Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2020-02-11

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Feb 11
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 160▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 4▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 92▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week ago; Too few trend, due to heavy rains.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.90/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$125.90
13 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.11
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453129.135857thin
Medium and Large 2394127.495024thin
Medium and Large 3473111.435272thin
One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $58 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 sale13 hd
125.90
—
AL average12 barns · 1,167 hd
129.02
−3.11
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—Low1,53571.501,0981thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01052.835342thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average97049.504801thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94348.024532thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1410163.00/cwt163.00–163.006681
Steers—Medium and Large 1505149.00/cwt149.00–149.007521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320132.00/cwt132.00–132.004221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378129.48/cwt127.00–132.004892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385139.00/cwt139.00–139.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405134.50/cwt133.00–136.005452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460125.30/cwt124.00–126.005763
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473111.43/cwt110.00–113.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500119.00/cwt119.00–119.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370136.00/cwt136.00–136.005031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380160.00/cwt160.00–160.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488150.00/cwt149.00–151.007323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525138.00/cwt138.00–138.007251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585123.00/cwt123.00–123.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1592126.68/cwt125.00–130.007503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625116.00/cwt116.00–116.007251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,53571.50/cwt71.50–71.501,0981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94348.02/cwt45.50–50.504532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%97049.50/cwt49.50–49.504801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01052.83/cwt52.00–53.505342
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—740.00/cwt710.00–770.00—2
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—650.00/cwt650.00–650.00—2
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3—570.00/cwt570.00–570.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—706.00/cwt650.00–750.00—5
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—650.00/cwt650.00–650.00—1
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—620.00/cwt590.00–650.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—455.00/cwt420.00–490.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 3—276.67/cwt240.00–320.00—6

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.