Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to light numbers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.95/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −103.03 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.

Average price

$268.95

3 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,393

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.10

vs AL average

−28.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	268.95	1,393	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale3 hd

268.95

—

AL average15 barns · 150 hd

261.85

+7.10

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−28.88

This barn, trailing median9 sales

371.98

−103.03

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	133.54	1,597	4thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	327.25/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	422.55/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,162	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	306.75/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,433	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	302.49/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	268.95/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	359.93/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	298.97/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,136	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	310.64/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	261.59/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,533	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	133.54/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	325.63/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,394	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	303.46/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	385.71/cwt	382.00–395.00	1,254	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	288.58/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,382	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	377.31/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,453	4

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 Feb 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 88Last week 135Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 21Year ago 0

No trends available due to light numbers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	322.00–330.00	327.25
3	450–500	467	297.00–317.00	306.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	297.00–310.00	303.46
5	450–500	479	282.00–292.00	288.58
3	500–550	518	265.00–272.00	268.95
2	600–650	625	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	297.00–300.00	298.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	420.00–425.00	422.55
2	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	350.00–370.00	359.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	382.00–395.00	385.71
4	350–400	385	370.00–385.00	377.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	322.00–330.00	325.63
3	450–500	480	310.00–312.00	310.64
2	500–550	508	300.00–305.00	302.49
5	550–600	586	257.00–267.00	261.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,196	133.00–134.00	133.54

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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