Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2024-03-19

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 19
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 99▼ 72 vs year ago 196 · −36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 16▼ 6 vs year ago 24 · −25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 20▼ 5 vs year ago 12 · −41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold sharply higher, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold sharply higher slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.70/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −108.32 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$259.70
10 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,405
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.88
vs AL average
−17.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553267.501,4784thin
Medium and Large 2540257.251,3904thin
Medium and Large 3520248.991,2952thin
One grade step is worth $18.51/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
259.70
—
AL average13 barns · 289 hd
257.82
+1.88
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−17.52
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−108.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
416371326282median 368.0203/0305/0507/2109/1510/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.92, low $295.59, median $368.02 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,860144.002,6781thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,032130.751,3508thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90697.188804thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,2751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1252thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2031
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428325.49/cwt323.00–328.001,3932
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3483311.49/cwt310.00–313.001,5042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255310.00/cwt310.00–310.007911
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275340.00/cwt340.00–340.009351
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290328.00/cwt328.00–328.009511
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313329.02/cwt328.00–330.001,0302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315300.00/cwt300.00–300.009451
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333311.75/cwt310.00–315.001,0384
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,1272
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,1951
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3422284.47/cwt283.00–288.001,2005
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423304.02/cwt303.00–305.001,2862
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427294.10/cwt292.00–298.001,2565
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471261.01/cwt260.00–265.001,2295
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472272.32/cwt270.00–280.001,2855
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,3681
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520248.99/cwt248.00–250.001,2952
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527258.67/cwt258.00–260.001,3633
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4671
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3791
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635233.50/cwt232.00–235.001,4832
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2277372.55/cwt368.00–375.001,0323
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2051
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,2851
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378340.01/cwt338.00–342.001,2852
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378331.03/cwt330.00–332.001,2512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4301
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3711
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,5501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480308.96/cwt305.00–313.001,4832
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535284.31/cwt280.00–288.001,5213
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538273.49/cwt272.00–275.001,4712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,860144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,6781
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%893122.39/cwt119.00–124.001,0933
Cows—Lean 85-90%90697.18/cwt96.00–99.008804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,045131.33/cwt129.00–134.001,3722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163138.71/cwt136.00–141.001,6133
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,125.00/head1,100.00–1,150.001,1252

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.