Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available:

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.68/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −146.63 against this barn's trailing median of $438.32.

Average price

$291.68

11 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$52.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.63

vs AL average

−50.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	301.28	1,665	9thin
Medium and Large 3	545	248.50	1,354	2thin

One grade step is worth $52.78/cwt here — about $311 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.22, low $377.80, median $438.32 across 16 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 sale11 hd

291.68

—

AL average11 barns · 168 hd

293.31

−1.63

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−50.40

This barn, trailing median16 sales

438.32

−146.63

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	—	Average	1,694	149.00	2,524	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,395	121.72	1,698	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,168	112.20	1,311	6thin

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)	—	$1,497	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$788	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,133	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	550–600	570	294.72/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	279.56/cwt	277.00–282.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	324.97/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	347.47/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,303	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	302.09/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,097	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	282.99/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	299.41/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,258	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	299.89/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,014	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	287.48/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	300.77/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,332	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,496.67/head	1,340.00–1,575.00	1,497	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,132.50/head	1,100.00–1,165.00	1,133	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	—	787.50/head	700.00–875.00	788	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	—	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	362.54/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	329.46/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,460	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	283.60/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	273.64/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	320.99/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	325.79/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,222	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	215.99/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	309.48/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	270.24/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,349	1
Bulls	—	—	1,830	152.66/cwt	152.00–153.00	2,794	3
Bulls	—	—	1,285	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,773	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	121.72/cwt	121.00–123.00	1,698	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	111.06/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,333	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	116.03/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,390	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,411	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 Jan 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 131Last week 301Year ago 129

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 65Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 47Year ago 31

No trends available:

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
4	400–450	443	327.00–337.00	329.46
2	450–500	473	320.00–322.00	320.99
4	500–550	531	302.00–312.00	309.48
5	550–600	570	290.00–298.00	294.72
3	600–650	622	267.00–277.00	270.24
1	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	760	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	322.00–330.00	325.79
4	400–450	443	297.00–302.00	300.77
2	450–500	495	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	515	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	575	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	640	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	300.00–312.00	302.09
2	400–450	435	277.00–282.00	279.56
3	450–500	462	272.00–277.00	273.64
1	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	745	225.00	225.00
2	750–800	758	212.00–220.00	215.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	297.00–302.00	299.41
4	500–550	513	281.00–285.00	282.99
1	600–650	605	242.00	242.00
1	700–750	710	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	295.00–305.00	299.89
4	350–400	363	285.00–290.00	287.48
1	500–550	510	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	320.00–330.00	324.97
2	400–450	410	295.00	295.00
1	450–500	495	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	590	247.00	247.00
1	600–650	610	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	360.00–365.00	362.54
2	350–400	375	345.00–350.00	347.47
1	400–450	430	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	460	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	525	280.00–287.00	283.60
1	550–600	590	252.00	252.00
2	600–650	640	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	285.00	285.00

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)	3	—	—	1,340.00–1,575.00	1,496.67
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	700.00–875.00	787.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,165.00	1,132.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,830	152.00–153.00	152.66
1	—	1,285	138.00	138.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,395	121.00–123.00	121.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	110.00–112.00	111.06
3	—	1,198	115.00–118.00	116.03
1	—	1,015	103.00	103.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle