Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2022-02-01

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Feb 1
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 111 vs last sale 149▲ 101 vs year ago 159 · +63.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 7▼ 13 vs year ago 73 · −17.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 8▼ 18 vs year ago 57 · −31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with a moderate demand on feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.55/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$133.55
55 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.51
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2480134.1564418thin
Medium and Large 1583134.0878210thin
Medium and Large 3401132.9653427
One grade step is worth $1.19/cwt here — about $110 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 sale55 hd
133.55
—
AL average15 barns · 1,438 hd
140.07
−6.51
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—Low1,835100.301,8416thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30578.951,03122
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43778.671,1303thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06265.8970016

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2565152.00/cwt152.00–152.008591
Steers—Medium and Large 2785131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0281
Steers—Medium and Large 3805117.00/cwt117.00–117.009421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3341143.06/cwt142.00–150.004887
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359143.98/cwt142.00–150.005174
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374135.27/cwt132.00–139.0050611
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418128.56/cwt125.00–132.005374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470141.00/cwt141.00–141.006631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471135.84/cwt135.00–138.006407
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485118.57/cwt115.00–122.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518128.98/cwt125.00–135.006685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588133.95/cwt133.00–138.007885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623131.54/cwt130.00–133.008192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645123.00/cwt123.00–123.007931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670127.00/cwt127.00–127.008511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
Heifers—Medium and Large 3725112.00/cwt112.00–112.008121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325193.39/cwt190.00–197.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327182.70/cwt180.00–187.005975
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375155.27/cwt150.00–160.005822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382172.93/cwt172.00–175.006613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410180.00/cwt180.00–180.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430166.09/cwt162.00–172.007147
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470175.00/cwt175.00–175.008231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480158.77/cwt158.00–161.0076212
Bulls—Medium and Large 3489147.72/cwt147.00–150.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520153.63/cwt152.00–157.007993
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555147.00/cwt147.00–147.008161
Bulls—Medium and Large 3563131.27/cwt130.00–135.007394
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74296.26/cwt93.00–98.001,6773
Bulls——1,900110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,0901
Bulls——1,943101.52/cwt101.00–102.001,9732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95752.70/cwt50.00–54.005043
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06372.94/cwt72.00–76.007754
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09767.15/cwt66.00–68.007379
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30076.55/cwt74.00–79.0099516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32085.35/cwt84.00–88.001,1276
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43778.67/cwt78.00–79.001,1303
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—965.00/cwt950.00–1,025.00—5
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—851.92/cwt825.00–875.00—13
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—714.29/cwt700.00–750.00—7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,387.50/cwt1,350.00–1,425.00—4
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.00—2
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3Thin Fleshed—600.00/cwt525.00–675.00—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.