Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. All feeder classes sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.72/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$114.72

84 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$29.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.93

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	379	138.51	525	15thin
Medium and Large 3	432	110.58	478	27
Medium and Large 2	581	108.88	633	42

One grade step is worth $29.63/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale84 hd

114.72

—

AL average15 barns · 1,426 hd

126.64

−11.93

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,960	85.00	1,666	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	58.00	655	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,005	48.33	486	7thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,960	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,666	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	655	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	43.38/cwt	42.00–44.00	429	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	141.56/cwt	140.00–143.00	471	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	135.67/cwt	135.00–136.00	559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	138.75/cwt	137.00–140.00	524	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	121.72/cwt	119.00–125.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	108.68/cwt	107.00–110.00	615	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	113.55/cwt	110.00–118.00	598	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	105.07/cwt	101.00–106.00	656	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	111.70/cwt	109.00–113.00	464	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	116.14/cwt	113.00–119.00	439	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	322	121.64/cwt	120.00–128.00	392	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	100.86/cwt	95.00–105.00	526	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	107.35/cwt	105.00–109.00	505	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	129.06/cwt	127.00–130.00	357	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	118.03/cwt	117.00–121.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	113.22/cwt	110.00–117.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	123.32/cwt	123.00–124.00	536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	101.68/cwt	100.00–105.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	118.75/cwt	118.00–119.00	500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	112.15/cwt	108.00–115.00	545	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	87.54/cwt	85.00–90.00	538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	93.38/cwt	90.00–95.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	109.84/cwt	109.00–112.00	343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	100.50/cwt	97.00–106.00	439	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	808	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	790.00/cwt	740.00–890.00	—	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	—	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	—	464.00/cwt	450.00–520.00	—	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	52.04/cwt	51.00–53.00	530	4

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Tue Jun 4, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 229Last week 98Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 9Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 16Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. All feeder classes sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.Trade active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,960	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	58.00	58.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	988	42.00–44.00	43.38
4	—	1,018	51.00–53.00	52.04

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	140.00–143.00	141.56
3	—	412	135.00–136.00	135.67
10	—	378	137.00–140.00	138.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	119.00–125.00	121.72
7	—	566	107.00–110.00	108.68
10	—	527	110.00–118.00	113.55
22	—	624	101.00–106.00	105.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	109.00–113.00	111.70
4	—	378	113.00–119.00	116.14
5	—	322	120.00–128.00	121.64
5	—	522	95.00–105.00	100.86
10	—	470	105.00–109.00	107.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	126.00	126.00
3	—	277	127.00–130.00	129.06
3	—	390	124.00	124.00
4	—	460	117.00–121.00	118.03
4	—	511	110.00–117.00	113.22
6	—	435	123.00–124.00	123.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	100.00–105.00	101.68
4	—	421	118.00–119.00	118.75
9	—	486	108.00–115.00	112.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	85.00–90.00	87.54
3	—	483	90.00–95.00	93.38
5	—	312	109.00–112.00	109.84
5	—	437	97.00–106.00	100.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	125.00	125.00
2	—	570	119.00	119.00
4	—	755	107.00	107.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	740.00–890.00	790.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	780.00	780.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	450.00–520.00	464.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Lineville Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle