Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-05-28

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, May 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 141▲ 183 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 41▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 27▲ 19 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 and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.85/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$120.85
62 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.20
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482131.396335thin
Medium and Large 2519121.9963338
Medium and Large 3398115.7946119thin
One grade step is worth $15.60/cwt here — about $172 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 sale62 hd
120.85
—
AL average11 barns · 1,178 hd
124.05
−3.20
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20352.836363thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93645.694286thin

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · Opp Livestock - Opp, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3325150.00/cwt147.00–152.004887
Steers—Medium and Large 2373154.84/cwt150.00–160.005783
Steers—Medium and Large 3385145.33/cwt142.00–149.005603
Steers—Medium and Large 2517143.00/cwt143.00–143.007395
Steers—Medium and Large 1585140.49/cwt140.00–141.008222
Steers—Medium and Large 1605138.50/cwt138.00–139.008382
Steers—Medium and Large 1685134.50/cwt133.00–136.009212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318122.24/cwt120.00–127.003893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329138.82/cwt136.00–141.004575
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372119.02/cwt117.00–120.004437
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384133.74/cwt127.00–137.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421112.42/cwt110.00–115.004735
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424130.76/cwt127.00–137.005545
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475109.50/cwt109.00–110.005204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482131.39/cwt130.00–132.006335
Heifers—Medium and Large 2492124.31/cwt118.00–128.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535117.17/cwt113.00–120.006275
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572115.42/cwt111.00–119.006607
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628115.33/cwt114.00–116.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2677111.99/cwt108.00–114.007583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2778101.33/cwt100.00–103.007883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3421133.20/cwt130.00–137.005615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423141.47/cwt140.00–143.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3479129.76/cwt125.00–134.006224
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521120.98/cwt120.00–124.006304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580121.02/cwt120.00–123.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633118.45/cwt114.00–123.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710107.97/cwt104.00–112.007672
Bulls—Medium and Large 278097.49/cwt97.00–98.007602
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90248.67/cwt48.00–50.004393
Cows—Lean 85-90%97042.70/cwt42.00–44.004143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20352.83/cwt52.00–54.006363
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,012.22/cwt900.00–1,075.00—9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—775.00/cwt750.00–800.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—667.50/cwt635.00–700.00—2

This sale against other markets

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.