Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.85/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −109.13 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.

Average price

$262.85

8 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$0.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs AL average

−42.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	263.55	1,497	2thin
Medium and Large 2	554	262.62	1,455	6thin

One grade step is worth $0.93/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.54, low $332.53, median $371.98 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

262.85

—

AL average16 barns · 452 hd

262.38

+0.47

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−42.39

This barn, trailing median9 sales

371.98

−109.13

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,268	124.49	1,579	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,202	113.95	1,370	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,388	2thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,387.50/head	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	268.46/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	297.37/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	223.49/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	326.57/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,225	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	330.67/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,081	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	110.57/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,257	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,268	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,579	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	117.33/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	240.97/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,422	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	289.95/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	307.26/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,168	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	273.44/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	317.24/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	301.20/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	263.55/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,305	2

How this sale compares

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Wed Jan 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 85Last week 310Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 22Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 56Year ago 54

No trends available.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,387.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	295.00–300.00	297.37
2	450–500	483	267.00–270.00	268.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	315.00–320.00	317.24
7	350–400	380	302.00–312.00	307.26
4	500–550	536	270.00–277.00	273.44
2	550–600	590	237.00–245.00	240.97
2	600–650	608	220.00–227.00	223.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	307.00	307.00
3	450–500	483	297.00–307.00	301.20
2	550–600	568	260.00–267.00	263.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	285.00–295.00	289.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	330.00–332.00	330.67
5	350–400	375	320.00–332.00	326.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,137	107.00–113.00	110.57
3	—	1,267	116.00–121.00	117.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	124.00–125.00	124.49

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle