Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light supply. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold steady on a light test. There were no pairs recorded. Trade active with a good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $412.85/cwt on 14 head, down $5.73 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 20 of 23 comparable sales and sits +24.36 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$412.85

▼ 5.73 vs prior sale

14 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,217

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$47.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.51

vs AL average

−17.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	427.99	2,295	5thin
Medium and Large 2	523	416.67	2,181	6thin
Medium and Large 3	565	379.99	2,148	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.99/cwt here — about $147 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 sale14 hd

412.85

—

AL average15 barns · 427 hd

402.34

+10.51

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−17.56

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

+24.36

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	1,620	190.00	3,078	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	170.00	2,108	1thin

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)	—	$2,700	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,500	3thin

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	471	397.10/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	392.51/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,163	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	588.25/cwt	585.00–595.00	1,571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	433.49/cwt	432.00–435.00	2,861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,189	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	549.89/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	443.32/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	451.21/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,816	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	537.46/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	481.42/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	522.55/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,414	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	475.05/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	703.44/cwt	697.00–710.00	1,885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,473	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,108	1
Bulls	—	—	1,620	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,078	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	—	1,500.00/head	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,163	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	238	669.89/cwt	660.00–680.00	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	417.47/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	467.42/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	432.47/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	377.49/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	433.29/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,023	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,632	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 Feb 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 119Year ago 143

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 15Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 20Year ago 31

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	320	510.00	510.00
1	350–400	370	505.00	505.00
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	471	395.00–400.00	397.10
1	500–550	510	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	593	375.00–380.00	377.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	585.00–595.00	588.25
1	350–400	385	525.00	525.00
1	400–450	425	495.00	495.00
3	450–500	467	430.00–440.00	433.29
5	500–550	515	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	608	390.00–395.00	392.51
2	700–750	710	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	775	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	530.00	530.00
2	450–500	480	465.00–470.00	467.42
3	500–550	505	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	583	415.00–420.00	417.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	575.00	575.00
2	450–500	460	540.00–560.00	549.89
4	600–650	624	450.00–455.00	451.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	555.00	555.00
4	400–450	433	535.00–545.00	537.46
6	450–500	462	520.00–535.00	522.55
6	500–550	535	475.00–495.00	481.42
3	550–600	572	440.00–445.00	443.32
1	600–650	635	435.00	435.00
2	650–700	660	432.00–435.00	433.49
2	750–800	755	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	470	465.00	465.00
1	500–550	515	425.00	425.00
1	750–800	770	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	697.00–710.00	703.44
1	350–400	370	570.00	570.00
1	450–500	470	510.00	510.00
2	500–550	510	470.00–480.00	475.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	660.00–680.00	669.89
1	300–350	305	570.00	570.00
1	450–500	470	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	538	430.00–435.00	432.47
1	600–650	645	390.00	390.00
1	700–750	745	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	590.00	590.00
1	350–400	385	525.00	525.00
1	400–450	405	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	455	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	515	420.00	420.00
1	650–700	680	322.00	322.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	170.00	170.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	190.00	190.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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