Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2020-04-28

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Apr 28
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
142 vs last sale 308 166 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
39 vs last sale 52 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
270 head
132 vs last sale 138 270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder classes 1.00-4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs firm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$145.00
2 head · 328 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.70
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1355150.005331thin
Medium and Large 2300140.004201thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $113 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 sale2 hd
145.00
AL average11 barns · 696 hd
124.30
+20.70
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
BullsAverage1,59884.931,3586thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,22168.5083614
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12367.3975723
CowsLean 85-90%High98053.8452815

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls1,65388.42/cwt87.00–90.001,4625
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26074.00/cwt74.00–74.009321
BullsMedium and Large 1355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
BullsMedium and Large 2300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Bulls1,32567.50/cwt67.50–67.508941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11767.09/cwt63.00–72.0074922
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2809.12/cwt675.00–975.0017
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,162.50/cwt1,100.00–1,225.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,162.50/cwt1,075.00–1,300.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,083.33/cwt1,000.00–1,200.0012
Bred CowsSmall 1-2613.33/cwt430.00–735.006
Bred CowsSmall 1-2797.22/cwt750.00–875.009
Bred CowsSmall 1-2805.00/cwt750.00–860.004
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,123.21/cwt1,000.00–1,225.0014
HeifersMedium and Large 1300127.50/cwt127.50–127.503831
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,272.50/cwt1,150.00–1,375.0034
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,000.00/cwt850.00–1,225.0027
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2900.00/cwt900.00–900.001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2792.86/cwt575.00–875.007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2787.24/cwt635.00–900.0038
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35558.00/cwt58.00–58.007861
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,21573.56/cwt73.00–75.008945
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20866.65/cwt61.00–71.008058
CowsLean 85-90%99564.00/cwt64.00–64.006371
CowsLean 85-90%97648.62/cwt46.00–50.004756
CowsLean 85-90%98156.49/cwt52.00–60.005548

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.