Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2025-10-22

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Oct 22
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
216 head
67 vs last sale 149 216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
6 vs last sale 16 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
3 vs last sale 12 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle were lightly tested. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.96/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits 28.01 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.
Average price
$343.96
18 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$59.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.66
vs AL average
46.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518382.381,9812thin
Medium and Large 2529341.541,80714thin
Medium and Large 3548322.501,7662thin
One grade step is worth $59.88/cwt here — about $215 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
426390354319median 371.9803/1104/0804/2906/1708/12
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.54, low $332.53, median $371.98 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 sale18 hd
343.96
AL average15 barns · 584 hd
343.30
+0.66
National average186 barns · 24,193 hd
390.82
−46.86
This barn, trailing median9 sales
371.98
−28.01
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
BullsAverage1,403171.782,4102thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,143156.651,7915thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,655155.002,5651thin

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)$1,9679
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,8003thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500479359.63/cwt350.00–367.501,7236
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350323385.35/cwt380.00–390.001,2452
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750710340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4141
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1701
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400368368.70/cwt362.50–372.501,3574
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450403365.03/cwt360.00–370.001,4712
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650620341.27/cwt340.00–342.502,1162
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0641
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500470354.50/cwt350.00–357.501,6665
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350318332.20/cwt320.00–347.501,0563
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650635267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6991
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400378367.59/cwt360.00–377.501,3897
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600559356.53/cwt342.50–360.001,9935
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500455337.14/cwt330.00–347.501,5347
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400365360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3143
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400380322.43/cwt320.00–325.001,2252
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450400334.17/cwt320.00–352.501,3373
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650605325.83/cwt322.50–332.501,9713
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450443363.31/cwt360.00–370.001,6093
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600595317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8891
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500456313.08/cwt292.50–327.501,4284
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470392.61/cwt390.00–395.001,8452
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3201
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,655155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,5651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202163.57/cwt160.00–168.001,9663
CowsBoner 80-85%1,055146.28/cwt143.00–149.001,5432
Bulls1,403171.78/cwt163.00–177.002,4102
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,487.50/head1,475.00–1,500.001,4882
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,150.00/head1,100.00–1,200.001,1504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,620.00/head2,050.00–2,900.002,6205
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-22,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350310495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,5351
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300285545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,5531
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550540323.75/cwt310.00–337.501,7482
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550500327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6381
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3132
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350330360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1881
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7165
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250210450.00/cwt450.00–450.009451
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518382.38/cwt377.50–387.501,9812
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500458381.03/cwt380.00–382.501,7455
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,6292
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500450390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7551
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450424373.97/cwt360.00–385.001,5864
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400368386.33/cwt385.00–390.001,4224
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700695332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,3111
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550513359.96/cwt357.50–362.501,8472
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377411.79/cwt402.50–432.501,5523
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550500370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8501
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300290410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1891
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350345435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5011
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600574326.00/cwt320.00–342.501,8714
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550511347.76/cwt335.00–355.001,77710
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550535358.81/cwt352.50–365.001,9202

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.