Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder classes sold 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. 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 $374.98/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 3 of 19 comparable sales and sits −33.14 against this barn's trailing median of $408.12.

Average price

$374.98

6 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$22.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.49

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	390.05	2,009	2thin
Medium and Large 2	538	367.45	1,975	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.60/cwt here — about $34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale6 hd

374.98

—

AL average15 barns · 381 hd

365.49

+9.49

This barn, trailing median19 sales

408.12

−33.14

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	1,950	154.00	3,003	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	121.26	1,259	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,600	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,929	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,535	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,233	15
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,000	12

Every lot, as filed

52 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	700–750	730	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,099	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	342.58/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	432.71/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,843	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	368.27/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	376.27/cwt	315.00–415.00	2,416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	422.67/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,627	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	418.37/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	410.07/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,877	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	383.17/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,851	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,710	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	112.63/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,214	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,489	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	122.11/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,211	3
Bulls	—	—	1,950	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	3,003	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	—	1,928.57/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,929	7
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	—	1,535.00/head	1,500.00–1,640.00	1,535	4
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	—	1,000.00/head	900.00–1,100.00	1,000	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,600	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	—	2,010.00/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	2,010	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	423.26/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	291.11/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	340.02/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,067	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	390.05/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	303.50/cwt	302.00–305.00	2,376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	452.60/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,652	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	468.40/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	332.31/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,350	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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 178Year ago 303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 13Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 9Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	490.00	490.00
3	300–350	338	465.00–475.00	468.40
4	350–400	365	445.00–460.00	452.60
7	400–450	426	430.00–440.00	432.71
3	450–500	467	400.00–415.00	410.07
3	500–550	525	365.00–370.00	368.27
1	550–600	575	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	608	335.00–345.00	340.02
1	700–750	730	380.00	380.00
2	750–800	795	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	450.00	450.00
7	350–400	385	420.00–430.00	422.67
3	400–450	425	415.00–420.00	418.37
12	450–500	483	380.00–390.00	383.17
5	600–650	628	285.00–295.00	291.11
4	650–700	695	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	660.00	660.00
1	300–350	330	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	360	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	515	385.00–395.00	390.05
2	750–800	783	302.00–305.00	303.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	600.00	600.00
1	250–300	280	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	320	410.00	410.00
2	500–550	523	340.00–345.00	342.58
3	550–600	572	330.00–337.00	332.31
5	600–650	642	315.00–415.00	376.27
1	650–700	655	312.00	312.00
1	750–800	770	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	570	307.00	307.00
3	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	640.00	640.00
1	300–350	320	440.00	440.00
3	350–400	368	420.00–425.00	423.26
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
2	500–550	545	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	630	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	110.00–115.00	112.63
1	—	1,095	136.00	136.00
3	—	992	120.00–126.00	122.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	154.00	154.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,928.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,500.00–1,640.00	1,535.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,600.00	2,600.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	900.00–1,100.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,800.00–2,100.00	2,010.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,000.00	3,000.00

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

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

Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

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