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Opp Stockyards

Name: Opp Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Aug 13

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985

← Jul 23Aug 13Aug 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

193 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 168▼ 215 vs year ago 408 · −52.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

71 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 28▼ 64 vs year ago 135 · −47.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 11▼ 19 vs year ago 49 · −38.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available:

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $225.16/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −179.91 against this barn's trailing median of $405.07.

Average price

$225.16

13 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$23.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.40

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	244.90	1,261	2thin
Medium and Large 3	526	221.57	1,166	11thin

One grade step is worth $23.33/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

225.16

—

AL average14 barns · 276 hd

243.56

−18.40

This barn, trailing median22 sales

405.07

−179.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $452.70, low $325.83, median $405.07 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,430	167.50	2,395	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,342	147.87	1,984	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	145.88	1,851	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	126.30	1,385	23

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,100	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$898	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,425	2thin

Every lot

62 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	387.56/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,213	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	327.55/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,238	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,442	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,426	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	587	239.64/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,407	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	244.48/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,491	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,539	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,739	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	317.39/cwt	315.00–322.00	898	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	283.55/cwt	282.00–285.00	907	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	251.82/cwt	250.00–257.00	944	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	278.02/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,068	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	238.05/cwt	237.00–240.00	988	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	483	234.05/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,130	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	241.76/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,189	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	507	222.35/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,127	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	235.35/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,226	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	245.44/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,296	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,338	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	224.45/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,282	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	204.89/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,174	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,403	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	708	200.98/cwt	195.00–207.00	1,423	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	394.42/cwt	390.00–399.00	1,065	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	311	329.20/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,024	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	367.53/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,169	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,296	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,321	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	325.24/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,187	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	387	311.31/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,205	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	314.32/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,292	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	297.46/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,273	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	258.91/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,263	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	488	237.54/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,159	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	513	222.58/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,142	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	244.90/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,261	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,269	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	609	221.24/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,347	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,336	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,465	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,579	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,582	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,025	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,589	1
Bulls	—	—	1,285	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,095	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,001	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	117.26/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,137	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	134.50/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,544	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	126.02/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,456	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	139.07/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,755	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	153.45/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,958	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,342	147.87/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,984	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,512.50/head	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,513	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	—	1,100.00/head	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,100	3
Bred Cows	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	830.00/head	760.00–900.00	830	18
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425.00/head	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,425	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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Opp Livestock - Opp, AL

Tue Aug 13, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 193Last week 168Year ago 408

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 28Year ago 135

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 11Year ago 49

No trends available:

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	282.00–285.00	283.55
5	350–400	384	270.00–280.00	278.02
5	450–500	492	240.00–249.00	241.76
5	500–550	521	232.00–240.00	235.35
4	550–600	571	222.00–232.00	224.45
1	650–700	665	211.00	211.00
2	700–750	708	195.00–207.00	200.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	250.00–257.00	251.82
6	400–450	415	237.00–240.00	238.05
6	450–500	483	232.00–235.00	234.05
3	500–550	507	220.00–227.00	222.35
4	550–600	573	200.00–210.00	204.89
1	600–650	610	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	315.00–322.00	317.39
4	500–550	528	244.00–250.00	245.44
1	550–600	560	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	365.00–372.00	367.53
3	350–400	365	322.00–332.00	325.24
8	400–450	411	310.00–317.00	314.32
4	450–500	488	257.00–265.00	258.91
2	500–550	515	240.00–250.00	244.90
8	600–650	609	220.00–225.00	221.24
1	650–700	675	217.00	217.00
2	700–750	745	212.00	212.00
1	750–800	795	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	327.00–330.00	329.20
3	350–400	387	310.00–314.00	311.31
2	400–450	428	295.00–300.00	297.46
4	450–500	488	235.00–240.00	237.54
9	500–550	513	217.00–227.00	222.58
2	550–600	585	217.00	217.00
1	600–650	630	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	390.00–399.00	394.42
1	300–350	335	387.00	387.00
1	350–400	355	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	267.00	267.00
2	550–600	555	257.00	257.00
2	600–650	610	242.00–247.00	244.48
2	650–700	655	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	780	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	325.00–330.00	327.55
3	550–600	587	237.00–245.00	239.64
1	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	690	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	385.00–390.00	387.56
1	450–500	475	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	505	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,342	147.00–149.00	147.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	970	116.00–119.00	117.26
8	—	1,148	133.00–137.00	134.50
8	—	1,155	125.00–127.00	126.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,262	138.00–142.00	139.07
9	—	1,276	150.00–156.00	153.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	163.00	163.00
1	—	1,025	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,705	176.00	176.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	—	760.00–900.00	830.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,512.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,425.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.