Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. There were no pairs recorded. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $208.78/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −179.71 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$208.78

14 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,154

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$4.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.81

vs AL average

−35.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	565	212.00	1,198	4thin
Medium and Large 3	548	207.49	1,137	10thin

One grade step is worth $4.51/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.98, low $313.19, median $388.49 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

208.78

—

AL average16 barns · 618 hd

227.59

−18.81

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−35.63

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

−179.71

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	1,663	167.63	2,788	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	148.68	2,079	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,297	140.65	1,824	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	128.69	1,392	15

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,828	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,450	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$974	5

Every lot, as filed

49 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	450–500	464	275.79/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,280	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	239.51/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	252.39/cwt	247.00–257.00	962	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	221.47/cwt	219.00–224.00	1,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	281.37/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,201	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	205.97/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	214.01/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,023	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,206	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	230.35/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,225	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	264.06/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,146	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	301.36/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,136	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	203.54/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	284.90/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,208	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	148.68/cwt	148.00–150.00	2,079	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	146.31/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,883	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	139.03/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,807	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	123.65/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,254	7
Bulls	—	—	1,638	159.25/cwt	157.00–164.00	2,609	4
Bulls	—	—	1,618	179.55/cwt	178.00–181.00	2,905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	234.55/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	226.49/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,549	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,098	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	244.01/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,198	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	236.25/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,091	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	219.00/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	905	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	283.95/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,036	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	210.34/cwt	209.00–211.00	1,384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	296.60/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,121	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	267.97/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,032	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	263.62/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,379	6
Bulls	—	—	1,758	172.45/cwt	172.00–173.00	3,032	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	133.10/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,519	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	249.93/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,320	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	946	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	201.65/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,143	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	—	1,450.00/head	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	974.00/head	890.00–1,100.00	974	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,827.50/head	1,725.00–1,930.00	1,828	4

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 Aug 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 239Last week 193Year ago 291

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 71Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 30Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	270.00–280.00	275.79
6	500–550	523	262.00–267.00	263.62
2	550–600	578	239.00–240.00	239.51
7	600–650	636	234.00–238.00	234.55
10	650–700	684	226.00–231.00	226.49
4	700–750	735	219.00–224.00	221.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	300.00–307.00	301.36
5	400–450	424	282.00–287.00	284.90
2	450–500	455	265.00	265.00
6	500–550	528	245.00–255.00	249.93
2	550–600	575	237.00	237.00
2	600–650	638	200.00–207.00	203.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	305.00	305.00
7	350–400	365	277.00–287.00	283.95
5	400–450	434	260.00–270.00	264.06
6	450–500	462	235.00–242.00	236.25
6	500–550	532	228.00–235.00	230.35
1	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	730	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	360.00	360.00
7	350–400	378	292.00–300.00	296.60
7	400–450	427	280.00–290.00	281.37
1	450–500	460	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	518	242.00–246.00	244.01
2	600–650	638	218.00–220.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	270.00	270.00
9	350–400	381	247.00–257.00	252.39
10	400–450	430	220.00	220.00
12	450–500	478	210.00–220.00	214.01
7	500–550	540	210.00	210.00
3	550–600	567	200.00–205.00	201.65
4	600–650	640	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	290.00	290.00
9	350–400	385	267.00–270.00	267.97
4	550–600	565	212.00	212.00
3	650–700	658	209.00–211.00	210.34
2	700–750	725	205.00–207.00	205.97
1	750–800	775	194.00	194.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,398	148.00–150.00	148.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,287	145.00–149.00	146.31
21	—	1,300	137.00–140.00	139.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,014	123.00–127.00	123.65
8	—	1,141	130.00–134.00	133.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	157.00–164.00	159.25
2	—	1,618	178.00–181.00	179.55
2	—	1,758	172.00–173.00	172.45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,725.00–1,930.00	1,827.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	890.00–1,100.00	974.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

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Slaughter Cattle

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