Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-08-26

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Aug 26
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 124▼ 28 vs year ago 115 · −24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 16▼ 17 vs year ago 28 · −60.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 6 vs year ago 21 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $335.55/cwt on 9 head, down $17.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −53.20 against this barn's trailing median of $388.75.
Average price
$335.55
▼ 17.04 vs prior sale
9 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.71
vs AL average
−35.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544338.571,8437thin
Medium and Large 3525325.001,7062thin
One grade step is worth $13.57/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale9 hd
335.55
—
AL average14 barns · 331 hd
349.26
−13.71
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
−35.45
This barn, trailing median6 sales
388.75
−53.20
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

6 sales
457414372330median 388.7504/1504/2208/0508/1209/30
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.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,925170.943,2912thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,127158.311,7843thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,350156.002,1062thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,4634thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318483.62/cwt470.00–500.001,5386
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363453.39/cwt440.00–465.001,6463
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378418.04/cwt405.00–425.001,5803
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383382.55/cwt380.00–385.001,4652
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1852
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480363.77/cwt355.00–372.001,7462
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3493328.51/cwt327.00–330.001,6202
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7062
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528340.94/cwt335.00–350.001,8005
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585332.63/cwt325.00–340.001,9462
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392365.65/cwt360.00–375.001,4337
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423351.78/cwt342.00–362.001,4886
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430329.88/cwt325.00–335.001,4182
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480309.79/cwt300.00–320.001,4872
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,925170.94/cwt170.00–172.003,2912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,127158.31/cwt156.00–160.001,7843
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,1062
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,462.50/head2,200.00–2,650.002,4634

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.