Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Replacement cattle sold steady. All feeder classes sold sharply lower . Trade was moderate with good to moderate demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.35/cwt on 18 head, up $15.01 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +38.01 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$397.35

▲ 15.01 vs prior sale

18 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$695

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$105.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.51

vs AL average

−24.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	425.00	2,295	4thin
Medium and Large 2	532	394.79	2,102	13thin
Medium and Large 3	500	320.00	1,600	1thin

One grade step is worth $105.00/cwt here — about $695 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

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 sale18 hd

397.35

—

AL average13 barns · 383 hd

399.86

−2.51

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−24.82

This barn, trailing median13 sales

359.34

+38.01

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,736	195.72	3,397	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,263	159.52	2,015	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,085	144.00	1,562	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	778	119.00	926	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,125	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,707	7

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	431.86/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	463.55/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,534	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	418.10/cwt	417.50–425.00	2,162	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	360.80/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	404.99/cwt	402.50–407.50	2,098	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	529.56/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,192	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	360.53/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,170	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	821	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	477.48/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	419.52/cwt	400.00–437.50	1,531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	546.04/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	454.12/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	509.76/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,438	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	453.59/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,946	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	410.10/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	509.82/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,453	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	147.45/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,719	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,044	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,085	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,562	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	159.72/cwt	150.00–169.00	1,925	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,476	171.18/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,527	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	615	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	843	1
Bulls	—	—	1,914	189.70/cwt	180.00–196.00	3,631	2
Bulls	—	—	1,100	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,925	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	212.10/cwt	209.00–215.00	3,977	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,125.00/head	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,125	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,275.00/head	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,275	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,283.33/head	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,283	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	375.24/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,576	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	507	352.24/cwt	345.00–356.00	1,786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,198	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	463.80/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,739	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	336.22/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	396.56/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,832	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	411.79/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,680	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	487.67/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	451.74/cwt	420.00–475.00	2,092	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	492.02/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,279	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,295	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	1

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 Apr 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 225Last week 229Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 21Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 22Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	510.00–540.00	529.56
2	250–300	260	480.00–505.00	492.02
4	300–350	331	450.00–480.00	463.55
5	350–400	370	420.00–440.00	431.86
9	400–450	408	410.00–420.00	411.79
9	450–500	462	380.00–405.00	396.56
10	500–550	518	402.50–407.50	404.99
3	550–600	580	360.00–362.50	360.80
19	600–650	602	360.00–367.50	360.53
1	650–700	670	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	760	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	405.00	405.00
2	450–500	485	335.00–337.50	336.22
1	500–550	500	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	540	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	235	530.00–560.00	546.04
3	250–300	282	500.00–515.00	509.76
2	400–450	408	475.00–480.00	477.48
3	450–500	471	450.00–460.00	454.12
13	500–550	517	417.50–425.00	418.10
1	550–600	550	405.00	405.00
12	650–700	665	378.00	378.00
1	750–800	760	340.00	340.00
5	800–850	821	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	400.00–437.50	419.52
1	400–450	435	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	500.00–520.00	509.82
2	300–350	323	485.00–490.00	487.67
4	350–400	375	450.00–475.00	463.80
4	400–450	429	440.00–470.00	453.59
6	450–500	463	420.00–475.00	451.74
2	500–550	505	400.00–420.00	410.10
1	600–650	635	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	685	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	780	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	370.00	370.00
6	400–450	420	350.00–380.00	375.24
1	450–500	495	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	507	345.00–356.00	352.24
1	650–700	650	322.50	322.50
1	750–800	785	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,166	147.00–149.00	147.45
8	—	1,205	150.00–169.00	159.72
4	—	1,476	170.00–175.00	171.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	120.00	120.00
1	—	850	100.00	100.00
1	—	615	137.00	137.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	144.00	144.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,914	180.00–196.00	189.70
1	—	1,100	175.00	175.00
2	—	1,875	209.00–215.00	212.10

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,283.33

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle