Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $315.48/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −45.84 against this barn's trailing median of $361.32.

Average price

$315.48

15 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.68

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	317.62	1,738	10thin
Medium and Large 3	525	311.20	1,634	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.42/cwt here — about $104 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $394.47, low $294.71, median $361.32 across 10 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 sale15 hd

315.48

—

AL average14 barns · 234 hd

328.16

−12.68

This barn, trailing median10 sales

361.32

−45.84

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,365	163.88	2,237	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	146.74	2,154	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,153	136.25	1,571	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	129.82	1,338	4thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	435.82/cwt	430.00–442.00	1,408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	230.07/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	266.05/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	353.42/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	311.20/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	394.80/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	289.46/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,528	2
Bulls	—	—	1,365	163.88/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,237	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	146.74/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,154	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	129.82/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,338	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	136.25/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	330.50/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,705	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	335.92/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	321.00/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	303.52/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,238	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	395.04/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	278.96/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	309.04/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,755	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	262.80/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	313.00/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,487	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	286.00/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,830	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	363.11/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,601	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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 187Year ago 269

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 17Year ago 30

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	430.00–442.00	435.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	350.00–360.00	353.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	390.00–400.00	394.80
3	400–450	423	385.00–400.00	395.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	317.00–325.00	321.00
2	400–450	408	300.00–307.00	303.52
2	550–600	588	262.00–270.00	266.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	475	305.00–317.00	313.00
2	500–550	528	282.00–297.00	289.46
6	550–600	576	275.00–282.00	278.96
5	600–650	626	260.00–265.00	262.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	310.00–312.00	311.20
2	650–700	685	225.00–235.00	230.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	350.00–370.00	363.11
5	450–500	482	332.00–342.00	335.92
4	500–550	516	327.00–335.00	330.50
6	550–600	568	305.00–315.00	309.04
2	600–650	640	282.00–290.00	286.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	163.00–165.00	163.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,468	145.00–149.00	146.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,031	128.00–132.00	129.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,153	135.00–139.00	136.25

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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