Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2022-03-01

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 134 vs last sale 187▼ 74 vs year ago 127 · −58.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 40▼ 3 vs year ago 10 · −30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 42▼ 6 vs year ago 9 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Too few to trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.87/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$133.87
26 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.37
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423139.7059017thin
Medium and Large 2501122.846169thin
One grade step is worth $16.86/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale26 hd
133.87
—
AL average15 barns · 1,303 hd
149.24
−15.37
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—Average1,31586.001,1311thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33569.009211thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average92566.006111thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11552.005802thin

Every lot

27 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 · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310152.58/cwt150.00–155.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363145.77/cwt143.00–150.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370136.81/cwt131.00–140.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408138.47/cwt135.00–146.005655
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465134.78/cwt130.00–140.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement510141.00/cwt141.00–141.007191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520121.53/cwt120.00–123.006322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563112.04/cwt109.00–115.006312
Heifers—Medium and Large 279595.00/cwt95.00–95.007551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405161.52/cwt160.00–163.006542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415141.00/cwt141.00–141.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467150.40/cwt146.00–154.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670112.99/cwt112.00–114.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1735125.00/cwt125.00–125.009191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1785124.00/cwt124.00–124.009731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,31586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%92566.00/cwt66.00–66.006111
Cows—Lean 85-90%98554.00/cwt54.00–54.005321
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24550.00/cwt50.00–50.006231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33569.00/cwt69.00–69.009211
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—820.00/cwt820.00–820.00—1
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—650.00/cwt650.00–650.00—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.