Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2021-02-23

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Feb 23
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 0▼ 40 vs year ago 110 · −36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 17 · −29.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▼ 16 vs year ago 24 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trend, sale not reported last week due too weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.93/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$117.93
24 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.91
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518120.8862615thin
Medium and Large 2475113.505398thin
Medium and Large 3495109.005401thin
One grade step is worth $11.88/cwt here — about $87 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 sale24 hd
117.93
—
AL average13 barns · 940 hd
121.84
−3.91
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—Low1,52784.551,2914thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28354.256962thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06046.884974thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Steers—Medium and Large 1350155.00/cwt155.00–155.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 1480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added501156.00/cwt156.00–156.007823
Steers—Medium and Large 1560133.00/cwt133.00–133.007451
Steers—Medium and Large 1627128.19/cwt126.00–132.008045
Steers—Medium and Large 1665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335129.00/cwt129.00–129.004321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355121.00/cwt121.00–121.004301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388131.98/cwt131.00–133.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413117.48/cwt117.00–118.004852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443125.50/cwt125.00–126.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458124.33/cwt124.00–125.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495109.00/cwt109.00–109.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500113.00/cwt113.00–113.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513122.51/cwt122.00–123.006282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565106.00/cwt106.00–106.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568120.07/cwt115.00–123.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 272091.00/cwt91.00–91.006551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383154.45/cwt153.00–156.005922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383147.49/cwt146.00–149.005652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418149.73/cwt144.00–153.006268
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485104.00/cwt104.00–104.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528127.42/cwt125.00–130.006732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545119.00/cwt119.00–119.006491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555124.51/cwt123.00–126.006912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600118.00/cwt118.00–118.007081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29576.08/cwt74.00–78.009852
Bulls——1,75893.01/cwt92.50–93.501,6352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06049.34/cwt48.00–51.505233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06039.50/cwt39.50–39.504191
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26050.50/cwt50.50–50.506361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30558.00/cwt58.00–58.007571
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—960.00/cwt960.00–960.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—965.00/cwt950.00–980.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—700.00/cwt700.00–700.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—550.00/cwt550.00–550.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—520.00/cwt520.00–520.00—1

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.