Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2021-05-11

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, May 11
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 147▼ 57 vs year ago 194 · −29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 23▼ 18 vs year ago 37 · −48.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 105▼ 29 vs year ago 39 · −74.4%
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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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.57/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$115.57
73 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.22
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493118.8758644
Medium and Large 2475112.1653322
Medium and Large 3457105.564837thin
One grade step is worth $13.31/cwt here — about $103 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 sale73 hd
115.57
—
AL average15 barns · 1,164 hd
120.79
−5.22
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—Average1,53588.751,3622thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20367.038066thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36365.068874thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91556.895214thin

Every lot

57 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 3408129.51/cwt129.00–130.005282
Steers—Medium and Large 2423142.72/cwt140.00–144.006044
Steers—Medium and Large 1440150.00/cwt150.00–150.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 1457142.40/cwt139.00–146.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 2480137.00/cwt137.00–137.006581
Steers—Medium and Large 1530134.00/cwt134.00–134.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 1573126.99/cwt126.00–128.007282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333128.01/cwt127.00–129.004262
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345124.00/cwt124.00–124.004281
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360110.00/cwt110.00–110.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366125.74/cwt123.00–127.004607
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387118.97/cwt115.00–123.004606
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420111.30/cwt110.00–113.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426121.83/cwt120.00–123.005196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435116.95/cwt115.00–119.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460114.62/cwt112.00–117.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466119.61/cwt117.00–121.005575
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495109.00/cwt109.00–109.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2504109.00/cwt106.00–112.005494
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515101.00/cwt101.00–101.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523116.74/cwt115.00–118.006119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565106.57/cwt101.00–110.006025
Heifers—Medium and Large 357085.00/cwt85.00–85.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583115.79/cwt113.00–118.0067513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630114.00/cwt114.00–114.007181
Heifers—Medium and Large 166095.00/cwt95.00–95.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 270083.00/cwt83.00–83.005811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310148.00/cwt148.00–148.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335144.00/cwt144.00–144.004821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377133.04/cwt130.00–135.005025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379142.27/cwt139.00–148.005394
Bulls—Medium and Large 3395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430131.01/cwt129.00–135.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445140.50/cwt140.50–140.506251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465134.57/cwt124.00–140.5062615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467124.40/cwt122.00–129.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468112.02/cwt108.00–116.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515108.00/cwt108.00–108.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525121.76/cwt116.00–127.006396
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530115.64/cwt113.00–117.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567117.25/cwt114.00–120.006653
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633113.00/cwt112.00–114.007152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650108.00/cwt108.00–108.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 268598.00/cwt98.00–98.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713102.99/cwt102.00–104.007342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1785102.50/cwt102.00–103.008052
Bulls—Medium and Large 293079.50/cwt79.50–79.507391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,53588.75/cwt84.00–92.501,3622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91556.89/cwt54.00–60.005214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15666.04/cwt63.00–69.507635
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36365.06/cwt62.50–67.008874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0331
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—770.00/cwt770.00–770.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—760.00/cwt760.00–760.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—689.17/cwt650.00–725.00—6
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—461.67/cwt445.00–480.00—3

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.