Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2019-10-01

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Oct 1
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 376▲ 392 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 58▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 30▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-4.00 lower. Feeder classes steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.26/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$123.26
115 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$94
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.25
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2408124.2750719thin
Medium and Large 1488123.0660196
One grade step is worth $1.21/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale115 hd
123.26
—
AL average16 barns · 1,637 hd
114.00
+9.25
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
Bulls—Low1,71966.681,1463thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38548.006651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04147.614965thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94240.183785thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333147.95/cwt147.00–150.0049311
Steers—Medium and Large 2368139.95/cwt137.50–142.505154
Steers—Medium and Large 1373144.98/cwt142.50–147.505418
Steers—Medium and Large 1424137.42/cwt134.00–144.0058311
Steers—Medium and Large 1469128.41/cwt125.00–134.0060210
Steers—Medium and Large 1523123.04/cwt119.00–126.0064313
Steers—Medium and Large 1558119.45/cwt117.50–120.0066713
Steers—Medium and Large 1623119.49/cwt119.00–120.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325126.75/cwt125.00–130.0041211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373124.30/cwt122.50–127.504649
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379117.50/cwt112.50–121.004459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422119.20/cwt115.00–125.0050310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440113.75/cwt112.50–115.005014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471113.85/cwt111.00–117.5053615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483108.38/cwt105.00–110.005239
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513110.25/cwt109.00–112.5056612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527109.35/cwt107.00–111.005765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569107.52/cwt105.00–110.0061211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575103.46/cwt102.00–105.005954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602102.33/cwt100.00–105.006166
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1321141.74/cwt135.00–148.0045514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2329132.13/cwt127.00–135.004357
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379140.22/cwt135.00–144.005318
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428124.88/cwt120.00–130.005346
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438131.66/cwt119.00–137.0057714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469125.61/cwt120.00–130.0058922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480114.49/cwt111.00–120.005506
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524116.81/cwt114.00–122.0061211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572112.60/cwt110.00–115.0064413
Bulls—Medium and Large 161398.66/cwt98.00–100.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 168899.01/cwt96.00–102.006814
Bulls—Medium and Large 172694.27/cwt93.00–96.006847
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,0081
Bulls——1,73870.02/cwt68.00–72.001,2172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83534.00/cwt34.00–34.002842
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01344.30/cwt44.00–45.004493
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04147.61/cwt46.00–48.004965
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38548.00/cwt48.00–48.006651
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2—762.50/cwt700.00–825.00—2
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—712.50/cwt675.00–750.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Large 1-2—975.00/cwt975.00–975.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2—750.00/cwt750.00–750.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2—626.00/cwt575.00–680.00—5
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—432.50/cwt350.00–505.00—12

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.