Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold 150.00 to 200.00 per head higher, with fancy replacement cows that sold up to 1425.00 and fancy replacement pairs that sold up to 2275.00. No trends available for feeder calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.02/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$109.02

15 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$2.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.29

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	111.00	694	1thin
Medium and Large 2	576	109.57	632	7thin
Medium and Large 3	509	108.19	551	7thin

One grade step is worth $2.81/cwt here — about $143 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 sale15 hd

109.02

—

AL average11 barns · 1,321 hd

116.31

−7.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,440	73.49	1,058	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	57.97	873	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,153	54.12	624	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	982	45.61	448	11

Every lot, as filed

43 lots · USDA AMS · Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	137.52/cwt	135.00–140.00	492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	98.49/cwt	98.00–99.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	114.17/cwt	112.50–115.00	565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	122.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,088.10/cwt	1,825.00–2,275.00	—	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,590.38/cwt	1,525.00–1,750.00	—	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,340.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,475.00	—	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	933.33/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	—	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,250.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,275.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	—	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,312.50/cwt	1,300.00–1,375.00	—	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	864.58/cwt	750.00–975.00	—	60
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,142.50/cwt	1,135.00–1,150.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,076.19/cwt	975.00–1,125.00	—	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	627.50/cwt	550.00–675.00	—	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	931.25/cwt	925.00–950.00	—	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	837.67/cwt	740.00–875.00	—	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	762.50/cwt	720.00–800.00	—	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	543.33/cwt	490.00–600.00	—	3
Bulls	—	—	1,490	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,162	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,273	1
Bulls	—	—	1,378	65.97/cwt	64.00–68.00	909	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	50.90/cwt	50.00–52.00	602	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	55.82/cwt	54.00–58.00	635	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	788	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	59.30/cwt	58.00–60.00	901	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	42.12/cwt	40.00–44.00	420	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	48.52/cwt	45.00–50.00	471	6

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

Tue Sep 3, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 352Last week 583Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 36Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 269Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	135.00–140.00	137.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	122.50	122.50
1	—	560	105.00	105.00
2	—	775	98.00–99.00	98.49
3	—	495	112.50–115.00	114.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	114.00	114.00
1	—	620	99.00	99.00
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
2	—	325	120.00–125.00	122.65
2	—	530	104.00–105.00	104.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	126.00	126.00
1	—	590	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	42	—	—	1,825.00–2,275.00	2,088.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	—	—	1,525.00–1,750.00	1,590.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	—	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,340.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	850.00–1,000.00	933.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,312.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	60	—	—	750.00–975.00	864.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,135.00–1,150.00	1,142.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	—	975.00–1,125.00	1,076.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	550.00–675.00	627.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	925.00–950.00	931.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	740.00–875.00	837.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	720.00–800.00	762.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	490.00–600.00	543.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,515	84.00	84.00
2	—	1,378	64.00–68.00	65.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,183	50.00–52.00	50.90
17	—	1,137	54.00–58.00	55.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	54.00	54.00
3	—	1,520	58.00–60.00	59.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	996	40.00–44.00	42.12
6	—	970	45.00–50.00	48.52

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle