Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2020-07-14

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jul 14
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
473 head
187 vs last sale 286 64 vs year ago 537 · 11.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
94 vs last sale 158 35 vs year ago 29 · +120.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
189 vs last sale 236 24 vs year ago 23 · +104.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower, bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.42/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$120.42
115 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.53
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2415122.9851049
Medium and Large 1507119.3060556
Medium and Large 3415114.1747410thin
One grade step is worth $8.82/cwt here — about $36 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 sale115 hd
120.42
AL average10 barns · 1,070 hd
117.90
+2.53
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
BullsLow1,57181.461,2798thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53062.649598thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15758.9468231
CowsLean 85-90%Average97949.534858thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 2672105.33/cwt105.00–106.007083
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27662.75/cwt62.00–64.008018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11854.00/cwt54.00–54.006042
Bulls1,46876.82/cwt74.00–78.001,1283
Bulls1,47881.73/cwt80.00–84.001,2083
Bulls1,86388.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6392
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2540.00/cwt460.00–615.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2708.33/cwt650.00–775.0012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.002
SteersMedium and Large 3285145.00/cwt140.00–150.004133
SteersMedium and Large 3443125.99/cwt124.00–128.005582
SteersMedium and Large 3395131.50/cwt130.00–133.005192
SteersMedium and Large 3590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
SteersMedium and Large 3545118.00/cwt118.00–118.006431
SteersMedium and Large 2428135.16/cwt132.50–137.505788
SteersMedium and Large 2381142.79/cwt141.00–145.005445
SteersMedium and Large 2338149.53/cwt147.50–155.005055
SteersMedium and Large 2575120.97/cwt120.00–122.006964
SteersMedium and Large 2485130.23/cwt130.00–131.006324
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3740.00/cwt690.00–775.0011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3550.00/cwt525.00–575.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2866.67/cwt800.00–925.006
BullsMedium and Large 3570104.99/cwt104.00–106.005982
BullsMedium and Large 3375130.47/cwt130.00–131.004892
BullsMedium and Large 3270140.94/cwt140.00–142.003812
BullsMedium and Large 2628112.47/cwt108.00–115.007067
BullsMedium and Large 2581117.16/cwt115.00–120.006817
BullsMedium and Large 2523121.85/cwt118.00–125.006376
BullsMedium and Large 2426131.03/cwt130.00–132.005585
BullsMedium and Large 2391139.45/cwt135.00–141.005455
BullsMedium and Large 2470125.98/cwt124.00–128.005924
BullsMedium and Large 2329144.73/cwt142.00–147.004764
BullsMedium and Large 276891.33/cwt90.00–94.007013
BullsMedium and Large 2282151.75/cwt150.00–155.004283
BullsMedium and Large 274598.00/cwt98.00–98.007302
BullsMedium and Large 1285161.75/cwt160.00–165.0046110
BullsMedium and Large 1419139.48/cwt137.50–142.505845
BullsMedium and Large 1384145.36/cwt144.00–148.005585
BullsMedium and Large 1329153.09/cwt150.00–157.505044
BullsMedium and Large 1723108.99/cwt108.00–110.007882
BullsMedium and Large 1655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007472
BullsMedium and Large 1560123.49/cwt122.00–125.006922
SteersMedium and Large 2518125.30/cwt124.00–128.006493
SteersMedium and Large 2685116.52/cwt115.00–118.007982
SteersMedium and Large 1506133.60/cwt128.00–135.0067616
SteersMedium and Large 1423142.61/cwt140.00–145.006039
SteersMedium and Large 1373150.02/cwt149.00–152.005606
SteersMedium and Large 1661120.40/cwt119.00–121.007965
SteersMedium and Large 1475134.83/cwt134.00–136.006405
SteersMedium and Large 1324158.25/cwt157.50–160.005134
SteersMedium and Large 1278164.97/cwt162.50–167.504593
SteersMedium and Large 1823109.50/cwt109.00–110.009012
SteersMedium and Large 1718118.00/cwt117.00–119.008472
SteersMedium and Large 1595125.00/cwt125.00–125.007442
SteersMedium and Large 1755114.00/cwt114.00–114.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 3375118.13/cwt115.00–122.004435
HeifersMedium and Large 3465109.00/cwt107.00–110.005073
HeifersMedium and Large 3440112.00/cwt111.00–113.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 2420121.29/cwt118.00–124.005099
HeifersMedium and Large 2377128.40/cwt124.00–130.004849
HeifersMedium and Large 2475114.97/cwt112.00–118.005467
HeifersMedium and Large 2327133.02/cwt132.50–134.004356
HeifersMedium and Large 2528109.74/cwt108.00–111.005794
HeifersMedium and Large 2283136.50/cwt136.00–137.003864
HeifersMedium and Large 2243143.74/cwt140.00–150.003494
HeifersMedium and Large 2632100.02/cwt98.00–102.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 2582105.33/cwt105.00–106.006133
HeifersMedium and Large 1470122.48/cwt119.00–123.0057619
HeifersMedium and Large 1628107.25/cwt107.00–110.0067412
HeifersMedium and Large 1419127.01/cwt125.00–130.0053211
HeifersMedium and Large 1581112.81/cwt110.00–114.006555
HeifersMedium and Large 1525117.01/cwt116.00–118.006144
HeifersMedium and Large 1388136.13/cwt135.00–137.505284
HeifersMedium and Large 175593.00/cwt93.00–93.007021
BullsMedium and Large 3477120.83/cwt118.00–122.505769
BullsMedium and Large 3521112.88/cwt110.00–116.005888
BullsMedium and Large 3438125.51/cwt125.00–126.005506
BullsMedium and Large 361598.69/cwt95.00–100.006074
CowsLean 85-90%97950.32/cwt50.00–52.004937
CowsLean 85-90%98044.00/cwt44.00–44.004311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53862.68/cwt62.00–64.009646
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0121
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50558.00/cwt58.00–58.008731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11557.96/cwt55.00–60.0064621

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.