Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-06-04

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jun 4
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 183▲ 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 22▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 19▲ 14 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 and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady on few offerings. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.39/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$123.39
39 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.25
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2489129.7063415thin
Medium and Large 3522119.4562324
One grade step is worth $10.25/cwt here — about $12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale39 hd
123.39
—
AL average15 barns · 1,426 hd
126.64
−3.25
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,75772.061,2667thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08050.455454thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00242.744285thin

Every lot, as filed

52 lots · USDA AMS · Opp Livestock - Opp, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3—615106.52/cwt105.00–108.006552
BullsMedium and Large 3—480122.45/cwt121.00–124.005882
BullsMedium and Large 3—375135.21/cwt132.50–138.005072
BullsMedium and Large 3—330143.81/cwt142.50–145.004752
BullsMedium and Large 3—293146.26/cwt145.00–147.504292
BullsMedium and Large 3—74595.00/cwt95.00–95.007081
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526116.36/cwt115.00–118.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431127.21/cwt124.00–132.505484
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613107.17/cwt106.00–108.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372131.59/cwt130.00–135.004903
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328137.60/cwt135.00–140.004513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—678100.00/cwt99.00–101.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473119.49/cwt119.00–120.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520124.01/cwt123.00–125.006452
BullsMedium and Large 3—579113.84/cwt110.00–115.006595
BullsMedium and Large 3—523119.32/cwt118.00–120.006243
BullsMedium and Large 3—77892.50/cwt91.00–94.007202
BullsMedium and Large 3—683100.51/cwt100.00–101.006862
BullsMedium and Large 3—200150.00/cwt150.00–150.003001
BullsMedium and Large 2—573120.11/cwt117.50–123.006884
BullsMedium and Large 2—628114.20/cwt112.50–116.007172
BullsMedium and Large 2—520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006502
BullsMedium and Large 2—420136.29/cwt132.50–140.005722
BullsMedium and Large 2—380141.27/cwt140.00–142.505372
BullsMedium and Large 2—345152.00/cwt149.00–155.005242
BullsMedium and Large 2—460127.50/cwt127.50–127.505871
CowsLean 85-90%—99240.59/cwt38.00–42.004033
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01845.97/cwt44.00–48.004682
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07048.00/cwt48.00–48.005142
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09052.89/cwt52.00–54.005772
Bulls——1,79673.47/cwt72.00–74.001,3204
Bulls——1,61566.26/cwt64.00–68.001,0702
Bulls——1,88578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,225675.00/cwt675.00–675.008,2691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—953487.01/cwt475.00–500.004,6412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,270775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,8431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—820750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,1501
SteersMedium and Large 3—543123.50/cwt123.00–124.006712
SteersMedium and Large 3—283143.72/cwt140.00–147.504072
SteersMedium and Large 3—465127.50/cwt127.50–127.505931
SteersMedium and Large 2—369146.00/cwt144.00–147.505394
SteersMedium and Large 2—480139.20/cwt137.50–140.006683
SteersMedium and Large 2—530128.71/cwt127.50–130.006822
SteersMedium and Large 2—340153.81/cwt150.00–157.505232
SteersMedium and Large 2—720107.00/cwt107.00–107.007701
SteersMedium and Large 2—575126.00/cwt126.00–126.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57798.01/cwt95.00–100.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382123.53/cwt122.50–125.004723
HeifersMedium and Large 3—338125.83/cwt125.00–127.504253
HeifersMedium and Large 3—67594.00/cwt94.00–94.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428118.74/cwt117.50–120.005082
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480112.00/cwt112.00–112.005381

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.