Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady on a lightly tested market. Replacement cows sold steady. 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 $410.41/cwt on 12 head, up $21.92 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 23 comparable sales and sits +21.92 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$410.41

▲ 21.92 vs prior sale

12 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$35.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.60

vs AL average

−5.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	427.50	2,330	2thin
Medium and Large 2	536	413.55	2,218	7thin
Medium and Large 3	518	391.69	2,029	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.81/cwt here — about $301 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 sale12 hd

410.41

—

AL average12 barns · 175 hd

393.81

+16.60

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−5.71

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

+21.92

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	1,337	170.70	2,282	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,643	174.84	2,873	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	174.82	2,254	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,109	151.58	1,681	4thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	174.84/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,873	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	172.03/cwt	171.00–174.00	2,137	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,434	2
Bulls	—	—	1,945	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,676	1
Bulls	—	—	1,185	166.13/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,969	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	155.54/cwt	154.00–157.00	1,758	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	147.63/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,079	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	412.51/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	416.97/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	489.85/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,048	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	391.69/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,029	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	429.08/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,042	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	434.94/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	475.05/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	482.51/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	417.04/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,431	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	482.64/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,264	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,914	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 Mar 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 134Year ago 170

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 17Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 22Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,643	173.00–176.00	174.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	171.00–174.00	172.03
2	—	1,360	179.00	179.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	154.00–157.00	155.54
2	—	1,088	146.00–149.00	147.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,945	189.00	189.00
4	—	1,185	163.00–169.00	166.13

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)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,400.00	2,400.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	580.00	580.00
1	350–400	360	550.00	550.00
1	450–500	460	500.00	500.00
2	550–600	565	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	545.00	545.00
1	350–400	355	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	420	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	540	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	675	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	780	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	495.00	495.00
8	450–500	469	480.00–490.00	482.64
1	500–550	525	425.00	425.00
5	550–600	583	415.00–420.00	417.04
1	650–700	680	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	485.00–495.00	489.85
1	500–550	525	435.00	435.00
1	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	635	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	495.00	495.00
2	400–450	440	415.00	415.00
2	450–500	493	410.00–415.00	412.51
3	500–550	518	385.00–395.00	391.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	550.00	550.00
2	300–350	325	500.00	500.00
3	350–400	357	470.00–485.00	475.05
5	450–500	476	425.00–435.00	429.08
5	500–550	513	415.00–425.00	416.97
2	550–600	595	405.00	405.00
1	600–650	605	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	485.00	485.00
3	550–600	592	430.00–445.00	434.94
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	630.00	630.00
1	300–350	330	575.00	575.00
1	350–400	380	540.00	540.00
2	500–550	523	480.00–485.00	482.51

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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