Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2021-07-20

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jul 20
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 430▲ 415 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 61▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 11▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.97/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$134.97
116 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.81
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483135.8765678
Medium and Large 2439134.4059032
Medium and Large 3387126.374896thin
One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $167 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 sale116 hd
134.97
—
AL average16 barns · 1,907 hd
132.16
+2.81
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—Low1,85086.771,6054thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13762.2070766
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50558.228764thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94750.5947917

Every lot

66 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 3325145.00/cwt145.00–145.004712
Steers—Medium and Large 1390173.00/cwt173.00–173.006756
Steers—Medium and Large 1418169.01/cwt168.00–170.007064
Steers—Medium and Large 2475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007132
Steers—Medium and Large 1520152.84/cwt152.00–155.0079519
Steers—Medium and Large 1586142.00/cwt142.00–142.0083215
Steers—Medium and Large 1609141.27/cwt138.00–142.0086015
Steers—Medium and Large 2685124.00/cwt124.00–124.008492
Steers—Medium and Large 1740125.61/cwt124.00–126.0093010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215177.00/cwt177.00–177.003811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215163.41/cwt160.00–165.003513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283156.04/cwt155.00–157.004424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310145.00/cwt145.00–145.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320137.00/cwt137.00–137.004382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325153.48/cwt152.00–155.004998
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377146.79/cwt145.00–151.005539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420121.05/cwt117.00–125.005084
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430133.46/cwt130.00–135.005749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456137.29/cwt136.00–138.0062610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473131.22/cwt128.00–133.0062110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512126.99/cwt125.00–128.006503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523131.99/cwt130.00–135.0069029
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568121.53/cwt120.00–123.006904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624121.99/cwt121.00–123.007614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718108.00/cwt107.00–110.007753
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1222199.89/cwt195.00–205.004443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2225188.00/cwt188.00–188.004232
Bulls—Medium and Large 3225178.00/cwt178.00–178.004012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270191.47/cwt190.00–193.005172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275179.00/cwt179.00–179.004922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318182.66/cwt182.00–183.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328173.35/cwt170.00–175.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330158.35/cwt155.00–162.005237
Bulls—Medium and Large 2357154.15/cwt150.00–155.005506
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368165.92/cwt162.00–170.006114
Bulls—Medium and Large 3390148.00/cwt148.00–148.005772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413160.59/cwt155.00–165.006635
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431150.73/cwt147.00–153.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433140.93/cwt137.00–145.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 3466128.71/cwt125.00–132.006007
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472147.82/cwt144.00–150.006985
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472140.34/cwt138.00–142.006625
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525144.87/cwt140.00–149.007615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535136.32/cwt132.00–139.007296
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620124.00/cwt124.00–124.007692
Bulls—Medium and Large 3725108.00/cwt108.00–108.007833
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,84389.03/cwt88.00–90.001,6413
Bulls——1,87080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4961
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94151.74/cwt49.00–53.0048713
Cows—Lean 85-90%96546.87/cwt45.00–48.004524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07156.75/cwt54.00–59.0060815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13568.02/cwt66.00–71.0077210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16262.78/cwt60.00–65.0073041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48064.00/cwt64.00–64.009471
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51356.29/cwt54.00–59.008523
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—837.50/cwt825.00–850.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—783.33/cwt725.00–900.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—700.00/cwt600.00–800.00—5
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—625.00/cwt600.00–650.00—3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.00—2
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—850.00/cwt850.00–850.00—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.