Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower on a lightly tested market. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $354.09/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −54.03 against this barn's trailing median of $408.12.

Average price

$354.09

12 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,966

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$12.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	562	357.09	2,006	9thin
Medium and Large 3	535	345.09	1,846	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about $160 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 sale12 hd

354.09

—

AL average15 barns · 503 hd

353.35

+0.74

This barn, trailing median19 sales

408.12

−54.03

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	1,615	168.00	2,713	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,633	147.30	2,405	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	144.15	1,851	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	135.76	1,464	26

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)	—	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,754	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,538	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,450	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,215	6

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	321.20/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,873	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	418.80/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	373.80/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,011	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	432.40/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	555.23/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,297	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	343.73/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,997	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	479.88/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,305	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	438.52/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,829	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	144.15/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,851	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	137.58/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,476	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	150.40/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,632	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	147.30/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,405	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	126.62/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,371	9
Bulls	—	—	1,615	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	282.53/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	394.10/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,442	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	457.35/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	481.60/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	345.09/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	318.47/cwt	317.00–320.00	2,293	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,433	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,754.17/head	1,700.00–2,025.00	1,754	6
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,215.00/head	1,100.00–1,330.00	1,215	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,537.50/head	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,538	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	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 Sep 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 110Last week 162Year ago 150

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 25Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 36Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	550.00	550.00
3	250–300	295	530.00	530.00
3	300–350	333	475.00–485.00	481.60
4	350–400	378	450.00–465.00	457.35
3	400–450	417	435.00–445.00	438.52
4	500–550	538	370.00–375.00	373.80
5	550–600	581	325.00–360.00	343.73
1	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	382	405.00–425.00	418.80
3	450–500	495	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	535	335.00–350.00	345.09
2	600–650	613	280.00–285.00	282.53
1	750–800	790	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	585.00	585.00
2	250–300	268	550.00–560.00	555.23
1	300–350	320	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	365	480.00	480.00
2	700–750	720	317.00–320.00	318.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	500.00	500.00
2	250–300	285	455.00	455.00
4	300–350	318	430.00–435.00	432.40
1	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
4	550–600	583	320.00–325.00	321.20
1	600–650	625	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	660	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	550.00	550.00
3	250–300	272	475.00–490.00	479.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	366	390.00–400.00	394.10
2	450–500	465	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	560	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	445.00	445.00
1	600–650	615	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	460.00	460.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,284	142.00–145.00	144.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,073	133.00–140.00	137.58
4	—	1,085	146.00–152.00	150.40
9	—	1,083	122.00–130.00	126.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,633	146.00–150.00	147.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	168.00	168.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,700.00–2,025.00	1,754.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,537.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,300.00	2,300.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,100.00–1,330.00	1,215.00

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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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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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