Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2022-06-21

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jun 21
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
80 vs last sale 224 141 vs year ago 285 · 49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
40 vs last sale 41 43 vs year ago 38 · +113.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
44 vs last sale 14 51 vs year ago 7 · +728.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available:

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.67/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$141.67
43 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$208
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$5.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.61
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3365143.4652313thin
Medium and Large 1548143.4078515thin
Medium and Large 2529138.3973215thin
One grade step is worth $5.07/cwt here — about −$208 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 sale43 hd
141.67
AL average12 barns · 1,113 hd
143.28
−1.61
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
BullsLow2,06897.292,0124thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08286.1293230
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,29076.009801thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00674.6675140

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,2173thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$9514thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)$77212
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,33318
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)$85618

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1620137.33/cwt137.00–138.008513
HeifersMedium and Large 1523145.34/cwt145.00–147.007606
HeifersMedium and Large 2555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 1780125.00/cwt125.00–125.009751
BullsMedium and Large 2428161.97/cwt157.00–167.006934
BullsMedium and Large 2469153.72/cwt150.00–155.007218
BullsMedium and Large 3530131.04/cwt127.00–135.006952
BullsMedium and Large 3583117.53/cwt115.00–120.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 2427147.80/cwt147.00–152.006316
BullsMedium and Large 2675128.00/cwt128.00–128.008641
BullsMedium and Large 3469141.49/cwt140.00–146.006644
BullsMedium and Large 2338180.04/cwt175.00–185.006092
BullsMedium and Large 2373169.38/cwt167.00–172.006322
BullsMedium and Large 2705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008811
HeifersMedium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3775.00/head725.00–800.0077512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2951.25/head850.00–985.009514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,216.67/head1,180.00–1,290.001,2173
Bred CowsSmall 3771.67/head760.00–780.0077212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,333.33/head1,300.00–1,450.001,33318
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,016.67/head1,000.00–1,050.001,0176
Bulls2,04295.39/cwt94.00–98.001,9483
BullsMedium and Large 1410174.05/cwt170.00–178.007142
BullsMedium and Large 1328189.23/cwt187.00–190.006214
BullsMedium and Large 1395180.00/cwt180.00–180.007111
BullsMedium and Large 2570144.58/cwt140.00–147.008243
BullsMedium and Large 1255195.00/cwt195.00–195.004972
BullsMedium and Large 2628133.03/cwt132.00–134.008352
SteersMedium and Large 3435160.00/cwt160.00–160.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1310165.00/cwt165.00–165.005121
HeifersMedium and Large 2470139.06/cwt137.00–145.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 3375142.20/cwt137.00–147.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 3413132.45/cwt130.00–135.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 3333149.38/cwt147.00–150.004975
SteersMedium and Large 2470160.00/cwt160.00–160.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 2733123.95/cwt121.00–127.009094
HeifersMedium and Large 1490149.00/cwt149.00–149.007303
SteersMedium and Large 1615152.00/cwt152.00–152.009351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05985.06/cwt82.00–87.0090124
CowsLean 85-90%1,00369.81/cwt68.00–71.0070016
CowsLean 85-90%1,00877.89/cwt74.00–79.0078524
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29076.00/cwt76.00–76.009801
Bulls2,145103.00/cwt103.00–103.002,2091
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17390.35/cwt89.00–93.001,0606

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.