Opp Livestock Market Report

Opp, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 14, 2021

687 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $138.11/cwt +2.42 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 514 lb · 16 head

light 3-weight M&L 3 bulls $155.01/cwt ≈ $522/hd at 337 lb · 13 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $134.54/cwt -3.80 vs last sale · ≈ $503/hd at 374 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	687	578	150
Feeder cattle	584	471	101
Slaughter cattle	88	87	28
Replacement cattle	15	20	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	192.00	$192.00	$490	—
375–390	381	5	170.00–174.00	$172.36	$657	—
414–415	414	5	167.00–170.00	$168.20	$696	-2.32
475–480	477	3	160.00–164.00	$162.66	$776	-1.90
505–525	514	9	155.00–158.00	$156.13	$803	-1.17
655–665	660	4	130.00–132.00	$130.99	$865	—
740	740	1	127.00	$127.00	$940	—
755	755	1	126.00	$126.00	$951	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–535	524	6	146.00–150.00	$148.33	$777	-2.85
570–585	578	4	142.00–143.00	$142.49	$824	+4.49
615	615	3	134.00	$134.00	$824	+3.40

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	155.00	$155.00	$643	—
525	525	2	144.00	$144.00	$756	+19.00
590	590	3	135.00	$135.00	$796	+12.39

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	3	155.00	$155.00	$333	±0.00
290	290	2	150.00	$150.00	$435	+2.00
325–340	330	6	140.00–145.00	$141.98	$469	-2.96
365–380	374	13	130.00–137.00	$134.54	$503	-3.80
415–440	425	11	125.00–132.00	$128.27	$545	-1.99
465–495	477	9	125.00–128.00	$127.02	$606	+0.08
505–525	515	10	120.00–130.00	$126.60	$652	+4.15
580–595	588	4	120.00–128.00	$124.05	$729	—
620–640	632	5	122.00–125.00	$123.18	$778	—
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	+9.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	223	2	160.00–163.00	$161.52	$360	-2.77
270–275	274	7	153.00–160.00	$156.70	$429	-1.28
325–340	334	5	150.00–158.00	$152.44	$509	-1.72
365–375	367	5	139.00–140.00	$139.80	$513	-3.10
405–415	410	4	135.00–137.00	$135.99	$558	-0.46
475	475	2	134.00	$134.00	$636	-0.41
508–520	513	6	131.00–133.00	$131.68	$676	—
555–590	564	6	129.00–132.00	$130.50	$736	-1.57

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	135.00	$135.00	$439	+1.61
365	365	4	125.00–128.00	$126.50	$462	-1.54
405–440	427	11	115.00–123.00	$120.27	$514	+0.27
475–495	482	3	115.00–116.00	$115.34	$556	—
505–545	525	4	110.00–113.00	$111.56	$586	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	177.00	$177.00	$398	—
275	275	3	170.00	$170.00	$468	-13.00
320–325	323	11	160.00–168.00	$163.27	$527	-3.92
360–380	366	11	153.00–160.00	$155.77	$570	-2.21
410–430	419	9	148.00–158.00	$152.18	$638	-2.36
455–485	466	11	138.00–145.00	$141.26	$658	-5.03
525–540	529	8	125.00–132.00	$128.37	$679	—
585	585	3	123.00	$123.00	$720	-4.01
610–635	624	7	115.00–120.00	$118.12	$737	-6.89
675–695	686	6	112.00–118.00	$114.48	$785	-9.31
720–735	728	4	113.00–114.00	$113.49	$826	-7.53

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–210	206	4	180.00–187.00	$181.78	$374	-18.22
305	305	2	172.00	$172.00	$525	-16.40
375–380	378	4	165.00–170.00	$167.48	$633	-1.84
415–445	426	8	160.00–166.00	$163.95	$698	-3.00
465–475	469	5	150.00–155.00	$152.62	$716	-8.50
505–520	514	16	134.00–142.00	$138.11	$710	+2.42
555–575	566	10	125.00–133.00	$128.89	$730	—
605–630	620	5	124.00–128.00	$125.56	$778	—
675	675	2	120.00	$120.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	170.00	$170.00	$366	±0.00
275	275	3	164.00	$164.00	$451	-2.00
320–345	337	13	151.00–157.00	$155.01	$522	—
355–375	365	4	147.00–150.00	$148.54	$542	—
410–435	424	6	140.00–145.00	$143.18	$607	+2.20
465–495	472	11	123.00–132.00	$129.23	$610	-8.24
525–545	539	12	110.00–120.00	$117.57	$634	-3.64
615–630	620	3	110.00–113.00	$111.98	$694	-2.02
675	675	3	105.00	$105.00	$709	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1480	1076	80-85%	17	53.00–58.00	$56.06	$603	—
930–1425	1149	80-85%	24	59.00–64.00	$61.90	$711	—
945–1440	1170	80-85%	10	65.00–70.00	$67.18	$786	+0.28

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–980	930	85-90%	4	45.00–50.00	$46.45	$432	—
830–1010	968	85-90%	9	51.00–54.00	$52.54	$509	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1460	1408	75-80%	6	64.00–69.00	$66.66	$939	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575–1610	1598	3	84.00–88.00	$85.31	$1,363	—

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00–775.00	$758.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	650.00–775.00	$708.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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	8	825.00–950.00	$893.75	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.