Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2022-09-27

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Sep 27
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
501 head
▲ 176 vs last sale 325▲ 26 vs year ago 475 · +5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 63▼ 25 vs year ago 66 · −37.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 44▼ 5 vs year ago 30 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available:

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.47/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$138.47
80 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.44
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537142.4776518thin
Medium and Large 2473141.6167032
Medium and Large 3415132.7255130
One grade step is worth $9.75/cwt here — about $214 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 sale80 hd
138.47
—
AL average14 barns · 1,786 hd
141.92
−3.44
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—Low1,49579.301,1854thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35561.918399thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00051.1051119

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$8601thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7705
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7002thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4833thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2362191.73/cwt190.00–195.006943
Steers—Medium and Large 3365173.95/cwt170.00–178.006354
Steers—Medium and Large 1375202.00/cwt202.00–202.007581
Steers—Medium and Large 1420189.94/cwt185.00–195.007984
Steers—Medium and Large 3420153.46/cwt150.00–157.006452
Steers—Medium and Large 2437171.30/cwt170.00–177.007495
Steers—Medium and Large 2458161.99/cwt160.00–165.007425
Steers—Medium and Large 1479174.42/cwt174.00–177.008357
Steers—Medium and Large 2506151.76/cwt150.00–157.007684
Steers—Medium and Large 1515171.31/cwt170.00–172.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 3536142.71/cwt142.00–149.0076510
Steers—Medium and Large 2558146.00/cwt145.00–147.008152
Steers—Medium and Large 3579139.45/cwt138.00–142.008078
Steers—Medium and Large 2606142.75/cwt142.00–145.008654
Steers—Medium and Large 3615135.00/cwt135.00–135.008301
Steers—Medium and Large 1630147.00/cwt147.00–147.009261
Steers—Medium and Large 2690140.00/cwt140.00–140.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 3715133.00/cwt133.00–133.009511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3336142.20/cwt140.00–145.004787
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380136.70/cwt135.00–138.0051912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395158.00/cwt158.00–158.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426147.36/cwt145.00–151.0062815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471151.35/cwt150.00–157.007135
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476142.17/cwt140.00–145.006779
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480129.47/cwt127.00–132.006218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518131.27/cwt129.00–136.006806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520142.43/cwt140.00–145.007414
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568103.37/cwt100.00–110.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added570147.00/cwt147.00–147.008381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587133.59/cwt133.00–136.007845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645129.00/cwt129.00–129.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663132.50/cwt132.00–133.008782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340205.00/cwt205.00–205.006971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358198.02/cwt197.00–200.007096
Bulls—Medium and Large 3358151.01/cwt150.00–152.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388167.86/cwt167.00–177.0065111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420189.82/cwt185.00–195.007974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425161.19/cwt157.00–165.006852
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483141.32/cwt140.00–144.006833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487151.37/cwt149.00–157.0073710
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512141.42/cwt140.00–148.007246
Bulls—Medium and Large 3558124.98/cwt120.00–130.006972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577138.71/cwt137.00–140.008007
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680134.00/cwt134.00–134.009111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3683114.49/cwt112.00–117.007822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705136.00/cwt136.00–136.009591
Bulls—Medium and Large 3765110.00/cwt110.00–110.008421
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39376.40/cwt75.00–80.001,0643
Bulls——1,80088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96947.35/cwt45.00–50.0045911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04356.25/cwt54.00–58.005878
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35561.91/cwt60.00–64.008399
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3Thin Fleshed—483.33/head400.00–525.004833
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—860.00/head860.00–860.008601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—770.00/head650.00–800.007705
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3Thin Fleshed—700.00/head700.00–700.007002

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.