Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2021-01-05

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jan 5
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
294 head
172 vs last sale 466 53 vs year ago 347 · 15.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
2 vs last sale 107 8 vs year ago 97 · +8.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
160 head
31 vs last sale 129 100 vs year ago 60 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to the holidays.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.12/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$138.12
60 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.04
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449144.3764937
Medium and Large 2484129.5862722
Medium and Large 357595.005461thin
One grade step is worth $49.37/cwt here — about $103 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 sale60 hd
138.12
AL average11 barns · 819 hd
122.08
+16.04
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
BullsLow1,62868.501,1159thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06151.9055142
CowsLean 85-90%Low95544.594268thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
SteersMedium and Large 2695116.00/cwt116.00–116.008061
BullsMedium and Large 2372144.29/cwt143.00–145.005373
SteersMedium and Large 1623118.49/cwt118.00–119.007384
BullsMedium and Large 2635109.00/cwt109.00–109.006922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05046.45/cwt42.00–50.0048811
HeifersMedium and Large 3415103.00/cwt103.00–103.004271
HeifersMedium and Large 2365125.00/cwt125.00–125.004562
BullsMedium and Large 2533125.93/cwt123.00–130.006716
BullsMedium and Large 1334160.62/cwt158.00–165.005367
HeifersMedium and Large 2425123.75/cwt122.00–127.005267
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,191.67/cwt1,100.00–1,300.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3607.92/cwt500.00–725.0012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3593.93/cwt525.00–720.0014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2686.67/cwt650.00–725.003
BullsMedium and Large 2326148.31/cwt145.00–150.004834
HeifersMedium and Large 3340105.00/cwt105.00–105.003571
Bred CowsSmall 1-2575.00/cwt575.00–575.001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2740.00/cwt600.00–800.0018
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2873.44/cwt750.00–1,025.0016
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2925.77/cwt850.00–1,025.0026
BullsMedium and Large 2580113.50/cwt113.00–114.006584
HeifersMedium and Large 2290127.71/cwt120.00–135.003703
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,268.75/cwt1,225.00–1,325.0016
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3765.71/cwt625.00–825.0014
Bred CowsSmall 1-2587.50/cwt400.00–675.004
Bred CowsSmall 1-2575.00/cwt575.00–575.005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2867.65/cwt750.00–1,000.0017
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,312.50/cwt1,300.00–1,325.002
HeifersMedium and Large 1465121.70/cwt120.00–125.005663
SteersMedium and Large 1388157.25/cwt155.00–161.0061011
BullsMedium and Large 2478132.32/cwt131.00–133.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1571111.42/cwt109.00–113.006365
BullsMedium and Large 1605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1376135.73/cwt132.00–138.005105
HeifersMedium and Large 1345142.00/cwt142.00–142.004903
HeifersMedium and Large 1525113.90/cwt113.00–115.0059811
BullsMedium and Large 1424147.26/cwt143.00–150.006249
SteersMedium and Large 1768115.48/cwt114.00–118.008874
SteersMedium and Large 1427154.09/cwt151.00–157.0065813
BullsMedium and Large 1520137.54/cwt133.00–142.007154
SteersMedium and Large 1895110.00/cwt110.00–110.009851
BullsMedium and Large 1578125.12/cwt119.00–128.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 1418130.99/cwt128.00–136.005489
BullsMedium and Large 178097.00/cwt97.00–97.007571
BullsMedium and Large 172099.00/cwt99.00–99.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 1625106.00/cwt106.00–106.006633
SteersMedium and Large 1531138.59/cwt138.00–140.007367
Bulls1,48562.95/cwt60.00–64.009353
Bulls1,69971.27/cwt70.00–74.001,2116
CowsLean 85-90%1,01540.29/cwt39.00–42.004093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12059.68/cwt57.00–64.006686
CowsLean 85-90%91947.17/cwt45.00–48.004335
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05252.43/cwt48.00–56.0055225
SteersMedium and Large 1570133.01/cwt132.00–134.007584
BullsMedium and Large 357595.00/cwt95.00–95.005461
BullsMedium and Large 1361157.05/cwt153.00–160.005677
SteersMedium and Large 1481147.82/cwt145.00–150.007117
BullsMedium and Large 1475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006893

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.