Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2020-07-21

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Jul 21
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 174▼ 31 vs year ago 182 · −17.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 10▼ 4 vs year ago 20 · −20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 81▼ 19 vs year ago 32 · −59.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.97/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$130.97
76 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.22
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430135.8558458
Medium and Large 2515115.8559717thin
Medium and Large 3550105.005781thin
One grade step is worth $30.85/cwt here — about $6 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 sale76 hd
130.97
—
AL average10 barns · 912 hd
123.75
+7.22
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—Average1,80092.501,6651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29058.727573thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,21357.006914thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07949.965395thin

Every lot

38 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 1465137.21/cwt136.00–141.006388
Steers—Medium and Large 1533129.99/cwt129.00–131.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 2555121.00/cwt121.00–121.006721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360114.00/cwt114.00–114.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373122.86/cwt120.00–126.004582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382131.39/cwt129.00–133.0050210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426125.85/cwt123.00–131.0053614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463119.34/cwt119.00–120.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472123.64/cwt121.00–125.0058411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485108.00/cwt108.00–108.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526120.85/cwt118.00–123.006367
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585105.00/cwt105.00–105.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613111.98/cwt109.00–119.006866
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1258167.23/cwt164.00–170.004313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320163.15/cwt162.00–166.005227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372147.80/cwt144.00–150.005509
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375132.50/cwt130.00–135.004974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426132.77/cwt131.00–137.0056611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440116.00/cwt116.00–116.005102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1452124.83/cwt123.00–126.0056412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513122.50/cwt121.00–125.0062812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524115.15/cwt108.00–118.006035
Bulls—Medium and Large 3550105.00/cwt105.00–105.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562119.67/cwt118.00–122.006733
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580112.32/cwt111.00–113.006513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615118.00/cwt118.00–118.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633104.41/cwt100.00–109.006612
Bulls—Medium and Large 275586.00/cwt86.00–86.006491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,80092.50/cwt92.50–92.501,6651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04852.08/cwt45.00–55.005464
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20541.50/cwt41.50–41.505001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21357.00/cwt55.50–57.506914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29058.72/cwt56.50–60.507573
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—730.00/cwt630.00–790.00—10
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—390.00/cwt390.00–390.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,037.50/cwt900.00–1,175.00—2
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—740.00/cwt730.00–750.00—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.