Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2021-03-23

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 23
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 196 vs last sale 0▲ 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 0▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.17/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$138.17
63 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.47
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2431140.5760516thin
Medium and Large 1525137.8972343
Medium and Large 3375131.504934thin
One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $112 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 sale63 hd
138.17
—
AL average15 barns · 1,096 hd
137.69
+0.47
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—Low1,55079.251,2282thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13761.316973thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46556.508281thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02951.105264thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2444149.00/cwt149.00–149.006627
Steers—Medium and Large 2478143.67/cwt141.00–150.006875
Steers—Medium and Large 1500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007502
Steers—Medium and Large 1550134.00/cwt134.00–134.007371
Steers—Medium and Large 2562129.00/cwt129.00–129.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 1700119.00/cwt119.00–119.008331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415114.00/cwt114.00–114.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420133.48/cwt132.00–135.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461120.00/cwt120.00–120.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467123.27/cwt120.00–125.005768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506121.73/cwt120.00–125.006164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520114.00/cwt114.00–114.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535103.00/cwt103.00–103.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564120.29/cwt118.00–123.006784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618105.49/cwt105.00–106.006524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007714
Heifers—Medium and Large 270095.00/cwt95.00–95.006651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715112.50/cwt112.50–112.508041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315146.98/cwt146.00–148.004632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320155.94/cwt155.00–157.004992
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325133.00/cwt133.00–133.004322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385156.00/cwt156.00–156.006011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385142.00/cwt142.00–142.005471
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418144.35/cwt139.00–149.006039
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1443154.50/cwt154.00–155.006842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450139.00/cwt139.00–139.006261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471145.14/cwt140.00–150.0068415
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533125.97/cwt124.00–128.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1537135.58/cwt130.00–138.0072811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1586128.51/cwt125.00–132.007536
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595123.00/cwt123.00–123.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630123.00/cwt123.00–123.007753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680123.00/cwt123.00–123.008361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760115.00/cwt115.00–115.008741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1830106.00/cwt106.00–106.008801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55079.25/cwt79.00–79.501,2282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87044.00/cwt44.00–44.003831
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08253.46/cwt52.00–54.505783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13761.31/cwt59.50–64.006973
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46556.50/cwt56.50–56.508281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—933.75/cwt860.00–980.00—4
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—746.67/cwt740.00–750.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—595.00/cwt510.00–680.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—580.00/cwt580.00–580.00—1
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—580.00/cwt550.00–610.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—505.00/cwt440.00–570.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—980.00/cwt980.00–980.00—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.