Opp Livestock Market Report

Opp, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 20, 2021

620 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $140.00/cwt ≈ $738/hd at 527 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.66/cwt -7.25 vs last sale · ≈ $642/hd at 528 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $139.40/cwt -1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 468 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	620	429
Feeder cattle	376	339
Slaughter cattle	118	71
Replacement cattle	126	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold sharply lower, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–490	486	7	146.00–148.00	$146.86	$714	-0.14
520–529	527	16	140.00	$140.00	$738	—
580	580	3	135.00	$135.00	$783	—
610–645	635	7	124.00–130.00	$126.02	$800	—
655–680	665	5	120.00–123.00	$121.23	$806	—
735–745	742	3	114.00–115.00	$114.33	$848	-0.67
805–815	810	2	100.00–102.00	$100.99	$818	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–485	478	5	149.00–150.00	$149.61	$715	—
510–545	521	5	143.00–148.00	$146.55	$764	-3.45
615	615	1	135.00	$135.00	$830	—
655–675	665	4	124.00–126.00	$125.02	$831	-3.58
710–745	721	4	117.00–123.00	$118.99	$858	-5.46
765	765	2	117.00	$117.00	$895	-1.00
805–845	818	4	114.00–117.00	$115.01	$941	—
880	880	1	112.00	$112.00	$986	-6.00
985	985	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	144.00	$144.00	$439	—
410	410	1	140.00	$140.00	$574	—
515	515	3	120.00	$120.00	$618	—
620	620	3	117.00	$117.00	$725	—
655–685	675	3	100.00–105.00	$103.38	$698	—
765–780	773	2	90.00–92.00	$91.01	$704	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	148.00	$148.00	$429	—
315–335	322	7	140.00–143.00	$141.46	$456	-1.80
360–385	373	4	138.00–140.00	$138.97	$518	-0.71
405–425	413	8	128.00–133.00	$130.24	$538	-8.47
460–475	469	5	126.00–128.00	$126.78	$595	-9.22
515–535	528	12	119.00–124.00	$121.66	$642	-7.25
555–590	578	3	114.00–120.00	$115.92	$670	-7.59
645	645	3	114.00	$114.00	$735	-8.30
860–880	870	2	86.00–91.00	$88.53	$770	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	138.00	$138.00	$400	±0.00
305–340	328	3	135.00–137.00	$135.62	$445	+3.90
365–390	371	4	127.00–130.00	$129.21	$479	-1.77
415	415	3	126.00	$126.00	$523	—
455–495	477	10	120.00–125.00	$122.91	$586	-6.43
525–540	533	4	110.00–118.00	$114.06	$608	-10.94
575	575	4	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$618	—
610–615	613	2	105.00–108.00	$106.49	$653	—
690	690	3	103.00	$103.00	$711	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	326	4	120.00–122.00	$121.52	$396	—
395	395	1	118.00	$118.00	$466	—
425	425	2	110.00	$110.00	$468	—
535	535	2	98.00	$98.00	$524	—
580–590	585	4	92.00–95.00	$93.49	$547	—
615	615	4	87.00–92.00	$89.50	$550	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	3	148.00	$148.00	$400	-13.05
355–395	386	7	140.00–148.00	$145.67	$562	-6.85
430–445	434	4	140.00–145.00	$143.72	$624	-6.78
452–495	468	10	137.00–141.00	$139.40	$652	-1.10
545	545	3	134.00	$134.00	$730	+4.00
570–590	580	6	119.00–125.00	$121.95	$707	—
605–630	613	3	116.00–121.00	$119.29	$731	—
675	675	2	111.00	$111.00	$749	—
785	785	2	101.00	$101.00	$793	—
935	935	1	87.00	$87.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	330	6	138.00–143.00	$141.21	$466	—
370	370	4	137.00	$137.00	$507	-3.00
415–425	420	4	130.00–135.00	$132.47	$556	-5.06
460–475	470	3	120.00–128.00	$122.61	$576	-8.87
505	505	3	120.00	$120.00	$606	±0.00
565–590	578	4	115.00–116.00	$115.51	$668	—
680	680	2	99.00	$99.00	$673	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	165.00	$165.00	$429	—
375–390	380	3	152.00–156.00	$153.37	$583	-8.21
420–445	433	4	149.00–155.00	$151.91	$658	-3.66
520–540	531	6	136.00–140.00	$137.31	$729	-8.35
570	570	3	129.00	$129.00	$735	-2.95
640	640	2	124.00	$124.00	$794	-4.00
675	675	2	122.00	$122.00	$824	—
765	765	1	121.00	$121.00	$926	—
885	885	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,000	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1255	1105	80-85%	16	48.00–50.00	$48.78	$539	—
1070–1570	1297	80-85%	34	52.00–56.00	$53.15	$689	—
1515	1515	80-85%	3	58.00	$58.00	$879	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1020	936	85-90%	8	42.00–44.00	$42.54	$398	—
880–1040	973	85-90%	4	46.00–50.00	$47.33	$461	-7.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	75-80%	1	48.00	$48.00	$557	—
1400–1565	1519	75-80%	6	50.00–56.00	$51.91	$789	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585–1995	1685	5	74.00–79.00	$75.98	$1,280	—
1430–1930	1763	3	80.00–84.00	$82.92	$1,462	+5.22

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	700.00–950.00	$813.64
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	600.00–875.00	$760.34
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	625.00–850.00	$769.44

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	575.00–650.00	$625.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	500.00–550.00	$525.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	78	800.00–1,075.00	$966.67	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,187.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	550.00–700.00	$612.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	750.00–775.00	$762.50	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.