Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2022-05-10

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, May 10
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
192 head
▼ 105 vs last sale 297▼ 9 vs year ago 201 · −4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 22▼ 58 vs year ago 85 · −68.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 19▼ 113 vs year ago 131 · −86.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with good 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 $136.56/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$136.56
50 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.46
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2490139.7968614thin
Medium and Large 1603138.5083523
Medium and Large 3513129.6466613thin
One grade step is worth $10.15/cwt here — about $20 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 sale50 hd
136.56
—
AL average16 barns · 1,243 hd
142.02
−5.46
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—Average2,06594.001,9411thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07462.2666822

Every lot

49 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 2430162.00/cwt162.00–162.006971
Steers—Medium and Large 1495174.00/cwt174.00–174.008612
Steers—Medium and Large 3508127.52/cwt124.00–131.006482
Steers—Medium and Large 1520169.00/cwt169.00–169.008794
Steers—Medium and Large 2545152.00/cwt152.00–152.008283
Steers—Medium and Large 2585149.00/cwt149.00–149.008722
Steers—Medium and Large 2605148.00/cwt148.00–148.008952
Steers—Medium and Large 1614156.50/cwt156.00–158.009614
Steers—Medium and Large 2680143.00/cwt143.00–143.009723
Steers—Medium and Large 2755143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0803
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2312158.13/cwt155.00–164.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355168.00/cwt168.00–168.005961
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382146.31/cwt145.00–147.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413135.68/cwt132.00–137.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415147.56/cwt145.00–150.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435155.51/cwt155.00–156.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483154.01/cwt153.00–155.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485138.60/cwt137.00–142.006726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added510155.00/cwt155.00–155.007911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517124.56/cwt120.00–127.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538146.00/cwt145.00–147.007852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565137.29/cwt135.00–142.007763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615131.02/cwt130.00–134.008064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730118.64/cwt117.00–122.008663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755126.50/cwt126.50–126.509557
Heifers—Medium and Large 3775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008533
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2321173.72/cwt172.00–180.005585
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358174.01/cwt172.00–176.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405162.00/cwt162.00–162.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423144.57/cwt142.00–147.006124
Bulls—Medium and Large 3517130.68/cwt130.00–132.006763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545156.00/cwt156.00–156.008501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555155.00/cwt155.00–155.008602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575143.47/cwt142.00–145.008252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625140.00/cwt140.00–140.008751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663136.98/cwt135.00–139.009082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2755115.00/cwt115.00–115.008681
Bulls—Medium and Large 3785107.00/cwt107.00–107.008401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,06594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,9411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93355.19/cwt54.00–58.005156
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12063.90/cwt62.00–66.0071614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17072.00/cwt72.00–72.008422
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.00—2
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—762.50/cwt700.00–825.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—875.00/cwt825.00–925.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 3—712.50/cwt650.00–775.00—8

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.