Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-10-22

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Oct 22
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
181 vs last sale 535 354 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
12 vs last sale 43 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
11 vs last sale 30 41 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 steady to 5.00 lower, bulls sold steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder classes sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.91/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$116.91
100 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$512
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.14
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1397126.3650239
Medium and Large 2476112.4953637
Medium and Large 3443108.3848024
One grade step is worth $17.97/cwt here — about $22 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 sale100 hd
116.91
AL average16 barns · 2,025 hd
111.77
+5.14
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
BullsAverage1,94068.001,3192thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51546.987126thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21141.5150333
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00637.143745thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 3432122.27/cwt120.00–125.005283
BullsMedium and Large 3560106.24/cwt105.00–107.505952
BullsMedium and Large 3235148.70/cwt147.50–150.003492
BullsMedium and Large 2514119.22/cwt116.00–121.006135
BullsMedium and Large 3315137.46/cwt135.00–140.004334
BullsMedium and Large 3270141.18/cwt140.00–145.003814
BullsMedium and Large 363599.18/cwt97.50–100.006303
BullsMedium and Large 3528111.71/cwt110.00–114.005903
BullsMedium and Large 3472116.36/cwt115.00–118.005493
BullsMedium and Large 2415130.26/cwt129.00–132.005414
BullsMedium and Large 2373140.80/cwt138.00–142.505254
BullsMedium and Large 2585112.68/cwt112.00–113.006593
BullsMedium and Large 2270153.15/cwt152.00–155.004143
BullsMedium and Large 276395.99/cwt95.00–97.007322
BullsMedium and Large 2475125.04/cwt124.00–126.005942
BullsMedium and Large 2705101.00/cwt101.00–101.007121
BullsMedium and Large 1442137.69/cwt135.00–140.006096
BullsMedium and Large 1470131.72/cwt130.00–135.006194
BullsMedium and Large 1380148.50/cwt145.00–154.005644
BullsMedium and Large 1338156.24/cwt155.00–157.505284
BullsMedium and Large 1568115.67/cwt115.00–117.006573
BullsMedium and Large 1528125.35/cwt124.00–127.006623
BullsMedium and Large 1610112.50/cwt112.00–113.006862
BullsMedium and Large 1760103.00/cwt103.00–103.007831
BullsMedium and Large 1710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
SteersMedium and Large 2479130.12/cwt127.50–132.506235
SteersMedium and Large 2640121.50/cwt121.00–122.007784
SteersMedium and Large 2439138.17/cwt135.00–140.006074
SteersMedium and Large 2573123.35/cwt122.00–125.007073
SteersMedium and Large 2310146.66/cwt145.00–148.004553
SteersMedium and Large 2290153.31/cwt150.00–156.004453
SteersMedium and Large 1569128.19/cwt127.00–130.007296
SteersMedium and Large 1476134.48/cwt133.00–136.006404
SteersMedium and Large 1672121.68/cwt120.00–123.008183
SteersMedium and Large 1518130.66/cwt130.00–132.006773
SteersMedium and Large 1427143.32/cwt142.00–145.006123
SteersMedium and Large 1773119.01/cwt118.00–120.009202
SteersMedium and Large 1633124.50/cwt124.00–125.007882
SteersMedium and Large 1910115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0471
CowsLean 85-90%94539.23/cwt38.00–41.003713
CowsLean 85-90%1,09834.00/cwt34.00–34.003732
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52045.97/cwt44.00–48.006995
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49052.00/cwt52.00–52.007751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18939.86/cwt38.00–42.0047423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26045.31/cwt44.00–49.0057110
Bulls1,94068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,3192
HeifersMedium and Large 3471106.85/cwt104.00–108.005036
HeifersMedium and Large 3509102.81/cwt100.00–104.005235
HeifersMedium and Large 3423109.03/cwt108.00–110.004615
HeifersMedium and Large 3388112.25/cwt110.00–114.004364
HeifersMedium and Large 358098.51/cwt98.00–99.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 3220127.44/cwt125.00–130.002802
HeifersMedium and Large 2524107.79/cwt107.50–109.005657
HeifersMedium and Large 2468110.01/cwt109.00–111.005157
HeifersMedium and Large 2586104.99/cwt102.50–107.506156
HeifersMedium and Large 2423115.60/cwt114.00–117.004895
HeifersMedium and Large 2369120.74/cwt118.00–123.004464
HeifersMedium and Large 2317127.70/cwt125.00–130.004053
HeifersMedium and Large 2268132.12/cwt130.00–135.003543
HeifersMedium and Large 291083.50/cwt81.00–86.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 1317135.30/cwt132.00–137.5042914
HeifersMedium and Large 1378127.67/cwt125.00–132.004839
HeifersMedium and Large 1575110.89/cwt109.00–112.506384
HeifersMedium and Large 1481116.23/cwt114.00–119.005594
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2444.38/cwt375.00–500.008
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2581.67/cwt575.00–585.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3562.50/cwt550.00–575.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3600.00/cwt600.00–600.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2712.50/cwt675.00–725.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2587.50/cwt525.00–600.006
SteersMedium and Large 3424125.00/cwt123.00–127.005307
SteersMedium and Large 3484121.04/cwt117.50–122.505865
SteersMedium and Large 3372133.45/cwt130.00–137.504963
SteersMedium and Large 3508113.49/cwt112.00–115.005772
SteersMedium and Large 2533126.84/cwt125.00–128.0067611
HeifersMedium and Large 1525112.01/cwt111.00–113.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 1435120.68/cwt120.00–122.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 1275139.07/cwt138.00–140.003822

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.