Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2020-06-16

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jun 16
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
118 vs last sale 142 122 vs year ago 382 · 31.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
18 vs last sale 18 19 vs year ago 55 · 34.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
141 head
131 vs last sale 10 105 vs year ago 36 · +291.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower, bulls sold 7.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.80/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$126.80
74 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.07
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1411145.185979thin
Medium and Large 2487128.0962338
Medium and Large 3488118.8658027
One grade step is worth $26.32/cwt here — about $17 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 sale74 hd
126.80
AL average12 barns · 1,057 hd
124.74
+2.07
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
BullsAverage1,77495.771,6994thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33362.988402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10357.3363317
CowsLean 85-90%Low87744.553915thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1290165.00/cwt165.00–165.004791
CowsLean 85-90%89542.61/cwt40.00–44.003813
CowsLean 85-90%85047.47/cwt45.00–50.004032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33362.98/cwt62.00–64.008402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11658.04/cwt55.00–60.0064814
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04554.00/cwt54.00–54.005643
Bulls1,77495.77/cwt95.00–98.001,6994
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2457.22/cwt300.00–550.009
Bred CowsSmall 3575.00/cwt575.00–575.006
Bred CowsSmall 3456.25/cwt425.00–525.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3500.00/cwt500.00–500.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3637.50/cwt625.00–650.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3437.50/cwt400.00–475.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2925.00/cwt925.00–925.001
SteersMedium and Large 3578110.49/cwt110.00–111.006392
SteersMedium and Large 3360136.27/cwt135.00–137.504912
SteersMedium and Large 3695101.00/cwt101.00–101.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 278589.00/cwt89.00–89.006992
HeifersMedium and Large 272592.06/cwt90.00–94.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 285084.00/cwt84.00–84.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 284587.00/cwt87.00–87.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 1473122.99/cwt121.00–125.005825
HeifersMedium and Large 1567112.01/cwt110.00–114.006353
HeifersMedium and Large 1525116.37/cwt115.00–118.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1415129.50/cwt129.00–130.005372
BullsMedium and Large 3467121.64/cwt118.00–125.005687
BullsMedium and Large 3569108.20/cwt105.00–110.006165
BullsMedium and Large 3435127.00/cwt126.00–128.005525
BullsMedium and Large 3395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005143
BullsMedium and Large 3530115.02/cwt114.00–116.006102
BullsMedium and Large 3325135.80/cwt134.00–137.504412
BullsMedium and Large 373594.00/cwt94.00–94.006911
BullsMedium and Large 365596.00/cwt96.00–96.006291
BullsMedium and Large 3605100.00/cwt100.00–100.006051
BullsMedium and Large 2522120.95/cwt118.00–123.006316
BullsMedium and Large 2467130.24/cwt126.00–134.006086
BullsMedium and Large 2339148.17/cwt145.00–150.005025
BullsMedium and Large 2672103.20/cwt100.00–106.006944
BullsMedium and Large 2626110.98/cwt109.00–114.006954
BullsMedium and Large 2426136.48/cwt135.00–140.005814
BullsMedium and Large 2378142.25/cwt140.00–145.005384
SteersMedium and Large 3480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006001
SteersMedium and Large 3445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
SteersMedium and Large 2508129.32/cwt128.00–130.006573
SteersMedium and Large 2478134.63/cwt134.00–136.006443
SteersMedium and Large 2658113.01/cwt111.00–115.007442
SteersMedium and Large 2425139.01/cwt138.00–140.005912
SteersMedium and Large 2355143.75/cwt142.50–145.005102
SteersMedium and Large 2313149.77/cwt147.50–152.004692
SteersMedium and Large 2288161.28/cwt160.00–162.504642
SteersMedium and Large 1470139.01/cwt138.00–140.006532
SteersMedium and Large 1540134.00/cwt134.00–134.007241
HeifersMedium and Large 3320118.03/cwt117.50–119.003783
HeifersMedium and Large 367088.52/cwt87.00–90.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 357598.55/cwt97.00–100.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 3505104.00/cwt104.00–104.005252
HeifersMedium and Large 3475106.52/cwt106.00–107.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 3425109.95/cwt109.00–111.004672
HeifersMedium and Large 371584.00/cwt84.00–84.006011
HeifersMedium and Large 267996.85/cwt94.00–101.006587
HeifersMedium and Large 2420120.05/cwt118.00–124.005046
HeifersMedium and Large 2571107.21/cwt106.00–108.006125
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2706.25/cwt700.00–725.004
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3672.00/cwt550.00–750.0050
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3694.17/cwt625.00–800.0012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2920.59/cwt825.00–1,000.0034
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.002
HeifersMedium and Large 2480112.37/cwt111.00–115.005395
HeifersMedium and Large 2314132.25/cwt130.00–136.004154
HeifersMedium and Large 2382129.07/cwt127.00–130.004933
BullsMedium and Large 2575116.50/cwt115.00–118.006702
BullsMedium and Large 2268157.48/cwt155.00–160.004222
BullsMedium and Large 2765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1358148.49/cwt147.50–149.005323
BullsMedium and Large 1523132.07/cwt130.00–134.006912
BullsMedium and Large 1408146.01/cwt145.00–147.005962
BullsMedium and Large 1475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651

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.