Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-08-13

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Aug 13
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
423 head
38 vs last sale 461 423 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
18 vs last sale 69 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
62 vs last sale 122 60 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.09/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$130.09
106 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$569
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.09
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433139.4160348
Medium and Large 2464124.0357531
Medium and Large 3416120.4650127
One grade step is worth $18.96/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 sale106 hd
130.09
AL average16 barns · 1,544 hd
119.00
+11.09
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
BullsLow1,59072.621,1556thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35060.598183thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13455.8663316
CowsLean 85-90%Average94345.7943210

Every lot, as filed

89 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 3320127.03/cwt126.00–128.004062
BullsMedium and Large 3528106.75/cwt106.00–107.505642
BullsMedium and Large 362896.53/cwt95.00–98.006062
BullsMedium and Large 367393.49/cwt93.00–94.006292
BullsMedium and Large 3290136.67/cwt135.00–140.003963
BullsMedium and Large 3420113.48/cwt112.50–115.004773
BullsMedium and Large 3475111.63/cwt110.00–112.505303
BullsMedium and Large 3395122.50/cwt120.00–125.004844
BullsMedium and Large 3220147.48/cwt142.50–150.003245
HeifersMedium and Large 1410121.27/cwt120.00–122.504972
HeifersMedium and Large 1607103.83/cwt102.50–106.006303
HeifersMedium and Large 168099.67/cwt98.00–101.006783
HeifersMedium and Large 1538112.86/cwt112.50–114.006074
HeifersMedium and Large 1564108.56/cwt106.00–112.006127
HeifersMedium and Large 2230132.34/cwt130.00–135.003042
HeifersMedium and Large 264399.00/cwt98.00–100.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 2589102.99/cwt101.00–105.006074
HeifersMedium and Large 2325122.96/cwt121.00–127.504005
HeifersMedium and Large 2368119.13/cwt117.50–121.004386
HeifersMedium and Large 2539107.18/cwt105.00–109.005786
HeifersMedium and Large 2424114.15/cwt112.50–118.004848
HeifersMedium and Large 2487110.11/cwt108.00–113.0053613
BullsMedium and Large 370592.00/cwt92.00–92.006491
BullsMedium and Large 2431126.01/cwt122.50–130.005439
BullsMedium and Large 2480119.82/cwt118.00–122.505754
BullsMedium and Large 2585106.64/cwt104.00–110.006243
BullsMedium and Large 2372133.93/cwt130.00–137.504983
BullsMedium and Large 2325144.41/cwt141.00–147.504693
BullsMedium and Large 2292149.19/cwt147.50–150.004363
BullsMedium and Large 2740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007402
BullsMedium and Large 2680101.50/cwt101.00–102.006902
BullsMedium and Large 2510113.01/cwt112.00–114.005762
BullsMedium and Large 1377147.63/cwt142.50–152.5055712
BullsMedium and Large 1288159.81/cwt157.50–163.004608
BullsMedium and Large 1326155.79/cwt152.50–157.505086
BullsMedium and Large 1475127.02/cwt125.00–129.006034
BullsMedium and Large 1439131.97/cwt130.00–135.005794
BullsMedium and Large 1732105.33/cwt105.00–106.007713
BullsMedium and Large 1755102.50/cwt100.00–105.007742
BullsMedium and Large 1620111.01/cwt110.00–112.006882
BullsMedium and Large 1580116.51/cwt115.00–118.006762
BullsMedium and Large 1525120.49/cwt120.00–121.006332
BullsMedium and Large 1240172.55/cwt170.00–175.004142
BullsMedium and Large 1695109.00/cwt109.00–109.007581
CowsLean 85-90%1,00946.81/cwt44.00–48.004726
CowsLean 85-90%86242.00/cwt42.00–42.003623
CowsLean 85-90%79051.00/cwt51.00–51.004031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35060.59/cwt58.00–63.008183
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09553.99/cwt51.00–56.0059112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25061.48/cwt60.00–63.007694
Bulls1,62969.43/cwt68.00–70.001,1314
Bulls1,59080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2721
Bulls1,43578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1191
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2486.25/cwt440.00–560.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3680.00/cwt600.00–700.005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3775.00/cwt775.00–775.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3575.00/cwt575.00–575.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,027.50/cwt1,025.00–1,030.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2805.00/cwt700.00–875.005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy935.00/cwt935.00–935.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3778.75/cwt750.00–800.008
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2866.67/cwt850.00–900.006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.002
SteersMedium and Large 3526107.51/cwt105.00–109.005664
SteersMedium and Large 3485118.66/cwt117.00–120.005763
SteersMedium and Large 3325142.46/cwt140.00–145.004632
HeifersMedium and Large 366090.00/cwt90.00–90.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 3528103.27/cwt102.50–104.005452
HeifersMedium and Large 364095.01/cwt94.00–96.006082
HeifersMedium and Large 3480105.85/cwt105.00–107.505083
HeifersMedium and Large 3418108.86/cwt107.50–110.004554
HeifersMedium and Large 3293122.37/cwt119.00–127.503595
HeifersMedium and Large 3338116.77/cwt115.00–117.503957
HeifersMedium and Large 3383113.37/cwt109.00–115.0043411
SteersMedium and Large 1770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
SteersMedium and Large 1640118.01/cwt117.00–119.007552
SteersMedium and Large 1308163.32/cwt162.50–165.005033
SteersMedium and Large 1358150.64/cwt150.00–152.505394
SteersMedium and Large 1475136.24/cwt135.00–137.506474
SteersMedium and Large 1417131.65/cwt117.50–142.505495
SteersMedium and Large 1527128.18/cwt126.00–129.006765
SteersMedium and Large 1573122.69/cwt118.00–127.007036
SteersMedium and Large 2755105.00/cwt105.00–105.007931
SteersMedium and Large 2578109.49/cwt109.00–110.006332
SteersMedium and Large 2332151.68/cwt150.00–155.005043
SteersMedium and Large 2422134.68/cwt134.00–135.005683
SteersMedium and Large 2540117.49/cwt115.00–120.006343
SteersMedium and Large 2370143.03/cwt140.00–147.005294
SteersMedium and Large 2485130.88/cwt127.50–133.006356

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.