Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $384.85/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +23.53 against this barn's trailing median of $361.32.

Average price

$384.85

15 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.70

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	386.98	2,075	13thin
Medium and Large 3	535	370.98	1,985	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $90 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

10 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $394.47, low $294.71, median $361.32 across 10 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

384.85

—

AL average15 barns · 353 hd

395.55

−10.70

This barn, trailing median10 sales

361.32

+23.53

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,795	189.19	3,396	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,587	152.11	2,414	18

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	434.26/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	407.90/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,929	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	288	403.29/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,161	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	386.78/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	370.05/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,702	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	157.07/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,113	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	151.49/cwt	149.00–152.00	2,450	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	382.49/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	370.98/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,985	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	365.03/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	423.43/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	391.05/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,861	5
Bulls	—	—	1,795	189.19/cwt	186.00–193.00	3,396	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	378.42/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	435.39/cwt	427.00–440.00	1,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	459.61/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	356.28/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	388.86/cwt	385.00–397.00	1,835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	480.12/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,320	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	379.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,166	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	402.04/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,721	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	388.26/cwt	382.00–392.00	2,058	11

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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 121Last week 97Year ago 232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 22Year ago 25

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	430.00–445.00	434.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	370.00–372.00	370.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	395.00–415.00	402.04
5	450–500	476	385.00–400.00	391.05
11	500–550	530	382.00–392.00	388.26
2	550–600	570	375.00–385.00	379.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	402.00–410.00	407.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	500.00	500.00
3	250–300	275	475.00–485.00	480.12
3	450–500	472	385.00–397.00	388.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	400.00–410.00	403.29
2	350–400	378	360.00–370.00	365.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	428	380.00–385.00	382.49
2	450–500	460	365.00–375.00	370.05
3	550–600	575	352.00–360.00	356.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	420.00–430.00	423.43
3	350–400	378	380.00–400.00	386.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	450.00–470.00	459.61
3	350–400	372	427.00–440.00	435.39
2	550–600	588	372.00–385.00	378.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	375	455.00	455.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	156.00–158.00	157.07
16	—	1,617	149.00–152.00	151.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,795	186.00–193.00	189.19

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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