Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2022-01-04

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Jan 4
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 328 vs last sale 460▼ 162 vs year ago 294 · −55.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 21▼ 90 vs year ago 105 · −85.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 30▼ 149 vs year ago 160 · −93.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available:

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.63/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$138.63
25 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.09
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455172.007831thin
Medium and Large 2540141.5976518thin
Medium and Large 3571124.197096thin
One grade step is worth $47.81/cwt here — about $73 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 sale25 hd
138.63
—
AL average11 barns · 450 hd
148.72
−10.09
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—Low1,84574.001,3651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31370.009195thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00355.165538thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3306157.61/cwt157.00–160.004825
Steers—Medium and Large 3368150.01/cwt148.00–152.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 2370172.00/cwt172.00–172.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 1390180.00/cwt180.00–180.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 3465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Steers—Medium and Large 1483168.24/cwt166.00–169.008134
Steers—Medium and Large 2510160.00/cwt160.00–160.008161
Steers—Medium and Large 1578160.98/cwt160.00–162.009302
Steers—Medium and Large 2580151.00/cwt151.00–151.008761
Steers—Medium and Large 1730138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0071
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330145.17/cwt140.00–147.004794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385148.00/cwt148.00–148.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463125.08/cwt120.00–130.005792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added555142.00/cwt142.00–142.007881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570134.01/cwt133.00–135.007642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625128.87/cwt125.00–133.008052
Heifers—Medium and Large 3765114.00/cwt114.00–114.008721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2312176.68/cwt175.00–180.005513
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425143.62/cwt140.00–147.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438165.09/cwt160.00–170.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455172.00/cwt172.00–172.007831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470160.00/cwt160.00–160.007521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510152.97/cwt150.00–156.007802
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528124.98/cwt120.00–130.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595135.00/cwt135.00–135.008031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2641121.19/cwt120.00–130.007778
Bulls—Medium and Large 2695118.00/cwt118.00–118.008201
Bulls—Medium and Large 3760103.97/cwt100.00–108.007902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90552.39/cwt49.00–54.004743
Cows—Lean 85-90%93035.00/cwt35.00–35.003261
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09562.27/cwt60.00–63.006824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25067.00/cwt67.00–67.008382
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35572.00/cwt72.00–72.009763
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—600.00/cwt600.00–600.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—850.00/cwt775.00–925.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 3—690.00/cwt690.00–690.00—1

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.