Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower, bulls sold 6.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.69/cwt on 124 head.

Average price

$120.69

124 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$6.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.23

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	122.35	621	75
Medium and Large 2	440	120.06	528	26
Medium and Large 3	380	115.97	441	23

One grade step is worth $6.39/cwt here — about $180 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 sale124 hd

120.69

—

AL average8 barns · 974 hd

119.46

+1.23

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	—	Low	1,974	83.60	1,650	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	57.88	681	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,493	57.41	857	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	45.41	448	5thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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 2	—	578	116.53/cwt	115.00–118.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	149.02/cwt	148.00–150.00	387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	218	158.68/cwt	157.50–160.00	346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	120.22/cwt	120.00–122.00	689	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	117.14/cwt	116.00–120.00	730	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	126.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	142.26/cwt	140.00–145.00	580	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	287	162.29/cwt	160.00–165.00	466	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	739	110.49/cwt	108.00–113.00	817	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	115.30/cwt	113.00–117.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	146.95/cwt	145.00–150.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	158.03/cwt	156.00–160.00	533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	808	1
Bulls	—	—	2,325	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,814	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	825.83/cwt	800.00–850.00	—	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	875.00/cwt	850.00–900.00	—	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	119.28/cwt	118.00–120.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	112.64/cwt	112.00–114.00	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	580	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	684	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	127.03/cwt	124.00–131.00	545	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	138.61/cwt	137.50–141.00	469	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	110.71/cwt	109.00–112.00	710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	117.82/cwt	115.00–120.00	632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	133.12/cwt	131.00–137.50	503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	114.24/cwt	113.00–115.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	102.66/cwt	100.00–104.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	146.94/cwt	146.00–149.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	98.49/cwt	97.00–100.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	108.01/cwt	107.00–109.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	133.76/cwt	132.50–135.00	512	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	120.33/cwt	120.00–121.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	337	136.33/cwt	135.00–137.00	459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	559	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	726.67/cwt	640.00–775.00	—	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	541.67/cwt	500.00–575.00	—	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	956.25/cwt	800.00–1,050.00	—	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	597	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	142.38/cwt	140.00–146.00	537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	135.28/cwt	133.00–139.00	593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	149.66/cwt	149.00–150.00	501	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	126.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	136.17/cwt	136.00–137.00	737	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	161.44/cwt	157.00–165.00	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	141.51/cwt	141.00–142.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	151.28/cwt	150.00–152.50	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	336	120.00/cwt	117.50–122.50	403	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	109.99/cwt	108.00–112.00	461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	108.40/cwt	105.00–110.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	129.02/cwt	128.00–130.00	348	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	45.69/cwt	44.00–48.00	454	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	412	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	460	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	57.41/cwt	55.00–59.00	857	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	60.39/cwt	58.00–62.00	749	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	54.02/cwt	52.00–56.00	593	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	842	1
Bulls	—	—	1,886	85.00/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	131.88/cwt	128.00–135.00	437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	123.45/cwt	120.00–127.00	470	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	139.75/cwt	137.00–143.00	537	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	129.02/cwt	125.00–130.00	623	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	144.99/cwt	143.00–146.00	490	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	132.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	579	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	120.02/cwt	119.00–121.00	627	3

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 May 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 323Last week 276Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 26Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 33Year ago 19

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower, bulls sold 6.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	115.00–118.00	116.53
2	—	260	148.00–150.00	149.02
2	—	218	157.50–160.00	158.68
1	—	725	105.00	105.00
1	—	620	113.00	113.00
8	—	384	137.00–143.00	139.75
6	—	483	125.00–130.00	129.02
5	—	338	143.00–146.00	144.99
4	—	438	130.00–135.00	132.28
3	—	522	119.00–121.00	120.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	573	120.00–122.00	120.22
9	—	623	116.00–120.00	117.14
8	—	526	125.00–130.00	126.98
6	—	408	140.00–145.00	142.26
5	—	287	160.00–165.00	162.29
4	—	739	108.00–113.00	110.49
3	—	672	113.00–117.00	115.30
3	—	460	135.00–136.00	135.34
3	—	378	145.00–150.00	146.95
3	—	337	156.00–160.00	158.03
1	—	755	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	132.50–135.00	133.76
3	—	473	120.00–121.00	120.33
3	—	337	135.00–137.00	136.33
2	—	440	125.00–129.00	126.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	118.00–120.00	119.28
3	—	580	110.00	110.00
3	—	487	112.00–114.00	112.64
2	—	613	100.00–105.00	102.51
2	—	260	137.00–140.00	138.47
1	—	890	86.00	86.00
6	—	331	128.00–135.00	131.88
5	—	381	120.00–127.00	123.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	580	118.00	118.00
5	—	525	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	429	124.00–131.00	127.03
8	—	338	137.50–141.00	138.61
7	—	641	109.00–112.00	110.71
6	—	536	115.00–120.00	117.82
6	—	481	120.00–125.00	122.62
5	—	378	131.00–137.50	133.12
4	—	578	113.00–115.00	114.24
3	—	733	100.00–104.00	102.66
3	—	282	146.00–149.00	146.94
2	—	855	97.00–100.00	98.49
2	—	663	107.00–109.00	108.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	336	117.50–122.50	120.00
4	—	419	108.00–112.00	109.99
3	—	475	105.00–110.00	108.40
2	—	535	100.00	100.00
2	—	383	114.00–115.00	114.50
2	—	270	128.00–130.00	129.02
1	—	245	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	118.00–120.00	118.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	597	121.00	121.00
5	—	377	140.00–146.00	142.38
3	—	438	133.00–139.00	135.28
3	—	335	149.00–150.00	149.66
2	—	528	125.00–129.00	126.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	541	136.00–137.00	136.17
4	—	603	122.00	122.00
4	—	323	157.00–165.00	161.44
2	—	465	141.00–142.00	141.51
2	—	365	150.00–152.50	151.28
1	—	295	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,325	78.00	78.00
4	—	1,886	84.00–87.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	993	44.00–48.00	45.69
1	—	1,030	40.00	40.00
1	—	920	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	55.00–59.00	57.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,240	58.00–62.00	60.39
6	—	1,098	52.00–56.00	54.02
1	—	1,275	66.00	66.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	800.00–850.00	825.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	850.00–900.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	640.00–775.00	726.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	500.00–575.00	541.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	800.00–1,050.00	956.25

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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