Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.76/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −53.72 against this barn's trailing median of $400.48.

Average price

$346.76

9 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$95

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

$1.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.32

vs AL average

−27.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	555	347.38	1,929	5thin
Medium and Large 1	585	345.98	2,024	4thin

One grade step is worth $1.40/cwt here — about −$95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale9 hd

346.76

—

AL average9 barns · 169 hd

344.44

+2.32

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

−27.38

This barn, trailing median5 sales

400.48

−53.72

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	Lean 85-90%	Low	893	134.00	1,197	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)	—	$1,700	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,475	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,700	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,238	4thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	Lean 85-90%	—	893	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,197	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	345.98/cwt	345.00–347.00	2,024	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	337.52/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	356.02/cwt	355.00–357.00	1,477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	345.78/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	333.53/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	297.46/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	377.26/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	296.00/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	355.64/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	395.10/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,493	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	400.77/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,303	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	328.49/cwt	325.00–332.00	2,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	312.58/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	332.04/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	290.66/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	337.48/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,326	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	362.96/cwt	360.00–367.00	1,372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	309.84/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	375.07/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	355.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	371.63/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,747	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,237.50/head	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,238	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,475.00/head	1,400.00–1,625.00	1,475	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700	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 May 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 219Year ago 112

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 41Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 19Year ago 4

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	134.00	134.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	345.00–347.00	345.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	390.00–415.00	400.77
2	350–400	378	390.00–400.00	395.10
3	450–500	470	370.00–375.00	371.63
3	500–550	542	352.00–360.00	355.64
2	550–600	575	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	618	325.00–332.00	328.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	370.00–380.00	375.07
3	350–400	378	360.00–367.00	362.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	335.00–340.00	337.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	372.00–385.00	377.26
2	500–550	528	310.00–315.00	312.58
2	550–600	568	295.00–297.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	350.00–360.00	355.00
2	350–400	393	335.00–340.00	337.48
2	450–500	470	305.00–315.00	309.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	355.00–357.00	356.02
2	450–500	478	340.00–352.00	345.78
2	500–550	510	330.00–337.00	333.53
4	600–650	629	290.00–300.00	297.46
3	650–700	672	290.00–292.00	290.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	327.00–337.00	332.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,237.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,400.00–1,625.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle