Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2019-06-04

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Jun 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
229 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 98▲ 229 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 9▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 16▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. All feeder classes sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.72/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$114.72
84 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.93
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1379138.5152515thin
Medium and Large 3432110.5847827
Medium and Large 2581108.8863342
One grade step is worth $29.63/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale84 hd
114.72
—
AL average15 barns · 1,426 hd
126.64
−11.93
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—High1,96085.001,6661thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13058.006551thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00548.334867thin

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, 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 2515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 2570119.00/cwt119.00–119.006782
Steers—Medium and Large 2755107.00/cwt107.00–107.008084
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277129.06/cwt127.00–130.003573
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312109.84/cwt109.00–112.003435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320126.00/cwt126.00–126.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390124.00/cwt124.00–124.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421118.75/cwt118.00–119.005004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435123.32/cwt123.00–124.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437100.50/cwt97.00–106.004395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460118.03/cwt117.00–121.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 348393.38/cwt90.00–95.004513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2486112.15/cwt108.00–115.005459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511113.22/cwt110.00–117.005794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2607101.68/cwt100.00–105.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 361587.54/cwt85.00–90.005382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3322121.64/cwt120.00–128.003925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333141.56/cwt140.00–143.004712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378138.75/cwt137.00–140.0052410
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378116.14/cwt113.00–119.004394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412135.67/cwt135.00–136.005593
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415111.70/cwt109.00–113.004643
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470107.35/cwt105.00–109.0050510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480121.72/cwt119.00–125.005843
Bulls—Medium and Large 3522100.86/cwt95.00–105.005265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527113.55/cwt110.00–118.0059810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2566108.68/cwt107.00–110.006157
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624105.07/cwt101.00–106.0065622
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,96085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,6661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98843.38/cwt42.00–44.004293
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01852.04/cwt51.00–53.005304
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13058.00/cwt58.00–58.006551
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—790.00/cwt740.00–890.00—6
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—500.00/cwt500.00–500.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—780.00/cwt780.00–780.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 3—464.00/cwt450.00–520.00—5

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.