Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold 4.00 to 12.00 lower. There were no replacement cows or pairs recorded. Trade active 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 $392.22/cwt on 16 head, down $11.80 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 23 comparable sales and sits +3.72 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$392.22

▼ 11.80 vs prior sale

16 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$352

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

$77.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.72

vs AL average

−26.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	432.52	2,227	2thin
Medium and Large 2	557	399.07	2,224	10thin
Medium and Large 3	529	354.94	1,876	4thin

One grade step is worth $77.58/cwt here — about $352 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 sale16 hd

392.22

—

AL average15 barns · 430 hd

404.94

−12.72

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−26.04

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

+3.72

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	—	High	1,725	196.47	3,390	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,443	171.46	2,474	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,118	145.50	1,626	4thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	450–500	465	472.47/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	417.49/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	375.13/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	386.63/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,177	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	442.57/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	382.53/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	410.09/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,214	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	408.97/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	326.85/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,236	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	355.85/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,573	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,324	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	473.25/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	447.53/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	443.04/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,140	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	285.02/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,061	4
Bulls	—	—	1,920	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	4,013	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,595	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,888	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,511	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	171.46/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,474	2
Bulls	—	—	2,205	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	4,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	438.72/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,255	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	382.98/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	523.31/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	339.98/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	423.84/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,051	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	348.10/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	432.52/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,227	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,516	1
Bulls	—	—	1,388	188.43/cwt	186.00–190.00	2,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	387.58/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	368.25/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	431.90/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,294	2

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 May 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 153Last week 154Year ago 246

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 6Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	570.00	570.00
1	350–400	370	540.00	540.00
3	400–450	408	520.00–530.00	523.31
2	450–500	465	470.00–475.00	472.47
4	500–550	514	435.00–450.00	438.72
2	550–600	573	415.00–420.00	417.49
5	600–650	619	380.00–395.00	382.98
1	650–700	695	362.00	362.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	470.00–480.00	473.25
10	450–500	483	440.00–450.00	443.04
4	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
9	550–600	563	380.00–395.00	386.63
2	600–650	620	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	715	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	680.00	680.00
1	300–350	305	590.00	590.00
1	500–550	515	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	525	455.00	455.00
1	550–600	555	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	635	410.00	410.00
2	650–700	673	370.00–380.00	375.13
5	700–750	723	350.00–365.00	355.85
3	750–800	792	330.00–345.00	339.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	405	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	480.00	480.00
2	550–600	575	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	605	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	480.00	480.00
3	350–400	382	425.00–435.00	431.90
5	400–450	428	405.00–415.00	408.97
6	450–500	480	380.00–395.00	387.58
3	500–550	518	365.00–370.00	368.25
1	550–600	560	315.00	315.00
4	700–750	723	280.00–290.00	285.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	445.00–450.00	447.53
2	400–450	423	440.00–445.00	442.57
4	450–500	484	420.00–435.00	423.84
6	500–550	540	400.00–415.00	410.09
4	550–600	583	380.00–390.00	382.53
5	600–650	620	345.00–360.00	348.10
8	650–700	684	325.00–340.00	326.85
1	750–800	775	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	430.00–435.00	432.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,920	209.00	209.00
1	—	2,205	200.00	200.00
2	—	1,388	186.00–190.00	188.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,210	156.00	156.00
2	—	1,035	146.00	146.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	170.00–173.00	171.46

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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