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Frisco City Stockyards

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

Feeder Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Sep 30

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Receipts

190 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 139▲ 55 vs year ago 135 · +40.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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

−70.94 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.

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 average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

−70.94

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.

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.

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. 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	487.82/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,561	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	464.77/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,524	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	410.86/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,561	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	443.19/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,715	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,658	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	397.99/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,910	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	366.20/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,904	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	347.20/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,826	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	537	326.71/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,754	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	350.99/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,983	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	316.86/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,816	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	342.76/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,005	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	327.72/cwt	310.00–342.00	2,048	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	382.96/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,559	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	301.45/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,574	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	278.47/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,462	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	337.51/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,917	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	578	270.34/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,563	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	277.47/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,632	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	271.35/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,731	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	393.90/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,706	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	469	326.19/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,530	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	364.63/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,743	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	308.70/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,615	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	331.89/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,756	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	308.72/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,726	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	298.34/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,844	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	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 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
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	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

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

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.