Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-03-11

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Mar 11
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
107 vs last sale 82 73 vs year ago 116 · +62.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
10 vs last sale 21 10 vs year ago 21 · 47.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
14 vs last sale 16 2 vs year ago 28 · +7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.98/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 5 of 9 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.
Average price
$371.98
10 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.08
vs AL average
41.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515401.012,0652thin
Medium and Large 2538380.482,0474thin
Medium and Large 3553348.961,9284thin
One grade step is worth $52.05/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale10 hd
371.98
AL average16 barns · 250 hd
387.06
−15.08
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
−41.80
This barn, trailing median9 sales
371.98
+0.00
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
BullsLow1,435176.472,5322thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$3,3503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,6002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,3632thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)$1,7507
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$3,9504thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1350–400385492.56/cwt490.00–495.001,8962
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600570343.47/cwt340.00–347.001,9582
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450431411.06/cwt400.00–420.001,7725
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250213609.29/cwt590.00–630.001,2982
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350336482.58/cwt475.00–485.001,6214
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300266511.95/cwt480.00–525.001,3625
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325532.47/cwt520.00–540.001,7316
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427459.86/cwt445.00–470.001,9643
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350326487.66/cwt480.00–500.001,5904
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400382421.83/cwt415.00–430.001,6113
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478458.31/cwt455.00–465.002,1913
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380445.13/cwt435.00–450.001,6915
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550528438.01/cwt437.00–440.002,3133
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250230634.46/cwt610.00–660.001,4592
SteersMedium and Large 3250–300262450.25/cwt445.00–460.001,1803
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250242529.72/cwt520.00–550.001,2823
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450413403.56/cwt400.00–407.001,6672
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550529373.03/cwt372.00–377.001,9735
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600578350.86/cwt340.00–362.002,0282
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420459.88/cwt450.00–465.001,9313
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468483.10/cwt470.00–490.002,2613
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0402
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300266542.11/cwt530.00–550.001,4424
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515401.01/cwt400.00–402.002,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360464.93/cwt460.00–470.001,6742
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300283489.93/cwt485.00–495.001,3875
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300273442.84/cwt435.00–450.001,2092
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250235462.82/cwt455.00–470.001,0882
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350325455.69/cwt430.00–470.001,4814
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450422394.84/cwt385.00–400.001,6663
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350320415.08/cwt410.00–420.001,3284
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550538380.48/cwt370.00–385.002,0474
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478390.86/cwt382.00–400.001,8682
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550535354.45/cwt352.00–357.001,8962
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400368403.30/cwt400.00–410.001,4843
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250233497.37/cwt495.00–500.001,1592
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600568375.04/cwt365.00–385.002,1302
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500471433.65/cwt420.00–450.002,0424
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,600.00/head2,400.00–2,800.002,6002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-23,350.00/head3,250.00–3,500.003,3503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,362.50/head2,175.00–2,550.002,3632
Bred HeifersMedium 1-21,750.00/head1,600.00–2,000.001,7507
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-23,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9504
Bulls1,435176.47/cwt172.00–181.002,5322

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.