Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2021-02-09

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Feb 9
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 159▲ 80 vs year ago 124 · +64.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 73▲ 9 vs year ago 42 · +21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 57▼ 17 vs year ago 30 · −56.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady, slaughter bulls sold sharply higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.34/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$125.34
76 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.80
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445131.7558630
Medium and Large 2475121.7357832
Medium and Large 3397119.8547614thin
One grade step is worth $11.90/cwt here — about $111 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 sale76 hd
125.34
—
AL average16 barns · 1,228 hd
126.14
−0.80
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—Low1,64080.871,3273thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14661.8870925
CowsLean 85-90%Low92851.864816thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2215175.00/cwt175.00–175.003761
Steers—Medium and Large 1283172.48/cwt172.00–173.004882
Steers—Medium and Large 2315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 1330168.95/cwt168.00–170.005582
Steers—Medium and Large 2373149.37/cwt145.00–153.005574
Steers—Medium and Large 1388161.75/cwt158.00–165.006284
Steers—Medium and Large 2425143.91/cwt140.00–148.006122
Steers—Medium and Large 3425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 1426159.00/cwt157.00–161.006775
Steers—Medium and Large 1468155.51/cwt155.00–156.007282
Steers—Medium and Large 3555114.00/cwt114.00–114.006331
Steers—Medium and Large 1630128.00/cwt128.00–128.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1685124.00/cwt124.00–124.008491
Steers—Medium and Large 1764118.67/cwt118.00–120.009073
Steers—Medium and Large 1845101.00/cwt101.00–101.008531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3284141.77/cwt138.00–143.004034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285151.07/cwt149.00–153.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315128.00/cwt128.00–128.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329151.22/cwt148.00–154.004985
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373120.50/cwt117.00–123.004494
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376133.49/cwt128.00–137.005029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383140.48/cwt138.00–147.005385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428138.55/cwt135.00–144.005934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437129.61/cwt126.00–133.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468102.62/cwt100.00–105.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476124.36/cwt120.00–128.005928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2491112.27/cwt110.00–113.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505108.00/cwt108.00–108.005451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524120.16/cwt116.00–123.006306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565112.00/cwt110.00–114.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575106.73/cwt105.00–109.006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 3595100.00/cwt100.00–100.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 361593.00/cwt93.00–93.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635105.22/cwt104.00–106.006685
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675101.42/cwt98.00–105.006852
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273173.31/cwt172.00–175.004733
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328162.43/cwt158.00–165.005339
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379156.94/cwt152.00–160.0059511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382145.03/cwt143.00–147.005543
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418142.57/cwt140.00–145.005962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431152.94/cwt150.00–158.006597
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470140.85/cwt138.00–146.006626
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480133.98/cwt133.00–135.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525126.09/cwt123.00–129.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528135.56/cwt133.00–138.007162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610112.00/cwt110.00–115.006833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625126.00/cwt126.00–126.007881
Bulls—Medium and Large 3635101.02/cwt97.00–105.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670108.99/cwt107.00–111.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1729101.25/cwt98.00–105.007384
Bulls—Medium and Large 277595.00/cwt95.00–95.007361
Bulls—Medium and Large 186598.00/cwt98.00–98.008481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57377.31/cwt75.00–80.001,2162
Bulls——1,77588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89045.00/cwt45.00–45.004011
Cows—Lean 85-90%93553.23/cwt50.00–55.004985
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09058.18/cwt56.00–61.0063410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18163.94/cwt62.00–67.0075514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21070.00/cwt70.00–70.008471
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—806.25/cwt750.00–925.00—4
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—700.00/cwt700.00–700.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—675.00/cwt675.00–675.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—983.33/cwt900.00–1,100.00—6
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—450.00/cwt450.00–450.00—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.