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 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −56.92 against this barn's trailing median of $372.41.

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

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $394.47, low $321.10, median $372.41 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 sale15 hd

315.48

—

AL average14 barns · 234 hd

328.16

−12.68

This barn, trailing median9 sales

372.41

−56.92

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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