Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-06-18

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jun 18
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
382 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 336▲ 382 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 27▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 211▲ 36 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 1.00 to 6.00 higher; some boning utility cows sold from 66.50 to 73.50. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.55/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$132.55
130 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.63
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1341162.1255316thin
Medium and Large 2463133.0461644
Medium and Large 3457125.4857370
One grade step is worth $36.64/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale130 hd
132.55
—
AL average13 barns · 1,456 hd
128.92
+3.63
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—Average1,45973.001,0654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14259.2467620
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42956.778114thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04745.9048011

Every lot, as filed

78 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335126.72/cwt125.00–127.504253
HeifersMedium and Large 3—580101.03/cwt100.00–102.005862
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460113.52/cwt112.00–115.005222
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278132.57/cwt130.00–135.003692
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479120.01/cwt116.00–122.505759
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329133.92/cwt132.50–136.004416
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66899.00/cwt99.00–99.006615
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623103.20/cwt101.00–104.006435
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438124.62/cwt121.00–127.005465
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385129.50/cwt127.50–132.504995
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524115.74/cwt112.00–118.006064
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575107.62/cwt105.00–110.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 2—71098.00/cwt98.00–98.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488124.21/cwt123.00–125.006065
HeifersMedium and Large 1—609114.75/cwt114.00–115.006994
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683109.49/cwt109.00–110.007482
BullsMedium and Large 3—422128.16/cwt125.00–132.5054131
BullsMedium and Large 3—513119.87/cwt117.50–121.0061519
BullsMedium and Large 3—469121.02/cwt120.00–122.005685
BullsMedium and Large 3—339146.48/cwt145.00–147.504975
BullsMedium and Large 3—66898.48/cwt97.00–100.006582
BullsMedium and Large 3—640105.76/cwt104.00–107.506772
BullsMedium and Large 3—578111.02/cwt110.00–112.006422
BullsMedium and Large 3—388134.98/cwt132.50–137.505242
BullsMedium and Large 3—280147.74/cwt147.50–148.004142
BullsMedium and Large 2—472126.92/cwt125.00–130.0059911
BullsMedium and Large 2—575119.64/cwt117.50–121.006887
BullsMedium and Large 2—382142.50/cwt140.00–145.005445
BullsMedium and Large 2—619111.49/cwt110.00–114.006904
BullsMedium and Large 2—433136.57/cwt134.00–140.005914
BullsMedium and Large 2—326155.49/cwt150.00–159.005074
BullsMedium and Large 2—532124.64/cwt123.00–126.006633
BullsMedium and Large 2—285161.55/cwt160.00–165.004603
BullsMedium and Large 2—233168.45/cwt167.00–170.003922
BullsMedium and Large 2—83098.00/cwt98.00–98.008131
BullsMedium and Large 1—324165.56/cwt162.50–167.505369
BullsMedium and Large 1—375157.62/cwt155.00–160.005913
BullsMedium and Large 1—420145.51/cwt145.00–146.006112
BullsMedium and Large 1—290170.00/cwt170.00–170.004932
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00348.45/cwt46.00–50.004866
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09942.85/cwt40.00–44.004715
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41358.36/cwt57.00–60.508253
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47552.00/cwt52.00–52.007671
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11859.60/cwt57.00–62.0066615
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27554.65/cwt54.00–56.006973
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12063.42/cwt63.00–64.007102
Bulls——1,26574.00/cwt74.00–74.009362
Bulls——1,81064.00/cwt64.00–64.001,1581
Bulls——1,49580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1961
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——530.00/cwt530.00–530.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——830.00/cwt830.00–830.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——630.00/cwt625.00–635.00—2
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3——742.00/cwt700.00–785.00—10
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——854.38/cwt800.00–950.00—16
SteersMedium and Large 3—667111.27/cwt109.00–114.0074211
SteersMedium and Large 3—509123.40/cwt120.00–125.006285
SteersMedium and Large 3—431136.64/cwt132.50–138.005895
SteersMedium and Large 3—77898.01/cwt96.00–100.007632
SteersMedium and Large 3—560118.49/cwt117.00–120.006642
SteersMedium and Large 2—562128.52/cwt127.50–132.0072215
SteersMedium and Large 2—663116.00/cwt116.00–116.007693
SteersMedium and Large 2—610125.36/cwt124.00–128.007653
SteersMedium and Large 2—522134.39/cwt133.00–137.007023
SteersMedium and Large 2—370151.65/cwt148.00–155.005613
SteersMedium and Large 2—823104.51/cwt102.00–107.008602
SteersMedium and Large 2—790108.00/cwt106.00–110.008532
SteersMedium and Large 2—335158.71/cwt157.50–160.005322
SteersMedium and Large 2—730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008401
SteersMedium and Large 1—604132.77/cwt129.50–133.0080236
SteersMedium and Large 1—485144.75/cwt144.75–144.7570218
SteersMedium and Large 1—538142.99/cwt142.50–143.2576911
SteersMedium and Large 1—563134.50/cwt134.00–135.007572
SteersMedium and Large 1—965100.00/cwt100.00–100.009651
SteersMedium and Large 1—820109.00/cwt109.00–109.008941
HeifersMedium and Large 3—61195.74/cwt95.00–96.005854
HeifersMedium and Large 3—527106.64/cwt105.00–109.005623
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422117.33/cwt117.00–118.004953
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377123.53/cwt122.50–125.004663

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.