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 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −44.21 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.

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

−23.41 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

9 sales

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 sale8 hd

327.77

—

AL average16 barns · 529 hd

335.31

−7.54

National average122 barns · 3,757 hd

351.18

−23.41

This barn, trailing median9 sales

371.98

−44.21

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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