Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-07-29

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jul 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
138 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 144▲ 18 vs year ago 120 · +15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 26▲ 7 vs year ago 10 · +70.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 15▼ 3 vs year ago 9 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $373.89/cwt on 9 head, down $26.59 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 6 comparable sales and sits −14.86 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.
Average price
$373.89
▼ 26.59 vs prior sale
9 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,014
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.78
vs AL average
−25.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533381.882,0352thin
Medium and Large 2540371.602,0077thin
One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $28 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 sale9 hd
373.89
—
AL average10 barns · 169 hd
378.66
−4.78
National average142 barns · 3,877 hd
399.29
−25.40
This barn, trailing median6 sales
388.75
−14.86
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

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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,093166.551,8205thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,6254thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2332450.20/cwt445.00–460.001,4953
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335513.17/cwt505.00–527.001,7195
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335416.57/cwt410.00–420.001,3963
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366474.24/cwt452.00–490.001,7367
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380394.53/cwt392.00–397.001,4992
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381434.17/cwt430.00–440.001,6544
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468369.43/cwt367.00–372.001,7292
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525373.24/cwt370.00–377.001,9605
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533381.88/cwt377.00–387.002,0352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578367.51/cwt365.00–370.002,1242
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618361.00/cwt360.00–362.002,2312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267474.75/cwt465.00–495.001,2683
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330455.59/cwt447.00–465.001,5032
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413367.85/cwt360.00–377.001,5194
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420408.64/cwt397.00–420.001,7162
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3436341.79/cwt337.00–345.001,4904
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481340.03/cwt335.00–350.001,6364
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532327.13/cwt320.00–337.001,7403
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535287.45/cwt285.00–290.001,5382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637334.99/cwt330.00–340.002,1343
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,6023
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467366.44/cwt360.00–375.001,7116
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478327.43/cwt325.00–330.001,5652
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8182
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025170.01/cwt169.00–172.001,7433
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,195161.35/cwt160.00–163.001,9282
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,625.00/head2,600.00–2,650.002,6254

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.