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Opp Stockyards

Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Oct 27

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985

← Oct 20Oct 27latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

190 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 333▲ 190 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 19▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 16▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold sharply lower on a light test. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.94/cwt on 27 head, up $17.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 20 comparable sales and sits −31.76 against this barn's trailing median of $417.70.

Average price

$385.94

▲ 17.79 vs prior sale

27 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$56.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.20

vs AL average

−49.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	406.10	2,167	10thin
Medium and Large 2	575	377.29	2,168	15thin
Medium and Large 3	585	350.00	2,048	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.10/cwt here — about $119 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale27 hd

385.94

—

AL average12 barns · 206 hd

379.74

+6.20

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

−49.21

This barn, trailing median20 sales

417.70

−31.76

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.22, low $335.46, median $417.70 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,680	150.00	2,520	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,393	137.57	1,916	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	133.53	1,580	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,107	107.06	1,185	22

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)	—	$2,525	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,900	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,463	3thin

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	488	366.42/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,788	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	410.84/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,120	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	386.59/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,061	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,234	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	374.96/cwt	365.00–382.50	2,194	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,983	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	362.52/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,215	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	336.23/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,283	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	485.05/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,251	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,242	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	383	375.17/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,437	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,620	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,701	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	341.66/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,684	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	338.36/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,912	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	710	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,811	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,440	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,296	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,607	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,622	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,764	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,691	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	419.11/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,752	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	372.53/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,602	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	378.67/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,761	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	359.95/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,944	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	346.65/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,966	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	325.03/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,927	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	323.62/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,065	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,680	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,520	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,056	114.45/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,209	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	98.96/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,103	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,172	127.37/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,493	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	133.53/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,580	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,393	137.57/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,916	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,525.00/head	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,525	2
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	—	1,900.00/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,900	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,463.33/head	1,420.00–1,550.00	1,463	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	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 Oct 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 190Last week 333Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 19Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 16Year ago 0

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00

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)	2	—	—	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,525.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,420.00–1,550.00	1,463.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	415.00	415.00
3	350–400	383	365.00–380.00	375.17
1	400–450	425	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	710	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	480.00–490.00	485.05
2	400–450	420	405.00	405.00
3	550–600	565	335.00–340.00	338.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	460.00	460.00
1	300–350	325	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	395	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	493	340.00–345.00	341.66
2	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	610	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	488	355.00–370.00	366.42
2	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	610	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	516	410.00–415.00	410.84
4	550–600	560	399.00	399.00
7	600–650	611	357.00–370.00	362.52
8	650–700	679	335.00–345.00	336.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	533	385.00–390.00	386.59
12	550–600	585	365.00–382.50	374.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	430	370.00–375.00	372.53
1	450–500	455	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	510.00	510.00
1	350–400	360	490.00	490.00
3	550–600	567	340.00–350.00	346.65
4	600–650	638	320.00–335.00	323.62
1	650–700	685	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	600.00	600.00
1	300–350	345	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	380	445.00	445.00
5	400–450	418	415.00–425.00	419.11
4	450–500	465	375.00–380.00	378.67
4	500–550	540	355.00–365.00	359.95
3	550–600	593	315.00–330.00	325.03
1	600–650	630	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	133.00–134.00	133.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,115	98.00–100.00	98.96
3	—	1,172	124.00–129.00	127.37
6	—	1,056	114.00–117.00	114.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,393	136.00–139.00	137.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	150.00	150.00

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.