Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-09-16

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 16
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 107▼ 92 vs year ago 196 · −46.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 0▼ 6 vs year ago 25 · −24.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 9▼ 23 vs year ago 36 · −63.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.48/cwt on 15 head, down $34.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 16 comparable sales and sits −34.96 against this barn's trailing median of $358.45.
Average price
$323.48
▼ 34.83 vs prior sale
15 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.46
vs AL average
−30.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558333.831,86210thin
Medium and Large 2538318.481,7132thin
Medium and Large 3543292.341,5873thin
One grade step is worth $41.49/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale15 hd
323.48
—
AL average15 barns · 585 hd
332.95
−9.46
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−30.83
This barn, trailing median16 sales
358.45
−34.96
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
426376326276median 358.4503/1104/2908/1209/3010/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,248138.631,7304thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2333thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1243557.37/cwt545.00–570.001,3542
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,4852
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285472.06/cwt460.00–485.001,3452
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2388413.56/cwt400.00–420.001,6053
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478344.92/cwt340.00–350.001,6492
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525365.99/cwt365.00–367.001,9212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3558323.48/cwt320.00–327.001,8052
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590343.47/cwt340.00–347.002,0262
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638331.24/cwt327.00–340.002,1133
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662315.65/cwt310.00–322.002,0903
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283439.78/cwt435.00–445.001,2452
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432332.34/cwt327.00–340.001,4363
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484323.92/cwt315.00–332.001,5687
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532336.45/cwt330.00–342.001,7903
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538318.48/cwt317.00–320.001,7132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543292.34/cwt282.00–305.001,5873
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569332.70/cwt332.00–337.001,8937
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608328.49/cwt325.00–332.001,9972
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9383
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468349.73/cwt340.00–360.001,6372
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7832
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248138.63/cwt137.00–140.001,7304
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,233.33/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2333

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.