Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady on a light test. There were no slaughter bulls recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady with instances 5.00 higher. There were no replacement cows or pairs. 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 $381.76/cwt on 20 head, up $20.73 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −6.74 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$381.76

▲ 20.73 vs prior sale

20 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$52.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.00

vs AL average

−29.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	406.98	2,072	5thin
Medium and Large 2	551	386.12	2,126	9thin
Medium and Large 3	534	354.19	1,891	6thin

One grade step is worth $52.79/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale20 hd

381.76

—

AL average13 barns · 350 hd

362.75

+19.00

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−29.11

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

−6.74

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,200	151.00	1,812	2thin

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 3	400–450	444	386.24/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,715	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	356.22/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,244	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	288	488.41/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	362.46/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	381.68/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,122	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	319.98/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	407.69/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	363.38/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	462.47/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	448.09/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,370	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	457.08/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,212	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	387.40/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,098	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	338.41/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	392	453.32/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	498.18/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	317.45/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,302	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	497.55/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,055	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	563.92/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,782	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,856	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	454.92/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,106	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	388.29/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,070	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	418.32/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,037	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	343.28/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,317	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	473.35/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	484.06/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,052	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	414	441.28/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,827	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	402.48/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	454.12/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,862	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	387.46/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	523.23/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	377.01/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,723	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	352.53/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	405.13/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	435.77/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	406.98/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,072	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	424.93/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,239	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	3

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 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 333Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	485.00–490.00	488.41
2	350–400	385	400.00–410.00	405.13
4	400–450	444	385.00–390.00	386.24
5	450–500	457	375.00–380.00	377.01
3	500–550	508	360.00–370.00	363.38
3	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	605	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	485.00	485.00
4	350–400	369	460.00–470.00	462.47
7	400–450	416	430.00–440.00	435.77
11	450–500	477	405.00–415.00	407.69
3	500–550	540	395.00	395.00
6	550–600	556	380.00–390.00	381.68
7	600–650	630	350.00–365.00	356.22
1	650–700	655	345.00	345.00
3	700–750	708	315.00–330.00	319.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	520.00–530.00	523.23
6	400–450	410	450.00–455.00	454.12
5	500–550	509	405.00–415.00	406.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	495.00	495.00
1	400–450	425	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	484	455.00–460.00	457.08
7	500–550	527	420.00–427.00	424.93
2	550–600	560	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	631	385.00–395.00	387.40
4	650–700	686	360.00–370.00	362.46
3	700–750	713	335.00–345.00	338.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	495.00–505.00	498.18
5	500–550	529	440.00–450.00	448.09
3	600–650	630	415.00	415.00
4	700–750	720	350.00–355.00	352.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	450.00–455.00	453.32
1	500–550	545	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	560.00	560.00
3	300–350	343	470.00–475.00	473.35
2	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	414	440.00–445.00	441.28
3	450–500	487	415.00–420.00	418.32
6	500–550	533	380.00–390.00	388.29
2	650–700	680	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	590.00	590.00
1	300–350	330	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	390	500.00	500.00
5	400–450	424	480.00–490.00	484.06
2	450–500	463	450.00–460.00	454.92
4	500–550	539	400.00–410.00	402.48
2	550–600	570	385.00–390.00	387.46
3	650–700	675	340.00–350.00	343.28
2	700–750	725	315.00–320.00	317.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	730.00	730.00
5	300–350	316	560.00–570.00	563.92
2	400–450	413	495.00–500.00	497.55
1	500–550	525	435.00	435.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,195	148.00	148.00

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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