Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2021-02-02

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Feb 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
159 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 248▼ 94 vs year ago 253 · −37.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 44▲ 31 vs year ago 42 · +73.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 27▼ 88 vs year ago 145 · −60.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with few offerings. Slaughter cattle sold sharply higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cattle and pairs sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.03/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$136.03
40 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.71
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1334164.4154810thin
Medium and Large 2486135.1765717thin
Medium and Large 3532115.3061413thin
One grade step is worth $49.11/cwt here — about −$65 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 sale40 hd
136.03
—
AL average16 barns · 1,026 hd
134.31
+1.71
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,66971.771,1987thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58866.151,0502thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25064.3380436
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04150.2852310

Every lot

54 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004961
Steers—Medium and Large 1365157.00/cwt157.00–157.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1525145.00/cwt145.00–145.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 1573137.99/cwt136.00–139.007913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1205155.00/cwt155.00–155.003181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280150.95/cwt148.00–154.004232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322138.40/cwt136.00–140.004465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329147.48/cwt143.00–150.004855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358140.40/cwt137.00–145.005035
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368133.99/cwt133.00–135.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443136.01/cwt135.00–137.006032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460124.00/cwt124.00–124.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508122.51/cwt121.00–124.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585108.00/cwt108.00–108.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618103.49/cwt101.00–106.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640112.00/cwt112.00–112.007171
Heifers—Medium and Large 187089.00/cwt89.00–89.007741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1215205.00/cwt205.00–205.004411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275167.00/cwt167.00–167.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1334160.78/cwt160.00–163.005374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365158.00/cwt158.00–158.005773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415155.00/cwt155.00–155.006431
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424147.23/cwt146.00–148.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428131.31/cwt128.00–133.005623
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485127.00/cwt127.00–127.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2494138.76/cwt135.00–140.006854
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515128.00/cwt128.00–128.006594
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515118.67/cwt118.00–120.006113
Bulls—Medium and Large 3569108.50/cwt108.00–110.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 366594.00/cwt94.00–94.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715102.00/cwt102.00–102.007291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08564.00/cwt64.00–64.006941
Bulls——1,76673.06/cwt70.00–74.001,2906
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92544.93/cwt44.00–46.004162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07051.62/cwt50.00–54.005528
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13758.35/cwt56.00–62.0066313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26965.74/cwt63.00–68.0083414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38470.78/cwt69.00–73.009809
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58866.15/cwt64.00–68.001,0502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,320.00/cwt1,250.00–1,450.00—10
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,052.27/cwt925.00–1,200.00—22
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—483.33/cwt450.00–525.00—12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—868.75/cwt775.00–1,000.00—4
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—732.14/cwt675.00–900.00—7
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—687.50/cwt650.00–725.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—683.33/cwt600.00–725.00—3
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—531.25/cwt450.00–575.00—4
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—437.50/cwt400.00–500.00—4

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.