Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.51/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −53.97 against this barn's trailing median of $400.48.

Average price

$346.51

17 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$38.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.15

vs AL average

−27.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	360.00	1,908	7thin
Medium and Large 2	540	347.64	1,877	6thin
Medium and Large 3	530	321.21	1,702	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.79/cwt here — about $206 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

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $442.67, low $352.59, median $400.48 across 5 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 sale17 hd

346.51

—

AL average11 barns · 288 hd

354.66

−8.15

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−27.92

This barn, trailing median5 sales

400.48

−53.97

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	1,280	142.93	1,830	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	136.15	1,588	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	130.02	1,248	2thin

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)	—	$2,119	4thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	142.93/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,830	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	137.73/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,567	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	130.02/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,248	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	132.98/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	393.97/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	281.94/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,638	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	337.76/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	279.10/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	372.60/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	321.21/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	392.56/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,232	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	404.07/cwt	400.00–407.00	1,293	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	354.74/cwt	352.00–357.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	314.74/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	373.42/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,774	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	312.27/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,828	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	367.09/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	357.26/cwt	342.00–365.00	1,529	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	333.44/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	384.57/cwt	382.00–387.00	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	396.91/cwt	392.00–402.00	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	332.50/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	382.47/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	337.49/cwt	337.00–338.00	2,062	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	291.01/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	304.41/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,781	31
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	382.40/cwt	380.00–387.00	1,262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	273.45/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	325.53/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,585	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	328.81/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	400.41/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,862	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	478.85/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,092	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,118.75/head	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,119	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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 300Last week 145Year ago 131

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 35Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 39Year ago 12

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	141.00–145.00	142.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,138	137.00–139.00	137.73
2	—	1,223	132.00–134.00	132.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	129.00–131.00	130.02

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	390.00–402.00	393.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	360.00–385.00	367.09
4	450–500	478	337.00–340.00	337.76
3	550–600	572	310.00–317.00	312.27
2	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	675	290.00–292.00	291.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	325.00–330.00	328.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	460.00–495.00	478.85
2	400–450	428	392.00–402.00	396.91
12	450–500	465	390.00–402.00	400.41
7	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
39	600–650	611	337.00–338.00	337.49
20	700–750	739	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	380.00–387.00	382.40
2	350–400	370	370.00–375.00	372.60
4	500–550	530	315.00–330.00	321.21
2	650–700	670	270.00–277.00	273.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	400.00–407.00	404.07
2	350–400	385	390.00–395.00	392.56
2	400–450	433	382.00–387.00	384.57
7	450–500	475	370.00–375.00	373.42
4	500–550	520	352.00–357.00	354.74
2	550–600	580	330.00–337.00	333.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	342.00–365.00	357.26
18	450–500	487	320.00–328.00	325.53
3	500–550	523	307.00–320.00	314.74
7	550–600	581	280.00–292.00	281.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
3	500–550	525	272.00–285.00	279.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	380.00–385.00	382.47
4	500–550	520	330.00–340.00	332.50
31	550–600	585	300.00–316.00	304.41
13	650–700	695	263.00	263.00

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)	4	—	—	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,118.75

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

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

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