Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-10-07

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Oct 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 190▲ 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $291.98/cwt on 11 head, up $2.11 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −66.47 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$291.98
▲ 2.11 vs prior sale
11 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−32.55
vs AL average
−75.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547291.981,59611thin
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 sale11 hd
291.98
—
AL average16 barns · 530 hd
324.53
−32.55
National average187 barns · 16,614 hd
367.91
−75.93
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−66.47
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
Bulls—Average1,763164.852,9062thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,9252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7752thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273510.46/cwt500.00–520.001,3942
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273475.27/cwt460.00–485.001,2973
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324452.63/cwt440.00–460.001,4674
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390393.42/cwt387.00–400.001,5342
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575303.33/cwt300.00–310.001,7443
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668321.01/cwt320.00–322.002,1442
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725298.46/cwt297.00–300.002,1642
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265397.22/cwt390.00–400.001,0534
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318387.52/cwt380.00–400.001,2324
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335345.45/cwt330.00–360.001,1572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336406.15/cwt400.00–415.001,3654
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375382.50/cwt380.00–385.001,4342
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413383.52/cwt380.00–387.001,5842
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435335.91/cwt332.00–340.001,4612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478299.59/cwt295.00–302.001,4323
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523301.96/cwt297.00–310.001,5796
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6105
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2962
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428402.23/cwt397.00–405.001,7223
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460348.41/cwt345.00–355.001,6033
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3782
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518325.73/cwt315.00–342.001,6873
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570275.60/cwt272.00–280.001,5713
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,763164.85/cwt164.00–166.002,9062
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,925.00/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9252
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,775.00/head1,750.00–1,800.001,7752

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.