Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2019-05-28

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, May 28
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
44 vs last sale 142 98 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
1 vs last sale 8 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
4 vs last sale 12 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago : Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. All feeders sold steady. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.84/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$138.84
28 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.36
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1354158.4756010thin
Medium and Large 2552132.1772910thin
Medium and Large 3494122.646068thin
One grade step is worth $35.83/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale28 hd
138.84
AL average11 barns · 869 hd
132.47
+6.36
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31852.756954thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08548.765294thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1327160.35/cwt159.00–166.005245
BullsMedium and Large 1380156.58/cwt155.00–158.005955
BullsMedium and Large 2515131.94/cwt129.00–135.006792
BullsMedium and Large 2460142.62/cwt138.00–145.006563
BullsMedium and Large 2621126.00/cwt125.00–127.007825
BullsMedium and Large 3390135.94/cwt131.00–141.005302
BullsMedium and Large 3418123.12/cwt120.00–129.005153
BullsMedium and Large 3640113.28/cwt110.00–120.007253
HeifersMedium and Large 2345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 2368136.98/cwt136.00–138.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 2410134.99/cwt134.00–136.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 2468128.94/cwt126.00–131.006037
HeifersMedium and Large 3387126.64/cwt120.00–130.004903
HeifersMedium and Large 3720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 3519114.14/cwt110.00–117.005926
SteersMedium and Large 2582135.35/cwt134.00–136.007883
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2950.00/cwt950.00–950.002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3680.00/cwt680.00–680.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2675.00/cwt650.00–700.004
Bred CowsSmall 3333.33/cwt300.00–350.006
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14056.00/cwt56.00–56.006381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37751.67/cwt51.00–52.007113
CowsLean 85-90%1,00544.00/cwt44.00–44.004421
CowsLean 85-90%1,11250.35/cwt48.00–52.005603

How this sale compares

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.