Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 11.00 lower in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.77/cwt on 8 head, down $4.75 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −31.57 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$327.77

▼ 4.75 vs prior sale

8 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$30.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.54

vs AL average

−23.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	339.03	1,797	5thin
Medium and Large 3	522	309.01	1,613	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.02/cwt here — about $184 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

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 sale8 hd

327.77

—

AL average16 barns · 529 hd

335.31

−7.54

National average160 barns · 5,295 hd

350.92

−23.15

This barn, trailing median13 sales

359.34

−31.57

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	159.13	1,827	5thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	250–300	270	440.31/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,189	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	413.43/cwt	410.00–417.00	1,604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	305.04/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,763	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	394.83/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,260	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	403.30/cwt	395.00–412.00	1,694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	329.69/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	488.15/cwt	477.00–495.00	1,650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	436.03/cwt	432.00–440.00	1,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	340.65/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,119	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	366.40/cwt	360.00–372.00	1,524	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	163.15/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	309.01/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	339.03/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,797	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	402.84/cwt	390.00–412.00	1,748	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	360.33/cwt	357.00–362.00	1,730	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	348.97/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,839	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	153.10/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	348.34/cwt	340.00–362.00	1,655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	359.69/cwt	357.00–362.00	1,737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	472.38/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	505.11/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	470.99/cwt	470.00–472.00	1,686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	338.47/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,261	4

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 Aug 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 203Year ago 266

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 0Year ago 14

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 11.00 lower in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	430.00–450.00	440.31
7	300–350	319	380.00–400.00	394.83
5	400–450	416	360.00–372.00	366.40
8	450–500	475	340.00–362.00	348.34
5	500–550	530	330.00–345.00	339.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	480	320.00–340.00	329.69
3	500–550	522	307.00–310.00	309.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	460.00–485.00	472.38
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	410.00–417.00	413.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	477.00–495.00	488.15
2	350–400	393	432.00–440.00	436.03
2	400–450	420	395.00–412.00	403.30
3	450–500	483	357.00–362.00	359.69
3	600–650	622	340.00–342.00	340.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	500.00–510.00	505.11
2	350–400	358	470.00–472.00	470.99
4	650–700	668	337.00–340.00	338.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	300.00–320.00	305.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	434	390.00–412.00	402.84
6	450–500	480	357.00–362.00	360.33
3	500–550	527	347.00–350.00	348.97
2	550–600	560	325.00–330.00	327.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,177	160.00–165.00	163.15
2	—	1,105	151.00–155.00	153.10

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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