Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2023-12-19

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Dec 19
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
63 vs last sale 217 154 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
12 vs last sale 16 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
111 head
96 vs last sale 15 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $237.49/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$237.49
35 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.49
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444260.171,1555thin
Medium and Large 2505235.641,19015thin
Medium and Large 3468231.781,08515thin
One grade step is worth $28.40/cwt here — about $70 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 sale35 hd
237.49
AL average14 barns · 960 hd
224.00
+13.49
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
BullsLow1,63097.501,5892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27590.401,1538thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98679.837879thin

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)$1,60044
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,56414
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,3252thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,9055
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,80317

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1455260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1831
BullsMedium and Large 1520245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2741
BullsMedium and Large 1415265.29/cwt262.00–267.001,1013
BullsMedium and Large 2476241.59/cwt240.00–250.001,1506
BullsMedium and Large 3482223.29/cwt220.00–230.001,0763
BullsMedium and Large 3743161.32/cwt158.00–168.001,1993
HeifersMedium and Large 2605192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1621
SteersMedium and Large 2558244.01/cwt242.00–245.001,3623
SteersMedium and Large 3665185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2301
SteersMedium and Large 3422237.98/cwt237.00–240.001,0043
SteersMedium and Large 2437260.36/cwt257.00–267.001,1383
HeifersMedium and Large 2467212.73/cwt210.00–217.009935
HeifersMedium and Large 2335243.97/cwt242.00–245.008173
HeifersMedium and Large 3315221.84/cwt217.00–227.006994
HeifersMedium and Large 3435207.47/cwt205.00–210.009022
HeifersMedium and Large 2565196.64/cwt195.00–200.001,1113
HeifersMedium and Large 2433224.54/cwt217.00–227.009724
BullsMedium and Large 2320285.00/cwt285.00–285.009121
BullsMedium and Large 2633203.26/cwt202.00–207.001,2874
HeifersMedium and Large 2368233.70/cwt232.00–237.008603
HeifersMedium and Large 1455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0242
CowsLean 85-90%1,06386.33/cwt86.00–87.009183
CowsLean 85-90%94776.58/cwt74.00–78.007256
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44587.04/cwt84.00–88.001,2584
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10593.76/cwt93.00–96.001,0364
Bulls1,62594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5281
Bulls1,635101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,696.77/head1,650.00–1,750.001,69731
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,905.00/head1,825.00–2,025.001,9055
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,985.71/head1,900.00–2,000.001,9867
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,437.50/head1,325.00–1,550.001,4384
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,833.33/head1,750.00–1,850.001,8336
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,564.29/head1,525.00–1,575.001,56414
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,369.23/head1,300.00–1,450.001,36913
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-22,325.00/head2,225.00–2,425.002,3252
BullsMedium and Large 2383268.53/cwt267.00–270.001,0282
HeifersMedium and Large 2528204.65/cwt202.00–210.001,0813
BullsMedium and Large 2505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
BullsMedium and Large 3321272.85/cwt270.00–275.008765
BullsMedium and Large 2595220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3091
BullsMedium and Large 3436239.65/cwt232.00–242.001,0454
HeifersMedium and Large 1320250.00/cwt250.00–250.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1418234.58/cwt232.00–240.009813

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.