Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade moderate with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.03/cwt on 18 head, down $10.45 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 15 of 23 comparable sales and sits +11.53 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$400.03

▼ 10.45 vs prior sale

18 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,186

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$79.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.97

vs AL average

−24.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	452.49	2,299	2thin
Medium and Large 2	548	414.37	2,269	8thin
Medium and Large 3	555	372.57	2,068	8thin

One grade step is worth $79.93/cwt here — about $231 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 sale18 hd

400.03

—

AL average14 barns · 421 hd

402.00

−1.97

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−24.04

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

+11.53

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	2,010	187.92	3,777	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	178.00	2,706	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,322	167.77	2,217	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	150.71	1,698	24

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	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,343	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,700	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,675	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,433	12

Every lot, as filed

63 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	550–600	580	357.56/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	437.44/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	462.53/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	485.05/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	426.37/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,025	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	426.26/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,178	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	448.31/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	537.44/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,398	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	385.92/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	447.42/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,201	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	514.92/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	491.62/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	452.49/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	402.48/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	570.05/cwt	560.00–575.00	1,955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	387.56/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,186	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	480.03/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,271	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	614.59/cwt	610.00–625.00	1,739	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	491.14/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,847	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	522.96/cwt	515.00–530.00	1,700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	547.20/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	361.65/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,506	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	155.91/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,699	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,706	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	172.56/cwt	171.00–174.00	2,171	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	147.24/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,673	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	162.91/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,898	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	162.98/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,257	4
Bulls	—	—	2,010	187.92/cwt	185.00–191.00	3,777	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,675.00/head	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,675	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,432.50/head	1,340.00–1,525.00	1,433	12
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,233.33/head	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,233	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	574.85/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	392.16/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,251	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	464.95/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,394	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	466.31/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,707	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	427.43/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	439.43/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,850	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	535.05/cwt	530.00–545.00	1,643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	507.45/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	387.57/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,054	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	466.70/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,147	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 Apr 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 213Last week 225Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 21Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 20Year 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	300–350	342	480.00–495.00	485.05
8	350–400	366	460.00–470.00	466.31
7	400–450	421	435.00–445.00	439.43
8	450–500	475	415.00–430.00	426.37
4	500–550	530	385.00–395.00	387.57
4	550–600	580	355.00–365.00	357.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	307	530.00–545.00	535.05
2	350–400	358	500.00–515.00	507.45
4	400–450	425	460.00–465.00	462.53
12	450–500	492	445.00–460.00	447.42
4	500–550	511	425.00–430.00	426.26
4	550–600	584	400.00–410.00	402.48
5	600–650	613	380.00–390.00	385.92
1	700–750	720	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	460	465.00–470.00	466.70
2	500–550	508	450.00–455.00	452.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	510.00	510.00
1	500–550	515	485.00	485.00
2	600–650	615	430.00–445.00	437.44
1	700–750	705	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	560.00–575.00	570.05
1	350–400	360	560.00	560.00
3	400–450	433	505.00–520.00	514.92
3	450–500	488	490.00–495.00	491.62
1	500–550	525	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	563	445.00–455.00	448.31
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	535.00–540.00	537.44
1	400–450	445	495.00	495.00
2	450–500	465	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	545	440.00	440.00
3	550–600	595	435.00	435.00
2	600–650	620	385.00–390.00	387.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	610.00–625.00	614.59
2	300–350	330	570.00–580.00	574.85
2	350–400	370	540.00–555.00	547.20
4	450–500	473	475.00–485.00	480.03
8	500–550	515	460.00–470.00	464.95
2	550–600	560	420.00–435.00	427.43
1	600–650	610	390.00	390.00
6	650–700	693	360.00–370.00	361.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	515.00–530.00	522.96
5	350–400	376	485.00–500.00	491.14
1	400–450	445	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	495	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	530	435.00	435.00
7	550–600	574	390.00–395.00	392.16
1	600–650	645	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	775	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,090	155.00–157.00	155.91
16	—	1,136	144.00–150.00	147.24
2	—	1,165	161.00–165.00	162.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	178.00	178.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,258	171.00–174.00	172.56
4	—	1,385	160.00–166.00	162.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,010	185.00–191.00	187.92

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,340.00–1,525.00	1,432.50
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,233.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00

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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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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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