Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. There were no pairs recorded. There was a light test in all classes of feeders and slaughter classes due to amount of rainfall in the area.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $385.00/cwt on 3 head, down $21.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 19 comparable sales and sits −23.12 against this barn's trailing median of $408.12.

Average price

$385.00

▼ 21.73 vs prior sale

3 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$22.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.14

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	570	400.00	2,280	1thin
Medium and Large 3	565	377.50	2,133	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 $347.74, 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 sale3 hd

385.00

—

AL average10 barns · 158 hd

415.14

−30.14

This barn, trailing median19 sales

408.12

−23.12

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	—	Low	1,125	202.00	2,273	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,680	185.00	3,108	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,384	169.67	2,348	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,103	153.75	1,695	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,664	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,950	8

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,125	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,273	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	172.89/cwt	171.00–174.00	2,329	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,495	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,392	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,108	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,661	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	548.74/cwt	545.00–550.00	1,816	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	392.49/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	458.66/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	422.41/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,994	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	533.71/cwt	530.00–545.00	1,969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,321	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,654	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	409.97/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	357.76/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,057	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,933.33/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,933	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,590.91/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,591	11
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,950.00/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,950	8

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 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 153Year ago 161

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 0Year ago 9

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	202.00	202.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,347	171.00–174.00	172.89
1	—	1,495	160.00	160.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	185.00	185.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	142.00	142.00
2	—	1,080	153.00	153.00
1	—	1,080	167.00	167.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	445	425.00	425.00
3	450–500	477	400.00–415.00	409.97
2	500–550	505	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	460.00	460.00
6	450–500	472	420.00–435.00	422.41
1	500–550	510	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	575	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	545.00–550.00	548.74
4	350–400	369	530.00–545.00	533.71
3	400–450	435	420.00	420.00
4	450–500	481	455.00–470.00	458.66
1	550–600	570	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	520.00	520.00
1	350–400	395	495.00	495.00
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	545	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	585	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	735	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	455.00	455.00
2	600–650	643	390.00–395.00	392.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	435.00	435.00
1	600–650	610	435.00	435.00
1	650–700	690	372.00	372.00
1	700–750	715	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	350.00–365.00	357.76

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,933.33
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,590.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,950.00

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

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