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Frisco City Stockyards

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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 19

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984

← Aug 12Aug 19Aug 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

124 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 203▼ 142 vs year ago 266 · −53.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 14 · +14.3%

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −30.67 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.

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.

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 median16 sales

358.45

−30.67

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.54, low $289.87, median $358.45 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	505.11/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,657	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	488.15/cwt	477.00–495.00	1,650	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	470.99/cwt	470.00–472.00	1,686	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	413.43/cwt	410.00–417.00	1,604	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	436.03/cwt	432.00–440.00	1,714	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	403.30/cwt	395.00–412.00	1,694	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	359.69/cwt	357.00–362.00	1,737	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	340.65/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,119	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	338.47/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,261	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	472.38/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,266	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	440.31/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,189	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	319	394.83/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,260	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,350	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	366.40/cwt	360.00–372.00	1,524	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	348.34/cwt	340.00–362.00	1,655	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	329.69/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,583	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	522	309.01/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,613	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	339.03/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,797	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	402.84/cwt	390.00–412.00	1,748	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	360.33/cwt	357.00–362.00	1,730	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	348.97/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,839	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,834	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	578	305.04/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,763	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	153.10/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,692	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,177	163.15/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,920	3

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	460.00–485.00	472.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	410.00–417.00	413.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	300.00–320.00	305.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.