Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady to firm. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $296.23/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −111.89 against this barn's trailing median of $408.12.

Average price

$296.23

7 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$7.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.83

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	298.33	1,635	5thin
Medium and Large 2	510	290.96	1,484	2thin

One grade step is worth $7.37/cwt here — about $151 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $452.70, low $347.74, median $408.12 across 19 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 sale7 hd

296.23

—

AL average15 barns · 269 hd

290.40

+5.83

This barn, trailing median19 sales

408.12

−111.89

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	—	Low	1,435	146.00	2,095	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,405	142.00	1,995	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,388	133.35	1,851	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,082	120.81	1,307	13

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)	—	$1,808	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,800	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,392	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,119	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,143	12

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	332.54/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	274.62/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	281.92/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	260.97/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	345.45/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	290.96/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	329.59/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,368	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	233.64/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,589	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	325.35/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	238.55/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,379	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,995	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	135.46/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,857	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,448	125.95/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,824	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	119.59/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,282	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	127.54/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,448	2
Bulls	—	—	1,435	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,095	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	—	1,516.67/head	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,517	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,808.33/head	1,750.00–1,925.00	1,808	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,012.50/head	1,975.00–2,025.00	2,013	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,391.67/head	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,392	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,266.67/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,267	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,142.50/head	1,100.00–1,185.00	1,143	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	296.56/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,121	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	492	304.70/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,499	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	292.46/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,682	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	347.53/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	313.49/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,310	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	373.36/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	324.43/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,217	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	302.25/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	324.48/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,691	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	319.05/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	347.48/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,317	4

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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 141Last week 131Year ago 134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 15Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 11Year ago 122

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	415	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	468	277.00–287.00	281.92
3	500–550	530	270.00–277.00	274.62
1	550–600	575	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	640	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	680	232.00–237.00	233.64
1	700–750	705	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	295.00–300.00	296.56
1	400–450	420	277.00	277.00
2	550–600	578	237.00–240.00	238.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	322.00–327.00	324.43
2	400–450	418	312.00–315.00	313.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	330.00–335.00	332.54
4	500–550	521	317.00–327.00	324.48
2	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	675	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	342.00–352.00	345.45
3	400–450	433	322.00–327.00	325.35
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	540	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	595	292.00	292.00
4	650–700	685	257.00–265.00	260.97
1	700–750	740	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	720	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
4	350–400	379	345.00–355.00	347.48
4	400–450	415	327.00–337.00	329.59
2	450–500	463	316.00–322.00	319.05
2	500–550	510	287.00–295.00	290.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	445	312.00	312.00
3	450–500	492	300.00–307.00	304.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	470.00	470.00
1	250–300	265	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	357	370.00–380.00	373.36
2	400–450	415	345.00–350.00	347.53
1	450–500	455	332.00	332.00
3	500–550	530	300.00–307.00	302.25
2	550–600	575	290.00–295.00	292.46
1	700–750	745	246.00	246.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	142.00	142.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,371	134.00–139.00	135.46
2	—	1,448	125.00–127.00	125.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,072	117.00–122.00	119.59
2	—	1,135	127.00–128.00	127.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	146.00	146.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,516.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,750.00–1,925.00	1,808.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,975.00–2,025.00	2,012.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,391.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,266.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,675.00	1,675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,100.00–1,185.00	1,142.50

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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Bulls · 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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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