Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-02-11

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Feb 11
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
3 vs last sale 107 25 vs year ago 135 · 18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
0 vs last sale 15 6 vs year ago 21 · 28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
7 vs last sale 16 1 vs year ago 8 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady with slaughter bulls selling up to 215 cwt. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $388.08/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 8 of 9 comparable sales and sits +16.10 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.
Average price
$388.08
6 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,040
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.43
vs AL average
35.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2526393.622,0704thin
Medium and Large 3525377.001,9792thin
One grade step is worth $16.62/cwt here — about $91 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

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 sale6 hd
388.08
AL average16 barns · 523 hd
396.51
−8.43
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−35.87
This barn, trailing median9 sales
371.98
+16.10
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,342179.022,4023thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,275174.182,2214thin

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)$1,9003thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,400170.35/cwt168.00–172.002,3852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,0472
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,342179.02/cwt177.00–180.002,4023
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420485.86/cwt475.00–495.002,0415
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300260604.90/cwt600.00–610.001,5732
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375487.53/cwt485.00–490.001,8282
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400388428.39/cwt425.00–430.001,6623
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500483408.60/cwt402.00–415.001,9742
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350310438.60/cwt430.00–455.001,3603
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425445.61/cwt430.00–460.001,8945
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330424.77/cwt420.00–430.001,4022
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550526393.62/cwt385.00–400.002,0704
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400370403.24/cwt400.00–410.001,4923
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350325525.31/cwt520.00–530.001,7072
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400370480.41/cwt470.00–490.001,7782
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8283
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500490409.90/cwt400.00–420.002,0092
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550538393.45/cwt390.00–397.002,1172
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550525377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,9792
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700683354.95/cwt350.00–360.002,4242
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650618361.63/cwt360.00–365.002,2353
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450430408.54/cwt405.00–412.001,7572
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500481396.69/cwt395.00–400.001,9084
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475385.01/cwt380.00–395.001,8295
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450422468.30/cwt450.00–480.001,9763
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9882
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328555.03/cwt550.00–560.001,8203
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,900.00/head1,800.00–1,950.001,9003

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.