Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-06-25

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jun 25
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 382▲ 246 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 55▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 36▲ 43 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 4.00 to 6.00 lower, bulls sold 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.41/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$131.41
74 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.97
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488135.3466120
Medium and Large 2457132.9260836
Medium and Large 3451124.0155918thin
One grade step is worth $11.33/cwt here — about $102 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 sale74 hd
131.41
—
AL average13 barns · 1,042 hd
125.43
+5.97
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—Average1,57173.761,1595thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15351.6159515
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38351.007052thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91041.003734thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1—479121.21/cwt120.00–125.005819
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560115.64/cwt115.00–117.506484
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517119.01/cwt118.00–120.006153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665106.51/cwt106.00–107.007082
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613113.52/cwt112.00–115.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423127.74/cwt127.50–128.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315134.00/cwt134.00–134.004222
BullsMedium and Large 3—526114.05/cwt112.00–117.506004
BullsMedium and Large 3—423124.56/cwt122.50–128.005274
BullsMedium and Large 3—575110.86/cwt110.00–112.506373
BullsMedium and Large 3—472121.64/cwt120.00–122.505743
BullsMedium and Large 3—315143.75/cwt142.50–145.004532
BullsMedium and Large 3—273146.40/cwt145.00–148.004002
BullsMedium and Large 2—527121.75/cwt120.00–125.006426
BullsMedium and Large 2—326152.49/cwt150.00–157.504976
BullsMedium and Large 2—423131.72/cwt130.00–135.005575
BullsMedium and Large 2—469128.14/cwt127.50–130.006014
BullsMedium and Large 2—259160.65/cwt160.00–162.504164
BullsMedium and Large 2—593117.33/cwt115.00–119.006963
BullsMedium and Large 2—372148.27/cwt145.00–150.005523
BullsMedium and Large 2—685105.99/cwt105.00–107.007262
BullsMedium and Large 2—635108.98/cwt108.00–110.006922
BullsMedium and Large 2—77599.00/cwt99.00–99.007671
BullsMedium and Large 1—528128.89/cwt127.50–130.006814
BullsMedium and Large 1—617116.15/cwt115.00–117.507173
BullsMedium and Large 1—578120.66/cwt120.00–122.006973
BullsMedium and Large 1—490133.67/cwt132.00–135.006553
BullsMedium and Large 1—432144.32/cwt144.00–145.006233
BullsMedium and Large 1—375157.53/cwt155.00–160.005912
BullsMedium and Large 1—275165.93/cwt165.00–167.004562
CowsLean 85-90%—87038.00/cwt38.00–38.003312
CowsLean 85-90%—95044.00/cwt44.00–44.004182
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40044.00/cwt44.00–44.006161
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36558.00/cwt58.00–58.007921
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17652.16/cwt50.00–55.0061313
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00048.00/cwt48.00–48.004802
Bulls——1,63576.20/cwt74.00–78.001,2464
Bulls——1,31564.00/cwt64.00–64.008421
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——935.00/cwt900.00–970.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——575.00/cwt550.00–600.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——685.00/cwt685.00–685.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——743.33/cwt725.00–775.00—9
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——685.00/cwt650.00–715.00—5
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3——693.75/cwt625.00–750.00—8
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——900.00/cwt900.00–900.00—2
SteersMedium and Large 2—630120.47/cwt117.00–124.007592
SteersMedium and Large 2—520130.03/cwt129.00–131.006762
SteersMedium and Large 1—358165.68/cwt165.00–167.005933
SteersMedium and Large 1—570132.97/cwt132.00–134.007582
HeifersMedium and Large 3—518105.68/cwt105.00–107.005473
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365120.19/cwt118.00–122.504393
HeifersMedium and Large 3—342122.50/cwt120.00–125.004193
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468108.98/cwt108.00–110.005102
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420116.24/cwt115.00–117.504882
HeifersMedium and Large 3—285128.71/cwt127.50–130.003672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—230133.83/cwt132.50–135.003082
HeifersMedium and Large 2—537113.41/cwt110.00–116.0060910
HeifersMedium and Large 2—486117.02/cwt115.00–119.005694
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431123.14/cwt120.00–125.005314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031

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.