Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2024-03-26

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 26
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 124▲ 22 vs year ago 83 · +26.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 18▼ 4 vs year ago 27 · −14.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 7▲ 15 vs year ago 1 · +1,500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls market lightly tested. 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 $251.96/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −116.05 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$251.96
7 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,355
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.38
vs AL average
−14.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2535254.151,3605thin
Medium and Large 3545246.501,3432thin
One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about $16 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale7 hd
251.96
—
AL average13 barns · 518 hd
259.34
−7.38
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−14.91
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−116.05
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,333139.661,8623thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,022130.221,33114
CowsLean 85-90%Low880100.008801thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2382thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7758

Every lot

43 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380352.40/cwt350.00–355.001,3392
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255348.00/cwt348.00–348.008871
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275320.00/cwt320.00–320.008801
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,0172
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318335.02/cwt332.00–338.001,0652
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380311.04/cwt310.00–312.001,1822
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2451
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427286.94/cwt285.00–290.001,2255
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3442280.66/cwt278.00–282.001,2413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3781
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3061
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535254.15/cwt252.00–260.001,3605
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4702
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1342
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1391
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3381324.78/cwt323.00–330.001,2375
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2391342.01/cwt340.00–348.001,3376
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425318.98/cwt318.00–320.001,3562
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429308.70/cwt305.00–312.001,3244
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465304.01/cwt303.00–305.001,4142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518289.00/cwt288.00–290.001,4972
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540267.50/cwt265.00–270.001,4452
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575256.47/cwt255.00–258.001,4752
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%880100.00/cwt100.00–100.008801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,008132.11/cwt130.00–135.001,3328
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,029124.63/cwt122.00–126.001,2825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,5801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305141.99/cwt141.00–143.001,8532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8771
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,641.67/head1,575.00–1,775.001,6426
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751

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.