Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold mostly steady with some weight classes up to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady on a light supply. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.37/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −71.12 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$317.37

23 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$8.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.18

vs AL average

−16.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	322.00	1,863	10thin
Medium and Large 2	543	313.81	1,705	13thin

One grade step is worth $8.18/cwt here — about $158 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

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 sale23 hd

317.37

—

AL average13 barns · 449 hd

321.56

−4.18

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−16.89

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

−71.12

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	1,588	172.50	2,740	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	153.34	2,223	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	146.78	1,874	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	132.44	1,357	11

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,013	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,465	2thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 3	450–500	485	305.81/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,367	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	336.15/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,808	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	306.27/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	316.22/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,670	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,880	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,485	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	387.75/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,873	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	278.51/cwt	277.00–280.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	282.51/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	345.98/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,457	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	363.17/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	450.08/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,463	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	141.41/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,666	2
Bulls	—	—	1,705	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,069	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	115.20/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,161	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	136.27/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,401	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	150.36/cwt	149.00–151.00	2,019	3
Bulls	—	—	1,530	168.75/cwt	168.00–170.00	2,582	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,465.00/head	1,360.00–1,570.00	1,465	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	362.61/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,955	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,893	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	153.34/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,223	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	335.74/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,487	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,962	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	329.26/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,561	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	278.49/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	370.07/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,406	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	348.78/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	408.27/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,335	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	392.48/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	321.57/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,891	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	288.23/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	340.78/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,622	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	309.96/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,761	5

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 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 123Year ago 155

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 67Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 14Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
4	350–400	380	365.00–375.00	370.07
7	400–450	443	330.00–340.00	335.74
5	450–500	485	300.00–315.00	305.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	355	385.00	385.00
5	400–450	429	345.00–355.00	348.78
8	450–500	476	340.00–342.00	340.78
8	500–550	528	315.00–325.00	316.22
5	550–600	568	302.00–312.00	309.96
2	600–650	643	280.00–285.00	282.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	396.00	396.00
2	400–450	405	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	513	342.00–350.00	345.98
8	550–600	595	316.00	316.00
2	600–650	605	310.00	310.00
7	650–700	655	298.50	298.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	445.00–455.00	450.08
7	450–500	483	385.00–395.00	387.75
3	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	835	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	395	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	535	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	470.00	470.00
10	350–400	365	460.00	460.00
1	450–500	465	407.00	407.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	360.00–370.00	363.17
10	500–550	538	335.00–347.00	336.15
6	550–600	588	320.00–330.00	321.57
6	600–650	608	295.00–312.00	306.27
4	650–700	686	287.00–292.00	288.23
2	700–750	733	277.00–280.00	278.51
2	750–800	775	260.00–265.00	262.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	465.00	465.00
1	300–350	320	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	410	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	405.00–410.00	408.27
2	350–400	358	390.00–395.00	392.48
4	400–450	421	360.00–370.00	362.61
9	450–500	474	325.00–335.00	329.26
4	600–650	643	277.00–280.00	278.49
1	700–750	735	267.00	267.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	140.00–143.00	141.41
3	—	1,343	149.00–151.00	150.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	112.00–119.00	115.20
9	—	1,028	130.00–137.00	136.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,450	153.00–154.00	153.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	180.00	180.00
2	—	1,530	168.00–170.00	168.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,325.00	2,325.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,360.00–1,570.00	1,465.00

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

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

Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

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