Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2024-04-23

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Apr 23
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 113▼ 99 vs year ago 197 · −50.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 32▼ 24 vs year ago 56 · −42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 27▼ 24 vs year ago 35 · −68.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower, 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 $241.75/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −126.27 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$241.75
9 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,329
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.52
vs AL average
−28.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515270.001,3911thin
Medium and Large 2530250.001,3252thin
Medium and Large 3562234.291,3176thin
One grade step is worth $35.71/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd
241.75
—
AL average13 barns · 337 hd
247.27
−5.52
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−28.44
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−126.27
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%Average1,420116.501,6542thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,109115.981,28620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,045107.751,1268thin

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)—$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5296
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9501thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2961
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3568246.52/cwt245.00–248.001,4002
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4541
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5551
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340278.00/cwt278.00–278.009452
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0182
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,1231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415268.95/cwt265.00–270.001,1165
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483261.56/cwt260.00–268.001,26310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535243.99/cwt243.00–245.001,3052
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3576229.44/cwt225.00–233.001,3224
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3613221.00/cwt220.00–222.001,3552
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3806
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225337.00/cwt337.00–337.007582
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265345.00/cwt345.00–345.009141
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280310.00/cwt310.00–310.008681
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,1911
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1291
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418293.99/cwt293.00–295.001,2292
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2093
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472280.01/cwt278.00–282.001,3223
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482271.36/cwt268.00–276.001,3083
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2461
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4401
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3391
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4001
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3593237.51/cwt235.00–240.001,4082
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%980103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,069113.48/cwt111.00–115.001,21311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084110.60/cwt110.00–111.001,1995
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157119.04/cwt116.00–121.001,3779
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,8091
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,775.00/head1,725.00–1,800.001,7753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,475.00/head1,425.00–1,525.001,4752
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—900.00/head900.00–900.009001

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.