Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.36/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −150.13 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$238.36

22 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$27.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.86

vs AL average

−31.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	245.20	1,379	10thin
Medium and Large 2	551	235.70	1,300	10thin
Medium and Large 3	560	217.52	1,218	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.67/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.98, low $313.19, median $388.49 across 23 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 sale22 hd

238.36

—

AL average13 barns · 377 hd

248.22

−9.86

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−31.64

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

−150.13

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
Bulls	—	High	1,755	139.67	2,451	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	126.00	1,720	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	122.84	1,533	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	996	107.64	1,072	31

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,471	18
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,445	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,083	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,265	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,815	15
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$839	9

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · Opp Livestock - Opp, 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	298.52/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	247.99/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	268.48/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	231.78/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,307	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	288.41/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	226.50/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	310.26/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	249.08/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	272.40/cwt	270.00–277.00	994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	281.85/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	285.94/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	238.31/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,294	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	258.91/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	283.07/cwt	277.00–287.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	314.96/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,140	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	286.62/cwt	282.00–291.00	1,341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,720	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,397	116.00/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,621	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	125.40/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,495	8
Bulls	—	—	1,520	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,341	1
Bulls	—	—	1,885	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,564	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,399	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,650	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,866.67/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,867	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,650	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,258.33/head	2,125.00–2,325.00	2,258	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,265.00/head	2,175.00–2,325.00	2,265	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	838.89/head	750.00–950.00	839	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	—	1,083.33/head	950.00–1,150.00	1,083	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	—	1,291.67/head	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,292	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	—	1,445.00/head	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,445	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	119.43/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,238	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	109.71/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,064	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	102.66/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,026	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	240.99/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	249.40/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	217.52/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	294.96/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	234.55/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,442	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	265.99/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,366	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,232	1

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 →

Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

Tue May 14, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 192Last week 173Year ago 297

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 28Year ago 170

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 77Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	307.00–317.00	310.26
2	450–500	478	297.00–300.00	298.52
1	500–550	545	295.00	295.00
2	550–600	573	277.00–287.00	281.85
4	600–650	615	267.00–270.00	268.48
4	650–700	688	245.00–249.00	247.99
2	700–750	710	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	307.00–317.00	314.96
2	450–500	468	282.00–291.00	286.62
1	500–550	540	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	555	262.00	262.00
1	750–800	780	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	560	290.00–300.00	294.96
2	650–700	665	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	347.00	347.00
1	400–450	445	307.00	307.00
2	450–500	468	285.00–292.00	288.41
1	500–550	505	282.00	282.00
1	550–600	590	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	315.00	315.00
5	400–450	436	282.00–292.00	285.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	277.00–287.00	283.07
3	350–400	365	270.00–277.00	272.40
5	400–450	425	257.00–267.00	258.91
4	450–500	476	247.00–255.00	249.08
6	500–550	543	237.00–245.00	238.31
4	550–600	564	230.00–237.00	231.78
4	600–650	634	225.00–227.00	226.50
6	650–700	685	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	560	215.00–220.00	217.52
1	600–650	625	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	270.00	270.00
2	450–500	458	265.00–267.00	265.99
5	500–550	531	247.00–250.00	249.40
5	550–600	594	240.00–245.00	240.99
11	600–650	615	234.00–240.00	234.55
3	700–750	710	224.00	224.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	126.00	126.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	114.00–117.00	116.00
8	—	1,192	123.00–129.00	125.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,037	119.00–121.00	119.43
10	—	970	107.00–111.00	109.71
16	—	999	100.00–104.00	102.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,885	136.00	136.00
1	—	1,860	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	950.00–1,150.00	1,083.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,291.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,445.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,866.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,125.00–2,325.00	2,258.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	2,175.00–2,325.00	2,265.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	750.00–950.00	838.89

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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