164.901,7868thin

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)—$2,2926
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2501thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,6101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318552.52/cwt550.00–555.001,7572
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4841
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365479.59/cwt470.00–490.001,7512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417476.68/cwt470.00–480.001,9883
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465456.60/cwt440.00–472.502,1232
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523427.72/cwt422.50–432.502,2372
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3565372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,1051
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570408.73/cwt397.50–422.502,3305
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,8501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628388.44/cwt385.00–392.502,4395
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660383.69/cwt380.00–390.002,5324
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723361.27/cwt355.00–367.502,6122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3200500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0001
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2233587.58/cwt580.00–595.001,3692
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5301
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365491.35/cwt487.50–495.001,7932
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4061
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418434.99/cwt425.00–445.001,8184
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4491
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490426.03/cwt415.00–445.002,0885
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565373.33/cwt362.50–382.502,1095
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625348.08/cwt332.50–367.502,1763
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,4071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200555.00/cwt550.00–560.001,1102
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3200480.00/cwt480.00–480.009601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,3631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380476.80/cwt450.00–490.001,8125
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425442.59/cwt440.00–445.001,8812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7101
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1341
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500417.50/cwt400.00–435.002,0882
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9431
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573371.32/cwt360.00–377.502,1286
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2603368.79/cwt360.00–377.502,2242
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,800220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,9601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,030156.91/cwt155.00–161.001,6165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,172178.23/cwt173.00–184.002,0893
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,220154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,8791
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,4431
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,150.00/head3,050.00–3,250.003,1502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,862.50/head1,550.00–2,550.001,8634

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.