Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady on a light test. There were no pairs recorded. 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 $339.99/cwt on 9 head, up $5.08 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 19 comparable sales and sits −68.13 against this barn's trailing median of $408.12.

Average price

$339.99

▲ 5.08 vs prior sale

9 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$51

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

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.17

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	360.00	1,818	2thin
Medium and Large 2	552	341.24	1,882	4thin
Medium and Large 3	575	325.00	1,869	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about −$51 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 $332.27, 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 sale9 hd

339.99

—

AL average14 barns · 368 hd

347.17

−7.17

This barn, trailing median19 sales

408.12

−68.13

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	1,656	165.48	2,740	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,213	148.99	1,807	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,383	145.91	2,018	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	138.00	1,525	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)	—	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,492	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,468	10

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	334.98/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	325.98/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	346.65/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	410.18/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	393.29/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	418.47/cwt	417.00–420.00	2,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,181	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	475.10/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	327.47/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,341	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	313.98/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	276.59/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	431.65/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,761	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,468.00/head	1,450.00–1,540.00	1,468	10
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,132	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	148.99/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,807	2
Bulls	—	—	1,608	162.64/cwt	160.00–164.00	2,615	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	145.91/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,018	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	331.77/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,049	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	370.03/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	367.55/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	398.57/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	283.34/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	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 Sep 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 90Last week 181Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 4Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	640.00	640.00
1	250–300	285	530.00	530.00
4	400–450	425	405.00–415.00	410.18
2	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
3	500–550	537	345.00–350.00	346.65
1	550–600	595	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	605	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	745	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	710.00	710.00
2	350–400	363	470.00–480.00	475.10
3	400–450	408	430.00–435.00	431.65
2	500–550	505	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	645	325.00	325.00
5	650–700	659	310.00–315.00	313.98
1	700–750	715	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	415	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	485	365.00–370.00	367.55
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	389	395.00–410.00	398.57
2	400–450	443	365.00–375.00	370.03
1	450–500	485	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	515	325.00–327.00	325.98
2	550–600	555	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	613	280.00–285.00	283.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	325.00–335.00	331.77
3	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	577	270.00–280.00	276.59
1	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	415.00	415.00
3	450–500	477	390.00–400.00	393.29
1	500–550	535	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	590	355.00	355.00
2	600–650	643	330.00–340.00	334.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	480	417.00–420.00	418.47
1	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	605	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	715	325.00–330.00	327.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	510	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	620	320.00	320.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,650.00	2,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,175.00	2,175.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,450.00–1,540.00	1,468.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	174.00	174.00
3	—	1,608	160.00–164.00	162.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	148.00–150.00	148.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	144.00–148.00	145.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	138.00	138.00

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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Replacement Cattle

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