Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.43/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$132.43

112 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$28.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.83

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	389	148.05	576	37
Medium and Large 2	479	126.61	606	54
Medium and Large 3	442	119.87	530	21

One grade step is worth $28.17/cwt here — about $46 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 sale112 hd

132.43

—

AL average16 barns · 1,286 hd

127.60

+4.83

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	1,712	83.79	1,434	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,576	68.39	1,078	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	66.43	844	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	818	50.84	416	3thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	128.30/cwt	125.00–131.00	603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	146.01/cwt	145.00–150.00	686	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	125.00/cwt	119.00–144.00	649	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	109.79/cwt	108.00–111.00	584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	120.99/cwt	118.00–122.00	503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	122.08/cwt	120.00–124.00	518	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	135.27/cwt	133.00–139.00	587	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	116.00/cwt	114.00–117.00	609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	155.37/cwt	153.00–159.00	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	131.56/cwt	129.00–135.00	558	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	289	157.98/cwt	155.00–160.00	457	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	116.86/cwt	113.00–120.00	616	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	144.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	472	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	148.01/cwt	147.00–151.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	141.27/cwt	140.00–143.00	437	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	134.17/cwt	132.00–135.00	496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	147.09/cwt	145.00–148.00	415	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	50.84/cwt	50.00–52.00	416	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,234	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	66.50/cwt	63.00–67.00	1,035	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	61.03/cwt	58.00–63.00	795	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	73.07/cwt	72.00–74.00	885	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	67.75/cwt	64.00–71.00	858	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	487	113.66/cwt	111.00–115.00	554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	146.57/cwt	142.00–150.00	619	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	134.95/cwt	133.00–137.00	632	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	762.50/cwt	750.00–775.00	—	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	126.76/cwt	123.00–128.00	468	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	124.57/cwt	123.00–128.00	595	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	114.69/cwt	113.00–117.00	485	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	812.50/cwt	750.00–875.00	—	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	989.47/cwt	800.00–1,175.00	—	38
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	715.00/cwt	715.00–715.00	—	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	121.40/cwt	118.00–124.00	561	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	339	131.49/cwt	120.00–140.00	446	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,212	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	85.68/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	113.06/cwt	110.00–115.00	657	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	383	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	589	115.84/cwt	114.00–118.00	682	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	416	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	113.79/cwt	113.00–115.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	104.67/cwt	104.00–105.00	719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	110.49/cwt	110.00–111.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	148.66/cwt	145.00–152.00	565	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	136.74/cwt	133.00–138.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	1

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 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 371Last week 323Year ago 323

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 75Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 40Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	106.00	106.00
2	—	375	148.00	148.00
2	—	590	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	470	145.00–150.00	146.01
7	—	516	144.00	144.00
3	—	398	150.00	150.00
2	—	625	130.00	130.00
2	—	655	124.00	124.00
4	—	440	147.00–151.00	148.01
2	—	305	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	125.00–131.00	128.30
11	—	519	119.00–144.00	125.00
1	—	615	116.00	116.00
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
17	—	424	129.00–135.00	131.56
11	—	309	140.00–143.00	141.27
5	—	370	132.00–135.00	134.17
3	—	282	145.00–148.00	147.09
2	—	555	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	120.00–124.00	122.08
1	—	605	112.00	112.00
3	—	525	114.00–117.00	116.00
4	—	369	123.00–128.00	126.76
7	—	462	118.00–124.00	121.40
7	—	581	110.00–115.00	113.06
3	—	687	104.00–105.00	104.67
4	—	341	133.00–138.00	136.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	111.00–115.00	113.66
6	—	423	113.00–117.00	114.69
4	—	340	120.00–125.00	122.46
3	—	520	108.00	108.00
1	—	370	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	108.00–111.00	109.79
4	—	416	118.00–122.00	120.99
7	—	339	120.00–140.00	131.49
3	—	615	103.00	103.00
1	—	470	115.00	115.00
1	—	275	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	132.00	132.00
5	—	332	153.00–159.00	155.37
6	—	289	155.00–160.00	157.98
9	—	422	142.00–150.00	146.57
2	—	468	133.00–137.00	134.95
1	—	680	116.00	116.00
12	—	380	145.00–152.00	148.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	434	133.00–139.00	135.27
3	—	385	140.00	140.00
10	—	527	113.00–120.00	116.86
9	—	328	140.00–150.00	144.02
11	—	478	123.00–128.00	124.57
1	—	255	150.00	150.00
6	—	589	114.00–118.00	115.84
5	—	615	113.00–115.00	113.79
2	—	665	110.00–111.00	110.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	818	50.00–52.00	50.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,645	75.00	75.00
7	—	1,556	63.00–67.00	66.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,302	58.00–63.00	61.03
4	—	1,211	72.00–74.00	73.07
29	—	1,266	64.00–71.00	67.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,810	84.00–88.00	85.68

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	750.00–775.00	762.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	—	—	800.00–1,175.00	989.47
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	525.00	525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	750.00–875.00	812.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	715.00	715.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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