Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-08-27

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Aug 27
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
583 head
286 vs last sale 297 583 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
55 vs last sale 91 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
119 vs last sale 144 25 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 3.00 lower, bulls sold steady. Replacement cows sold steady on few offerings. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.99/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$121.99
148 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.00
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517129.9867236
Medium and Large 2544120.4465579
Medium and Large 3524116.9761333
One grade step is worth $13.01/cwt here — about $60 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 sale148 hd
121.99
AL average15 barns · 1,363 hd
124.99
−3.00
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
BullsAverage1,73073.751,2764thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42556.007981thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17852.1361414
CowsLean 85-90%Average96640.643939thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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 3358133.00/cwt132.50–134.004763
BullsMedium and Large 3625109.00/cwt108.00–110.006813
BullsMedium and Large 3529114.15/cwt112.50–115.006044
BullsMedium and Large 3436125.07/cwt120.00–127.505455
BullsMedium and Large 3679105.65/cwt104.00–107.007176
BullsMedium and Large 3478118.32/cwt115.00–120.005667
HeifersMedium and Large 183592.50/cwt92.50–92.507721
HeifersMedium and Large 1633110.82/cwt109.00–112.507015
HeifersMedium and Large 1589115.08/cwt113.00–117.506787
HeifersMedium and Large 1516116.50/cwt115.00–119.006019
HeifersMedium and Large 2270139.47/cwt139.00–140.003772
HeifersMedium and Large 2665101.51/cwt101.00–102.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 2613106.18/cwt105.00–107.506513
HeifersMedium and Large 272098.99/cwt98.00–100.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 2371123.47/cwt122.50–125.004584
HeifersMedium and Large 2563108.60/cwt107.50–110.006115
HeifersMedium and Large 2434118.69/cwt117.50–120.005157
HeifersMedium and Large 2478115.60/cwt114.00–117.505538
HeifersMedium and Large 2526111.65/cwt110.00–114.005878
HeifersMedium and Large 369096.00/cwt96.00–96.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 374594.00/cwt94.00–94.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 3223136.29/cwt135.00–137.503042
BullsMedium and Large 3585110.74/cwt109.00–112.506482
BullsMedium and Large 3315137.74/cwt137.50–138.004342
BullsMedium and Large 381593.00/cwt93.00–93.007581
BullsMedium and Large 2628113.71/cwt111.00–116.0071414
BullsMedium and Large 2529120.45/cwt117.50–123.0063714
BullsMedium and Large 2464125.69/cwt123.00–129.0058314
BullsMedium and Large 2575117.29/cwt115.00–119.0067413
BullsMedium and Large 2436131.63/cwt129.00–133.005747
BullsMedium and Large 2734102.78/cwt102.00–105.007545
BullsMedium and Large 2665109.99/cwt109.00–111.007314
BullsMedium and Large 2381137.17/cwt135.00–140.005234
BullsMedium and Large 2340144.65/cwt141.00–148.004923
BullsMedium and Large 289094.00/cwt94.00–94.008371
BullsMedium and Large 1620117.81/cwt117.00–119.007305
BullsMedium and Large 1565121.02/cwt120.00–123.006845
BullsMedium and Large 1431136.22/cwt135.00–137.505875
BullsMedium and Large 1332155.52/cwt152.50–158.005165
BullsMedium and Large 1710109.00/cwt108.00–110.007743
BullsMedium and Large 1662113.68/cwt113.00–115.007533
BullsMedium and Large 1523129.67/cwt128.00–131.006783
BullsMedium and Large 1377145.77/cwt142.50–147.505503
BullsMedium and Large 1760107.00/cwt106.00–108.008132
BullsMedium and Large 1270159.02/cwt158.00–160.004292
CowsLean 85-90%96640.64/cwt40.00–44.003939
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42556.00/cwt56.00–56.007981
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18551.77/cwt50.00–55.0061310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29558.07/cwt56.00–60.007522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02548.00/cwt48.00–48.004922
Bulls1,90376.66/cwt74.00–78.001,4593
Bulls1,21065.00/cwt65.00–65.007871
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2528.75/cwt470.00–570.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3612.50/cwt550.00–675.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3750.00/cwt725.00–775.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3490.00/cwt420.00–525.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850.00/cwt750.00–900.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2711.67/cwt700.00–720.003
SteersMedium and Large 3426127.06/cwt127.00–127.505418
SteersMedium and Large 3486124.41/cwt122.50–125.006054
SteersMedium and Large 3575115.66/cwt115.00–117.006653
SteersMedium and Large 3368130.89/cwt130.00–132.504823
SteersMedium and Large 3315138.32/cwt137.00–140.004363
SteersMedium and Large 386097.50/cwt97.50–97.508391
SteersMedium and Large 3725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007611
SteersMedium and Large 2471128.93/cwt127.50–130.0060714
SteersMedium and Large 2623119.34/cwt115.00–121.0074312
SteersMedium and Large 2558122.91/cwt122.00–123.0068612
SteersMedium and Large 2425135.46/cwt131.00–137.505765
SteersMedium and Large 2362138.32/cwt137.50–140.005013
SteersMedium and Large 2327147.81/cwt146.00–150.004833
SteersMedium and Large 2760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
SteersMedium and Large 1529133.15/cwt132.00–134.0070415
SteersMedium and Large 1489135.18/cwt134.00–137.0066111
SteersMedium and Large 1421138.74/cwt138.00–142.005848
SteersMedium and Large 1734118.42/cwt118.00–121.008697
SteersMedium and Large 1656122.81/cwt120.00–125.008066
SteersMedium and Large 1624126.00/cwt125.00–127.007865
SteersMedium and Large 1853114.00/cwt114.00–114.009723
SteersMedium and Large 1365155.33/cwt155.00–156.005673
SteersMedium and Large 1570128.97/cwt128.00–130.007352
SteersMedium and Large 1210192.50/cwt192.50–192.504041
HeifersMedium and Large 3371118.19/cwt115.00–120.0043811
HeifersMedium and Large 3429113.04/cwt111.00–115.004856
HeifersMedium and Large 3584103.73/cwt100.00–105.006064
HeifersMedium and Large 3488109.99/cwt107.50–112.505374
HeifersMedium and Large 3318121.42/cwt120.00–123.003864
HeifersMedium and Large 362299.35/cwt98.00–100.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 3530106.77/cwt106.00–107.505662
HeifersMedium and Large 3290127.54/cwt125.00–130.003702

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.