Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold mostly steady on a light supply. There were no pairs recorded. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $216.01/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −172.48 against this barn's trailing median of $388.49.

Average price

$216.01

7 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.62

vs AL average

−43.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	227.00	1,271	1thin
Medium and Large 2	536	214.18	1,148	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.82/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale7 hd

216.01

—

AL average14 barns · 598 hd

232.63

−16.62

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−43.62

This barn, trailing median23 sales

388.49

−172.48

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	1,568	137.67	2,159	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	116.73	1,396	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	105.19	1,094	8thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,417	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,073	11

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	387.45/cwt	385.00–390.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	296.53/cwt	295.00–300.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	231.64/cwt	230.00–235.00	896	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	175.10/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,082	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	242.53/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,072	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	263.68/cwt	262.00–267.00	941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	253.51/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,293	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	712	167.01/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	250.27/cwt	245.00–255.00	821	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	318.78/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,062	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,292	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	288.21/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,075	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	213.51/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	239.16/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,354	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	215.02/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,142	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	232.46/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	212.46/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,026	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	314.90/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	288.51/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	256.64/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,250	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	228.54/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	329.95/cwt	325.00–335.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	232.45/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	223.27/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,277	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	249.95/cwt	249.00–252.00	1,330	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	237	399.03/cwt	397.00–400.00	946	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	203.64/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,362	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,072.73/head	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,073	11
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,416.67/head	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,417	6
Bulls	—	—	1,520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,052	2
Bulls	—	—	1,665	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,381	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	92.53/cwt	90.00–95.00	865	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	119.06/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,447	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	109.41/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,176	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	114.86/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,355	5

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 Oct 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 195Last week 309Year ago 222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 45Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 17Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	385.00–390.00	387.45
2	250–300	280	347.00	347.00
1	300–350	345	327.00	327.00
2	350–400	373	310.00–320.00	314.90
2	400–450	413	287.00–290.00	288.51
3	450–500	487	255.00–260.00	256.64
3	500–550	532	249.00–252.00	249.95
5	550–600	566	235.00–242.00	239.16
1	600–650	605	230.00	230.00
5	650–700	669	202.00–210.00	203.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	315.00–325.00	318.78
3	350–400	373	285.00–295.00	288.21
3	450–500	467	230.00–237.00	232.45
2	500–550	518	227.00–230.00	228.54
3	550–600	572	220.00–225.00	223.27
2	600–650	633	212.00–215.00	213.51
3	650–700	680	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	397.00–400.00	399.03
1	300–350	315	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	295.00–300.00	296.53
1	300–350	315	285.00	285.00
3	350–400	357	262.00–267.00	263.68
14	400–450	442	240.00–249.00	242.53
6	450–500	463	230.00–235.00	232.46
5	500–550	531	212.00–217.00	215.02
1	550–600	560	210.00	210.00
2	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	680	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	245.00–255.00	250.27
6	350–400	387	230.00–235.00	231.64
8	450–500	483	210.00–220.00	212.46
2	600–650	618	170.00–180.00	175.10
5	700–750	712	165.00–170.00	167.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	325.00–335.00	329.95
1	550–600	560	227.00	227.00
1	600–650	620	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	292.00	292.00
1	400–450	410	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	510	252.00–255.00	253.51
1	650–700	680	215.00	215.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,072.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,416.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,665	143.00	143.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	90.00–95.00	92.53
6	—	1,075	108.00–112.00	109.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,215	118.00–120.00	119.06
5	—	1,180	114.00–116.00	114.86

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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