Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2021-11-02

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Nov 2
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
368 head
▼ 225 vs last sale 593▲ 83 vs year ago 285 · +29.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 55▼ 5 vs year ago 35 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 33▼ 6 vs year ago 17 · −35.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 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 $120.54/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$120.54
164 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.89
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486127.9362289
Medium and Large 2492120.7059435
Medium and Large 3589103.9761240
One grade step is worth $23.96/cwt here — about $9 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 sale164 hd
120.54
—
AL average14 barns · 1,731 hd
125.43
−4.89
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
Bulls—Low1,67675.751,2704thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14758.6867312
CowsLean 85-90%Low89042.003741thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—595103.00/cwt103.00–103.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470128.45/cwt125.00–132.0060414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574120.59/cwt118.00–124.0069213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428125.52/cwt120.00–128.005378
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473120.70/cwt118.00–122.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515116.68/cwt113.00–120.006016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381131.14/cwt129.00–133.005008
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313141.38/cwt140.00–146.004436
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668116.31/cwt111.00–119.007773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372137.45/cwt135.00–143.0051113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617117.67/cwt115.00–121.007269
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765108.00/cwt108.00–108.008261
SteersMedium and Large 3—625120.71/cwt118.00–123.007544
SteersMedium and Large 3—465139.00/cwt139.00–139.006462
SteersMedium and Large 2—418148.43/cwt146.00–151.006204
SteersMedium and Large 1—615135.00/cwt135.00–135.008302
SteersMedium and Large 1—538147.52/cwt146.00–149.007944
SteersMedium and Large 1—470151.20/cwt149.00–153.007114
SteersMedium and Large 3—524121.80/cwt119.00–131.0063811
SteersMedium and Large 2—365155.00/cwt155.00–155.005661
SteersMedium and Large 3—375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
SteersMedium and Large 3—563121.65/cwt120.00–124.006856
SteersMedium and Large 2—470143.00/cwt143.00–143.006722
SteersMedium and Large 2—290160.00/cwt160.00–160.004641
SteersMedium and Large 1—432157.71/cwt155.00–160.006818
SteersMedium and Large 2—515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007161
SteersMedium and Large 1—570144.82/cwt143.00–148.008257
SteersMedium and Large 2—670117.57/cwt117.00–120.0078811
SteersMedium and Large 2—627132.36/cwt130.00–134.008306
SteersMedium and Large 1—725126.97/cwt125.00–128.009213
SteersMedium and Large 3—430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006021
SteersMedium and Large 1—670128.78/cwt127.00–130.008635
BullsMedium and Large 2—612119.69/cwt115.00–122.007333
BullsMedium and Large 2—275165.00/cwt165.00–165.004541
BullsMedium and Large 1—565134.98/cwt134.00–136.007634
BullsMedium and Large 1—675120.99/cwt120.00–122.008174
BullsMedium and Large 1—388156.63/cwt155.00–160.0060813
BullsMedium and Large 1—790107.00/cwt107.00–107.008452
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08557.35/cwt56.00–59.006227
CowsLean 85-90%—89042.00/cwt42.00–42.003741
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35552.96/cwt52.00–54.007182
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15365.60/cwt64.00–68.007563
Bulls——1,54067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0322
Bulls——2,04090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8361
Bulls——1,58579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2521
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——537.50/cwt475.00–575.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——725.00/cwt675.00–800.00—3
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——600.00/cwt600.00–600.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——550.00/cwt550.00–550.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——675.00/cwt675.00–675.00—1
BullsMedium and Large 1—725118.00/cwt118.00–118.008562
BullsMedium and Large 3—432135.69/cwt135.00–137.005866
BullsMedium and Large 3—565113.00/cwt113.00–113.006382
BullsMedium and Large 3—323149.30/cwt148.00–150.004823
BullsMedium and Large 3—516122.56/cwt118.00–125.006327
BullsMedium and Large 3—455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005923
BullsMedium and Large 2—660114.00/cwt114.00–114.007522
BullsMedium and Large 2—367149.29/cwt148.00–150.005483
BullsMedium and Large 2—469138.42/cwt135.00–143.006497
BullsMedium and Large 2—576120.25/cwt117.00–125.006937
BullsMedium and Large 2—329158.09/cwt155.00–160.005204
BullsMedium and Large 3—668102.01/cwt101.00–103.006814
BullsMedium and Large 2—421143.71/cwt138.00–147.006057
BullsMedium and Large 2—518133.73/cwt130.00–135.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 3—725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007253
BullsMedium and Large 1—523138.51/cwt137.00–140.007242
BullsMedium and Large 1—476149.07/cwt145.00–152.0071011
BullsMedium and Large 1—424152.92/cwt150.00–157.006488
HeifersMedium and Large 3—75598.00/cwt98.00–98.007403
HeifersMedium and Large 3—664100.15/cwt100.00–102.0066513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414132.37/cwt130.00–136.0054815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518126.27/cwt121.00–130.0065414
HeifersMedium and Large 3—521105.94/cwt105.00–108.0055212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463109.73/cwt108.00–113.005086
HeifersMedium and Large 2—785103.00/cwt103.00–103.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572113.83/cwt112.00–115.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430115.00/cwt115.00–115.004952

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.