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Opp Stockyards

Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Aug 12

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985

← Jul 29Aug 12Aug 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

204 head

▲ 84 vs last sale 120▲ 11 vs year ago 193 · +5.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 18▼ 47 vs year ago 71 · −66.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. There were no replacement cows or pairs recorded. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $331.26/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 2 of 22 comparable sales and sits −73.81 against this barn's trailing median of $405.07.

Average price

$331.26

21 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$58.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.75

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	357.44	1,852	2thin
Medium and Large 2	548	336.41	1,844	15thin
Medium and Large 3	569	298.86	1,701	4thin

One grade step is worth $58.58/cwt here — about $151 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 sale21 hd

331.26

—

AL average14 barns · 485 hd

337.01

−5.75

This barn, trailing median22 sales

405.07

−73.81

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

22 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $452.70, low $325.83, median $405.07 across 22 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	—	Average	1,456	183.47	2,671	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,510	165.00	2,492	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	158.97	2,075	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,161	141.75	1,646	6thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,460	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	457.60/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,647	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,849	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,740	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,134	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	337.93/cwt	335.00–338.50	2,102	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,200	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	319.50/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,358	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,321	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,272	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	443.23/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,463	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	422.52/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,407	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,323	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	402.45/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,521	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	388.29/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,476	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	367.33/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,598	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	311.03/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,425	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,764	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,709	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	357.48/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,895	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	299.98/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,719	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	316.61/cwt	316.00–317.00	1,836	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	308.70/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,905	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	619	281.04/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,740	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	428.35/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,384	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	488.13/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,635	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	483.27/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,749	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	468.35/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,794	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,886	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	432.53/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,773	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	406.77/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,741	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	373.36/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,706	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	363.06/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,703	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	339.13/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,594	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	357.44/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,852	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	346.43/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,836	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	324.95/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,849	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	569	298.86/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,701	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	327.44/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,030	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	307.56/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,938	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	302.49/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,051	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	678	279.47/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,895	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,268	171.94/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,180	2
Bulls	—	—	1,420	186.46/cwt	184.00–189.00	2,648	2
Bulls	—	—	1,680	192.02/cwt	190.00–194.00	3,226	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	134.94/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,518	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,197	148.56/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,778	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	158.97/cwt	156.00–160.00	2,075	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,492	1

This sale against other markets

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 Aug 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 204Last week 120Year ago 193

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 18Year ago 71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
2	350–400	360	450.00–465.00	457.60
1	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
11	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	515	370.00	370.00
6	600–650	622	335.00–338.50	337.93
4	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	705	312.00	312.00
1	750–800	795	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	475.00	475.00
5	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	615	347.00	347.00
2	700–750	738	319.00–320.00	319.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	490	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	420.00–425.00	422.52
3	350–400	380	385.00–390.00	388.29
8	400–450	435	360.00–375.00	367.33
3	500–550	510	335.00	335.00
5	550–600	580	316.00–317.00	316.61
6	600–650	617	307.00–312.00	308.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	530.00	530.00
3	300–350	330	440.00–450.00	443.23
2	350–400	378	400.00–405.00	402.45
1	400–450	405	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	490	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	530	355.00–360.00	357.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	458	305.00–315.00	311.03
6	550–600	573	295.00–305.00	299.98
5	600–650	619	277.00–287.00	281.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	485.00–495.00	488.13
6	350–400	383	465.00–470.00	468.35
2	400–450	410	430.00–435.00	432.53
8	450–500	469	360.00–365.00	363.06
8	500–550	530	340.00–350.00	346.43
7	550–600	569	320.00–337.00	324.95
2	600–650	630	305.00–310.00	307.56
2	650–700	678	300.00–305.00	302.49
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	480.00–490.00	483.27
1	400–450	410	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	457	370.00–380.00	373.36
2	500–550	518	355.00–360.00	357.44
2	600–650	620	320.00–335.00	327.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	425.00–430.00	428.35
3	400–450	428	400.00–410.00	406.77
5	450–500	470	335.00–345.00	339.13
4	550–600	569	290.00–302.00	298.86
4	650–700	678	277.00–287.00	279.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	184.00–189.00	186.46
2	—	1,268	170.00–174.00	171.94
2	—	1,680	190.00–194.00	192.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,197	146.00–150.00	148.56
3	—	1,125	130.00–137.00	134.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	156.00–160.00	158.97

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.