Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-08-20

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 20
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 216▼ 37 vs year ago 303 · −12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 20▼ 17 vs year ago 31 · −54.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 12▲ 3 vs year ago 14 · +21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.35/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −24.00 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$335.35
24 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.32
vs AL average
−24.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580349.712,0283thin
Medium and Large 2548336.721,84517thin
Medium and Large 3584318.761,8624thin
One grade step is worth $30.95/cwt here — about $167 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

13 sales
426376326276median 359.3403/1104/2206/1709/0209/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.54, low $289.87, median $359.34 across 13 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 sale24 hd
335.35
—
AL average16 barns · 615 hd
335.03
+0.32
National average158 barns · 7,895 hd
359.80
−24.45
This barn, trailing median13 sales
359.34
−24.00
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
Bulls—Average1,295184.222,3862thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,175152.441,7912thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,8867
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,8254thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bulls——1,295184.22/cwt181.00–187.002,3862
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,175152.44/cwt151.00–154.001,7912
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450437410.95/cwt405.00–415.001,7965
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400367400.66/cwt397.00–407.001,47011
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580349.71/cwt347.00–355.002,0283
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330409.62/cwt407.00–417.001,3526
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385385.26/cwt375.00–395.001,4834
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600567333.34/cwt327.00–337.001,8908
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300283487.17/cwt480.00–495.001,3792
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400383414.00/cwt412.00–417.001,5864
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600584318.76/cwt315.00–320.001,8624
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700690289.93/cwt280.00–300.002,0012
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1702
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350329396.42/cwt390.00–405.001,3047
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500484390.71/cwt382.00–400.001,8917
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580352.00/cwt347.00–357.002,0424
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600569308.06/cwt305.00–317.001,7534
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450438350.19/cwt347.00–355.001,5344
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500478340.48/cwt340.00–342.001,6274
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700690335.48/cwt330.00–342.002,3154
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500468366.64/cwt355.00–372.001,7165
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525348.06/cwt345.00–350.001,8275
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450417369.35/cwt360.00–377.001,5409
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500485360.18/cwt355.00–367.001,7479
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700680310.49/cwt307.00–315.002,1114
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550531339.72/cwt332.00–347.001,8049
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300265549.81/cwt545.00–555.001,4572
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619369.04/cwt367.00–375.002,2848
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450429400.66/cwt395.00–410.001,7196
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535369.43/cwt365.00–380.001,9766
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650631319.37/cwt315.00–325.002,01510
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570332.92/cwt330.00–342.001,8984
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600574370.15/cwt367.00–380.002,12512
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350335474.64/cwt465.00–490.001,5905
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450428382.71/cwt375.00–397.001,6389
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750715292.31/cwt290.00–295.002,0903
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668356.25/cwt350.00–360.002,3804
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477426.44/cwt417.00–432.002,0343
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400393391.03/cwt387.00–395.001,5372
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650630305.63/cwt300.00–310.001,9253
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650638337.47/cwt335.00–340.002,1532
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428425.55/cwt422.00–437.001,8214
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520389.63/cwt385.00–397.002,0264
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400388435.69/cwt427.00–450.001,6906
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——2,175.00/head2,100.00–2,275.002,1753
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——1,668.75/head1,600.00–1,725.001,6694
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——2,825.00/head2,700.00–2,950.002,8254

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.