Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-07-09

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jul 9
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
68 vs last sale 136 8 vs year ago 196 · +4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
1 vs last sale 27 2 vs year ago 28 · 7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
40 vs last sale 5 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.54/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits 44.86 against this barn's trailing median of $372.41.
Average price
$327.54
15 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.03
vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2531331.621,7608thin
Medium and Large 3519322.891,6767thin
One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about $84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
408375341307median 372.4001/1406/1007/1508/0508/19
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
327.54
AL average16 barns · 498 hd
325.51
+2.03
This barn, trailing median9 sales
372.41
−44.86
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,763186.943,2962thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,477162.092,3948thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,130154.981,7512thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,8258
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,7333thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,2923thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,1173thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300280487.37/cwt485.00–490.001,3652
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428353.40/cwt350.00–357.001,5132
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350338390.22/cwt380.00–400.001,3192
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480378.97/cwt375.00–385.001,8193
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600572318.01/cwt315.00–322.001,8193
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550527361.12/cwt355.00–367.001,9035
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350323429.16/cwt422.00–435.001,3864
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700658320.69/cwt317.00–325.002,1103
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500478355.74/cwt347.00–362.001,70013
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520325.00/cwt320.00–330.001,6902
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400372375.55/cwt370.00–380.001,3973
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7003
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550519322.89/cwt320.00–325.001,6767
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450418334.85/cwt330.00–340.001,4002
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500481329.19/cwt327.00–332.001,5835
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650632283.01/cwt280.00–287.001,7893
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500483328.48/cwt327.00–330.001,5872
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423396.42/cwt392.00–400.001,6775
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,525156.75/cwt156.00–158.002,3904
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,300171.46/cwt171.00–172.002,2292
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,558163.41/cwt161.00–166.002,5462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,130154.98/cwt154.00–156.001,7512
Bulls1,763186.94/cwt186.00–188.003,2962
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8752
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700680295.04/cwt290.00–300.002,0062
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450427380.89/cwt370.00–385.001,6265
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520338.48/cwt335.00–347.001,7606
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300288410.04/cwt405.00–415.001,1812
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600562345.66/cwt345.00–347.001,9433
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650640340.99/cwt340.00–342.002,1822
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273503.35/cwt500.00–505.001,3743
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328463.17/cwt450.00–475.001,5192
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450422408.64/cwt407.00–412.001,7243
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600563311.03/cwt305.00–317.001,7512
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418366.57/cwt365.00–372.001,5327
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250228469.34/cwt450.00–490.001,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600565303.06/cwt300.00–307.001,7123
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400379388.71/cwt380.00–395.001,4734
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350333405.19/cwt400.00–410.001,3492
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700673307.55/cwt305.00–310.002,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750708262.51/cwt260.00–265.001,8592
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533343.42/cwt340.00–347.001,8302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,291.67/head2,175.00–2,375.002,2923
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,116.67/head1,975.00–2,250.002,1173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,825.00/head2,600.00–3,100.002,8258
Bred CowsSmall 1-22,733.33/head2,700.00–2,750.002,7333

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.