Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold sharply lower. Feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.82/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$122.82

140 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$9.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.63

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	476	125.59	598	58
Medium and Large 2	436	121.93	532	66
Medium and Large 3	368	116.45	429	16thin

One grade step is worth $9.14/cwt here — about $169 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 sale140 hd

122.82

—

AL average12 barns · 1,999 hd

119.18

+3.63

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	1,421	74.29	1,055	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,592	56.71	903	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,137	50.69	576	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	992	38.21	379	12

Every lot, as filed

75 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	—	326	156.39/cwt	155.00–158.00	510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	121.74/cwt	117.00–125.00	532	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	108.23/cwt	105.00–112.00	576	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	220	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	274	134.58/cwt	132.00–138.00	369	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	102.36/cwt	101.00–105.00	624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	144.64/cwt	140.00–148.00	615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	128.49/cwt	128.00–129.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	267	167.13/cwt	165.00–170.00	446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	107.81/cwt	105.00–109.00	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	139.86/cwt	138.00–141.00	727	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	117.48/cwt	116.00–119.00	617	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	128.20/cwt	127.00–129.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	141.43/cwt	139.00–147.00	532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	130.82/cwt	127.00–135.00	564	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	161.33/cwt	160.00–162.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	114.25/cwt	109.00–117.00	657	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	152.78/cwt	150.00–155.00	723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	129.82/cwt	128.00–131.00	736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	158.10/cwt	156.00–160.00	678	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	150.22/cwt	145.00–154.00	691	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	173.34/cwt	170.00–177.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	142.58/cwt	137.00–149.00	472	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	56.71/cwt	56.00–58.00	903	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	57.16/cwt	56.00–60.00	727	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	50.47/cwt	48.00–53.00	564	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,051	45.23/cwt	44.00–46.00	475	11
Bulls	—	—	1,152	68.66/cwt	65.00–70.00	791	5
Bulls	—	—	1,848	81.92/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	161.31/cwt	158.00–165.00	600	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	134.98/cwt	130.00–139.00	691	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	33.44/cwt	31.00–35.00	342	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	437.50/cwt	425.00–450.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	616.67/cwt	575.00–725.00	—	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	382	134.17/cwt	126.00–138.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	111.23/cwt	110.00–115.00	465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	765	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	612	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	341.67/cwt	300.00–375.00	—	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	658.33/cwt	550.00–700.00	—	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	157.64/cwt	152.00–160.00	690	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	89.29/cwt	85.00–92.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	118.27/cwt	115.00–123.00	435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	614	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	40.59/cwt	38.00–45.00	396	8
Bulls	—	—	1,433	75.33/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,079	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	735	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	717	90.01/cwt	88.00–94.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	106.55/cwt	105.00–108.00	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	332	124.02/cwt	122.00–127.00	412	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	120.06/cwt	117.00–123.00	390	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	265	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	331	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	104.52/cwt	104.00–105.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	134.87/cwt	130.00–140.00	436	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	684	87.58/cwt	86.00–90.00	599	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	133.14/cwt	130.00–137.00	576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	118.69/cwt	115.00–122.00	561	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	132.63/cwt	130.00–137.00	487	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	102.02/cwt	101.00–103.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	138.74/cwt	135.00–144.00	642	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	107.88/cwt	98.00–111.00	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	148.18/cwt	145.00–150.00	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	144.33/cwt	143.00–147.00	325	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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 535Last week 305Year ago 522

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 42Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 20Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	326	155.00–158.00	156.39
3	—	610	101.00–105.00	102.36
1	—	665	96.00	96.00
5	—	425	140.00–148.00	144.64
4	—	533	128.00–129.00	128.49
5	—	267	165.00–170.00	167.13
3	—	717	88.00–94.00	90.01
9	—	463	135.00–144.00	138.74
5	—	569	98.00–111.00	107.88
5	—	383	145.00–150.00	148.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	185.00	185.00
5	—	560	127.00–129.00	128.20
5	—	460	145.00–154.00	150.22
4	—	330	170.00–177.00	173.34
11	—	372	158.00–165.00	161.31
10	—	512	130.00–139.00	134.98
11	—	438	152.00–160.00	157.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	126.00–138.00	134.17
1	—	765	80.00	80.00
4	—	578	85.00–92.00	89.29
2	—	525	117.00	117.00
1	—	735	84.00	84.00
2	—	460	125.00	125.00
3	—	323	130.00–140.00	134.87
5	—	684	86.00–90.00	87.58
5	—	433	130.00–137.00	133.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	437	117.00–125.00	121.74
1	—	745	93.00	93.00
7	—	532	105.00–112.00	108.23
2	—	340	133.00	133.00
5	—	274	132.00–138.00	134.58
4	—	573	104.00–105.00	104.52
17	—	473	115.00–122.00	118.69
13	—	367	130.00–137.00	132.63
2	—	633	101.00–103.00	102.02
3	—	225	143.00–147.00	144.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	630	105.00–109.00	107.81
10	—	525	116.00–119.00	117.48
4	—	376	139.00–147.00	141.43
2	—	455	125.00	125.00
13	—	431	127.00–135.00	130.82
2	—	220	160.00	160.00
13	—	575	109.00–117.00	114.25
8	—	331	137.00–149.00	142.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	110.00–115.00	111.23
3	—	368	115.00–123.00	118.27
2	—	480	105.00–108.00	106.55
5	—	325	117.00–123.00	120.06
2	—	265	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	175.00	175.00
7	—	520	138.00–141.00	139.86
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
6	—	395	160.00–162.00	161.33
6	—	473	150.00–155.00	152.78
6	—	567	128.00–131.00	129.82
7	—	429	156.00–160.00	158.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	332	122.00–127.00	124.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	129.00	129.00
3	—	468	140.00	140.00
2	—	570	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	56.00–58.00	56.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,272	56.00–60.00	57.16
22	—	1,118	48.00–53.00	50.47
11	—	1,051	44.00–46.00	45.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,023	31.00–35.00	33.44
8	—	976	38.00–45.00	40.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,152	65.00–70.00	68.66
3	—	1,848	80.00–84.00	81.92
5	—	1,433	73.00–78.00	75.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	475.00	475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	425.00–450.00	437.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	575.00–725.00	616.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	550.00–700.00	658.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	300.00–375.00	341.67

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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