Name: Frisco City Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply lower in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $343.72/cwt on 24 head, down $8.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −45.03 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.

Average price

$343.72

▼ 8.87 vs prior sale

24 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$36.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.98

vs AL average

−59.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	358.60	1,945	8thin
Medium and Large 2	556	344.98	1,916	10thin
Medium and Large 3	555	321.79	1,786	6thin

One grade step is worth $36.81/cwt here — about $159 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

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $442.67, low $343.72, median $388.75 across 6 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 sale24 hd

343.72

—

AL average16 barns · 323 hd

362.70

−18.98

National average160 barns · 11,896 hd

403.12

−59.40

This barn, trailing median6 sales

388.75

−45.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	366.20/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	350.99/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	487.82/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,561	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	443.19/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	397.99/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	337.51/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	382.96/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,559	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	364.63/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	298.34/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,844	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	308.72/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,726	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	393.90/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,706	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	331.89/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,756	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	464.77/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	277.47/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	271.35/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	327.72/cwt	310.00–342.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	342.76/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	301.45/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	410.86/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,561	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	347.20/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,826	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	326.71/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	316.86/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	278.47/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	270.34/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	326.19/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	308.70/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,615	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 Sep 30, 2026

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

Receipts 190Last week 139Year ago 135

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply lower in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	480.00–495.00	487.82
3	350–400	387	440.00–450.00	443.19
3	450–500	480	390.00–415.00	397.99
4	500–550	520	360.00–370.00	366.20
4	550–600	565	350.00–352.00	350.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	455.00–475.00	464.77
5	350–400	380	400.00–420.00	410.86
2	400–450	425	390.00	390.00
5	500–550	526	345.00–350.00	347.20
5	550–600	585	340.00–347.00	342.76
3	600–650	625	310.00–342.00	327.72
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	537	320.00–340.00	326.71
3	550–600	573	310.00–330.00	316.86
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	407	375.00–390.00	382.96
2	550–600	568	335.00–340.00	337.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	297.00–305.00	301.45
2	550–600	588	275.00–280.00	277.47
3	600–650	638	270.00–272.00	271.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	525	277.00–280.00	278.47
6	550–600	578	270.00–272.00	270.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	385.00–405.00	393.90
2	450–500	478	355.00–375.00	364.63
7	500–550	529	320.00–350.00	331.89
4	550–600	559	305.00–320.00	308.72
3	600–650	618	295.00–300.00	298.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	320.00–335.00	326.19
4	500–550	523	305.00–315.00	308.70
3	600–650	625	280.00	280.00

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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