Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady on a light supply. There were no pairs recorded. 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 $355.58/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 4 of 23 comparable sales and sits −32.91 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$355.58

28 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

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

$54.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.57

vs AL average

−35.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	375.03	2,052	17thin
Medium and Large 2	540	332.02	1,793	5thin
Medium and Large 3	518	320.12	1,658	6thin

One grade step is worth $54.91/cwt here — about $394 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

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 sale28 hd

355.58

—

AL average14 barns · 553 hd

345.01

+10.57

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−35.24

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

−32.91

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	1,515	174.00	2,636	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	168.24	2,254	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,114	153.63	1,711	8thin

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)	—	$2,121	11

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	443.25/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	317.47/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	322.47/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	381.20/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,632	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	402.51/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,904	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	373.93/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,997	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	360.04/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,268	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	377.94/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,007	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	401.26/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	344.24/cwt	342.00–345.00	2,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	338.38/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	326.11/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,345	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	402.46/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,145	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	356.23/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,194	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	164.34/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,747	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	167.32/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,197	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	171.47/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,457	2
Bulls	—	—	1,515	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,636	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	142.65/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,588	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	154.05/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,833	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,033.33/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,033	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,515.00/head	2,450.00–2,580.00	2,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	368.05/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,157	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	423.89/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	392.45/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	320.02/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	394.90/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	369.06/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	337.46/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	320.12/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	345.76/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,836	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	414	378.12/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,565	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	372.51/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	444.87/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	525.04/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	424.80/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,818	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	311	392.65/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,221	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	366.22/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,124	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	414.73/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	390.03/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,412	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	664	282.54/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,876	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 Oct 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 222Last week 211Year ago 195

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 29Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 17Year ago 17

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	215	560.00	560.00
2	250–300	293	520.00–530.00	525.04
1	300–350	330	465.00	465.00
3	350–400	390	440.00–450.00	443.25
5	400–450	422	420.00–430.00	423.89
4	450–500	456	400.00–405.00	401.26
10	500–550	534	370.00–380.00	373.93
4	550–600	580	365.00–370.00	366.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	620.00	620.00
4	600–650	616	355.00–360.00	356.23
4	650–700	659	342.00–345.00	344.24
4	700–750	719	315.00–330.00	326.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	410.00–420.00	414.73
4	350–400	378	390.00–400.00	394.90
5	400–450	414	375.00–390.00	378.12
7	500–550	531	340.00–350.00	345.76
2	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	633	315.00–325.00	320.02
4	650–700	664	280.00–290.00	282.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	510.00	510.00
6	400–450	428	420.00–430.00	424.80
2	450–500	473	400.00–405.00	402.51
1	550–600	595	370.00	370.00
4	600–650	630	355.00–365.00	360.04
1	650–700	675	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	733	315.00–320.00	317.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	533	400.00–405.00	402.46
2	550–600	578	390.00–395.00	392.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	440.00–450.00	444.87
2	300–350	310	430.00	430.00
5	350–400	362	385.00–400.00	390.03
8	400–450	428	380.00–390.00	381.20
2	450–500	463	370.00–375.00	372.51
3	500–550	518	335.00–345.00	338.38
2	550–600	573	315.00–330.00	322.47
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	670	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	400.00	400.00
7	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
12	500–550	531	375.00–380.00	377.94
5	550–600	586	360.00–370.00	368.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	390.00–400.00	392.65
4	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
5	400–450	429	365.00–375.00	369.06
2	450–500	463	330.00–345.00	337.46
6	500–550	518	315.00–325.00	320.12
1	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	730	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	163.00–165.00	164.34
3	—	1,113	140.00–144.00	142.65
2	—	1,190	153.00–155.00	154.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,313	166.00–169.00	167.32
2	—	1,433	170.00–173.00	171.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	174.00	174.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,033.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,450.00–2,580.00	2,515.00

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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Slaughter Cattle

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