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Opp Stockyards

Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Sep 3

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985

← Aug 27Sep 3Sep 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

352 head

▼ 231 vs last sale 583▲ 352 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 36▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

269 head

▲ 244 vs last sale 25▲ 269 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 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold 150.00 to 200.00 per head higher, with fancy replacement cows that sold up to 1425.00 and fancy replacement pairs that sold up to 2275.00. No trends available for feeder calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.02/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$109.02

15 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$2.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.29

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	111.00	694	1thin
Medium and Large 2	576	109.57	632	7thin
Medium and Large 3	509	108.19	551	7thin

One grade step is worth $2.81/cwt here — about $143 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 sale15 hd

109.02

—

AL average11 barns · 1,321 hd

116.31

−7.29

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	—	Average	1,440	73.49	1,058	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	57.97	873	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,153	54.12	624	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	982	45.61	448	11

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	643	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	702	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	122.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	399	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	539	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	507	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	495	114.17/cwt	112.50–115.00	565	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	530	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	554	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	620	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	694	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	98.49/cwt	98.00–99.00	763	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	358	137.52/cwt	135.00–140.00	492	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	545	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	703	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,378	65.97/cwt	64.00–68.00	909	2
Bulls	—	—	1,490	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,162	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,273	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	48.52/cwt	45.00–50.00	471	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	42.12/cwt	40.00–44.00	420	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,137	55.82/cwt	54.00–58.00	635	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	50.90/cwt	50.00–52.00	602	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	788	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	59.30/cwt	58.00–60.00	901	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	2,088.10/cwt	1,825.00–2,275.00	—	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590.38/cwt	1,525.00–1,750.00	—	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,475.00	—	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	933.33/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	—	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,312.50/cwt	1,300.00–1,375.00	—	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,250.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,275.00	—	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142.50/cwt	1,135.00–1,150.00	—	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076.19/cwt	975.00–1,125.00	—	21
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	931.25/cwt	925.00–950.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864.58/cwt	750.00–975.00	—	60
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	837.67/cwt	740.00–875.00	—	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	627.50/cwt	550.00–675.00	—	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	762.50/cwt	720.00–800.00	—	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543.33/cwt	490.00–600.00	—	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

Tue Sep 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 352Last week 583Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 36Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 269Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	135.00–140.00	137.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
1	—	645	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	122.50	122.50
1	—	560	105.00	105.00
2	—	775	98.00–99.00	98.49
3	—	495	112.50–115.00	114.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	114.00	114.00
1	—	620	99.00	99.00
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
2	—	325	120.00–125.00	122.65
2	—	530	104.00–105.00	104.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	126.00	126.00
1	—	590	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	42	—	—	1,825.00–2,275.00	2,088.10

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	—	—	1,525.00–1,750.00	1,590.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	—	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,340.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	850.00–1,000.00	933.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,312.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	60	—	—	750.00–975.00	864.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,135.00–1,150.00	1,142.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	—	975.00–1,125.00	1,076.19

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	550.00–675.00	627.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	925.00–950.00	931.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	740.00–875.00	837.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	720.00–800.00	762.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	490.00–600.00	543.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,515	84.00	84.00
2	—	1,378	64.00–68.00	65.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,183	50.00–52.00	50.90
17	—	1,137	54.00–58.00	55.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	54.00	54.00
3	—	1,520	58.00–60.00	59.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	996	40.00–44.00	42.12
6	—	970	45.00–50.00	48.52

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.