Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2021-06-08

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jun 8
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
262 head
23 vs last sale 239 120 vs year ago 142 · +84.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
117 vs last sale 180 45 vs year ago 18 · +250.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
117 vs last sale 135 8 vs year ago 10 · +80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.00/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$122.00
96 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.06
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480127.7861455
Medium and Large 2534115.5561728
Medium and Large 3491111.4654713thin
One grade step is worth $16.32/cwt here — about $67 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 sale96 hd
122.00
AL average16 barns · 1,603 hd
125.06
−3.06
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
BullsLow1,59883.421,3337thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16767.2978538
CowsLean 85-90%Low90252.2847212

Every lot, as filed

62 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 2705101.00/cwt101.00–101.007122
SteersMedium and Large 1717119.79/cwt119.00–121.008595
HeifersMedium and Large 1361136.87/cwt135.00–140.004947
HeifersMedium and Large 2545118.00/cwt118.00–118.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 2343134.75/cwt132.00–137.004624
HeifersMedium and Large 1526125.00/cwt121.00–130.0065816
SteersMedium and Large 2573127.51/cwt125.00–130.007314
BullsMedium and Large 2680105.00/cwt105.00–105.007142
BullsMedium and Large 2573119.58/cwt117.00–122.006854
BullsMedium and Large 3514110.83/cwt108.00–115.005705
SteersMedium and Large 2536137.17/cwt134.00–139.007357
BullsMedium and Large 2419135.00/cwt133.00–136.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 2713101.24/cwt99.00–106.007224
SteersMedium and Large 2408145.50/cwt145.00–146.005944
SteersMedium and Large 2495142.00/cwt142.00–142.007033
HeifersMedium and Large 3310120.00/cwt120.00–120.003723
HeifersMedium and Large 3515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 2467119.27/cwt115.00–122.005575
HeifersMedium and Large 3618106.99/cwt103.00–109.006615
SteersMedium and Large 2740111.00/cwt111.00–111.008212
HeifersMedium and Large 2434120.82/cwt115.00–125.005245
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15473.19/cwt72.00–75.0084510
BullsMedium and Large 1330156.35/cwt155.00–157.005163
BullsMedium and Large 2519120.82/cwt117.00–123.0062710
HeifersMedium and Large 3655101.00/cwt101.00–101.006621
BullsMedium and Large 2470126.33/cwt123.00–128.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 276091.00/cwt91.00–91.006922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2775.00/cwt750.00–800.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2743.75/cwt700.00–800.004
HeifersMedium and Large 2559114.50/cwt113.00–115.006404
HeifersMedium and Large 3370117.00/cwt117.00–117.004331
BullsMedium and Large 3475117.11/cwt113.00–121.005565
BullsMedium and Large 3428125.77/cwt125.00–127.005385
Bred CowsSmall 1-2537.50/cwt500.00–575.002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2683.33/cwt600.00–850.006
BullsMedium and Large 1383148.98/cwt147.00–150.005713
BullsMedium and Large 1428142.64/cwt140.00–146.006108
HeifersMedium and Large 1428132.49/cwt132.00–135.0056712
HeifersMedium and Large 3410113.00/cwt113.00–113.004632
SteersMedium and Large 1755115.00/cwt115.00–115.008682
BullsMedium and Large 2305148.00/cwt148.00–148.004512
SteersMedium and Large 2645124.00/cwt124.00–124.008002
SteersMedium and Large 1612130.61/cwt130.00–132.0079913
SteersMedium and Large 1515143.62/cwt140.00–145.0074013
BullsMedium and Large 1455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006281
HeifersMedium and Large 1471128.71/cwt125.00–132.0060610
HeifersMedium and Large 1563119.29/cwt117.00–122.0067210
HeifersMedium and Large 2640111.00/cwt111.00–111.007103
SteersMedium and Large 1365157.00/cwt157.00–157.005732
BullsMedium and Large 1280160.00/cwt160.00–160.004482
SteersMedium and Large 1435153.84/cwt150.00–156.006699
SteersMedium and Large 1469147.91/cwt145.00–150.006945
SteersMedium and Large 1567137.64/cwt135.00–139.007806
BullsMedium and Large 2623115.57/cwt113.00–118.007204
SteersMedium and Large 1858104.50/cwt103.00–106.008972
BullsMedium and Large 1520127.67/cwt127.00–128.006643
CowsLean 85-90%92348.49/cwt46.00–51.004486
CowsLean 85-90%88156.07/cwt53.00–57.004946
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19166.01/cwt63.00–69.0078624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05860.19/cwt59.00–61.006374
Bulls1,46375.65/cwt74.00–78.001,1073
Bulls1,70089.24/cwt87.00–92.001,5174

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.