Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-07-30

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jul 30
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
457 head
63 vs last sale 394 457 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
26 vs last sale 44 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
60 vs last sale 12 72 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 mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder bulls and steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.98/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$132.98
124 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$125
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.50
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2483136.8366168
Medium and Large 3439132.7758219thin
Medium and Large 1624126.0078637
One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale124 hd
132.98
AL average14 barns · 1,245 hd
133.48
−0.50
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
BullsHigh1,63074.331,2123thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53659.499145thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15654.5763134
CowsLean 85-90%Average99644.2644117

Every lot, as filed

75 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 3440114.49/cwt114.00–115.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 2434120.05/cwt117.50–122.505217
HeifersMedium and Large 2377126.50/cwt125.00–128.004776
HeifersMedium and Large 2463117.20/cwt115.00–118.005435
HeifersMedium and Large 2520110.77/cwt110.00–112.005764
HeifersMedium and Large 2342133.68/cwt132.00–135.004573
HeifersMedium and Large 2268142.02/cwt140.00–144.003813
HeifersMedium and Large 272395.99/cwt95.00–97.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 2678102.50/cwt102.00–103.006952
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added595123.10/cwt123.10–123.1073213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement716107.00/cwt107.00–107.007664
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1619110.94/cwt110.00–111.0068716
HeifersMedium and Large 1484125.74/cwt124.00–127.506099
HeifersMedium and Large 1515120.23/cwt117.00–123.006197
HeifersMedium and Large 1578114.76/cwt113.00–116.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 1665106.66/cwt106.00–107.007093
HeifersMedium and Large 189095.00/cwt95.00–95.008461
BullsMedium and Large 3428124.34/cwt122.50–126.005325
BullsMedium and Large 3383134.79/cwt132.50–137.505165
BullsMedium and Large 3344143.12/cwt142.50–145.004924
BullsMedium and Large 3462119.34/cwt118.00–120.005513
BullsMedium and Large 3228158.68/cwt157.50–160.003622
BullsMedium and Large 2388143.04/cwt137.50–147.5055510
BullsMedium and Large 2439130.44/cwt128.00–132.505737
BullsMedium and Large 2476123.98/cwt122.50–126.005906
BullsMedium and Large 2338152.16/cwt147.50–154.005146
BullsMedium and Large 2528118.75/cwt118.00–120.006274
BullsMedium and Large 2289157.55/cwt155.00–160.004554
BullsMedium and Large 282590.00/cwt90.00–90.007431
BullsMedium and Large 1417141.66/cwt140.00–143.005916
BullsMedium and Large 1364151.97/cwt150.00–155.005536
BullsMedium and Large 1323159.83/cwt157.00–162.505164
BullsMedium and Large 1632117.32/cwt117.00–118.007413
BullsMedium and Large 1572124.32/cwt123.00–125.007113
BullsMedium and Large 1212171.85/cwt170.00–175.003643
BullsMedium and Large 1658114.00/cwt113.00–115.007502
CowsLean 85-90%1,03245.87/cwt44.00–48.0047312
CowsLean 85-90%91040.39/cwt40.00–41.003685
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53659.49/cwt56.00–61.009145
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14354.45/cwt52.00–57.0062220
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20058.55/cwt58.00–60.007038
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14049.65/cwt48.00–50.005666
Bulls1,91582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,5701
Bulls1,74075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3051
Bulls1,23566.00/cwt66.00–66.008151
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2565.00/cwt520.00–610.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3662.50/cwt650.00–700.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3766.67/cwt750.00–800.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3520.00/cwt515.00–525.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2875.00/cwt825.00–925.0010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,007.00/cwt925.00–1,250.005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2758.33/cwt725.00–800.009
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2962.50/cwt850.00–1,075.008
SteersMedium and Large 3435134.97/cwt130.00–137.505876
SteersMedium and Large 3465128.33/cwt125.00–130.005973
SteersMedium and Large 3380140.83/cwt137.50–145.005353
SteersMedium and Large 3328146.70/cwt145.00–150.004813
SteersMedium and Large 3578113.53/cwt112.00–115.006562
SteersMedium and Large 3525119.04/cwt117.00–121.006252
SteersMedium and Large 2487138.15/cwt135.00–140.0067326
SteersMedium and Large 2437139.68/cwt139.00–145.0061019
SteersMedium and Large 2582124.39/cwt122.00–127.507247
SteersMedium and Large 2642118.20/cwt117.50–119.007595
SteersMedium and Large 2508130.20/cwt129.00–132.006615
SteersMedium and Large 2363151.99/cwt150.00–154.005523
SteersMedium and Large 2320163.32/cwt157.50–167.505233
SteersMedium and Large 1624124.88/cwt123.00–126.0077917
SteersMedium and Large 1530136.12/cwt134.00–138.0072110
SteersMedium and Large 1692119.75/cwt119.75–119.758298
SteersMedium and Large 1820109.98/cwt108.00–112.009022
HeifersMedium and Large 3381122.82/cwt122.00–124.004685
HeifersMedium and Large 3342126.01/cwt125.00–127.504315
HeifersMedium and Large 3518104.66/cwt104.00–106.005423
HeifersMedium and Large 3227136.76/cwt135.00–140.003103

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.