Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2019-09-03

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Sep 3
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 144▲ 284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 11▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 33▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Sep 27, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $111.26/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$111.26
108 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.96
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483116.1156157
Medium and Large 2482106.3651239
Medium and Large 3454104.1747312thin
One grade step is worth $11.94/cwt here — about $88 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 sale108 hd
111.26
—
AL average11 barns · 781 hd
119.22
−7.96
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
Bulls—Low1,91080.001,5281thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,25558.007281thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07453.885794thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98643.934334thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—584105.57/cwt102.00–109.0061710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—537109.01/cwt107.00–111.005857
HeifersMedium and Large 1—381119.98/cwt118.00–124.004577
HeifersMedium and Large 1—66595.00/cwt94.00–96.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318123.58/cwt121.00–126.003933
HeifersMedium and Large 1—75881.98/cwt80.00–84.006212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—71089.48/cwt86.00–93.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 1—608101.01/cwt100.00–102.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—403114.99/cwt114.00–116.004632
BullsMedium and Large 3—487103.01/cwt101.00–104.005026
BullsMedium and Large 3—420106.00/cwt105.00–109.004454
BullsMedium and Large 3—50598.00/cwt98.00–98.004951
BullsMedium and Large 3—345110.00/cwt110.00–110.003801
BullsMedium and Large 2—434109.86/cwt109.00–111.0047715
BullsMedium and Large 2—473106.58/cwt103.00–110.0050411
BullsMedium and Large 2—554103.97/cwt99.00–107.005765
BullsMedium and Large 2—539101.24/cwt100.00–105.005464
BullsMedium and Large 2—368120.50/cwt120.00–121.004432
BullsMedium and Large 2—72080.00/cwt80.00–80.005761
BullsMedium and Large 2—68582.00/cwt82.00–82.005621
BullsMedium and Large 1—521113.30/cwt110.00–118.0059018
BullsMedium and Large 1—465116.06/cwt115.00–118.0054014
BullsMedium and Large 1—430120.44/cwt118.00–125.005189
BullsMedium and Large 1—570109.22/cwt107.00–111.006238
BullsMedium and Large 1—368128.04/cwt125.00–131.004714
BullsMedium and Large 1—332134.36/cwt133.00–136.004463
BullsMedium and Large 1—75081.00/cwt81.00–81.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—487110.09/cwt109.00–112.0053611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—480116.00/cwt116.00–116.005571
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006571
HeifersMedium and Large 2—68089.00/cwt89.00–89.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 2—70080.00/cwt80.00–80.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438105.72/cwt103.00–108.0046311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465103.22/cwt100.00–106.0048011
HeifersMedium and Large 2Replacement—415116.00/cwt116.00–116.004813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—47793.49/cwt90.00–99.004468
SteersMedium and Large 1—305136.00/cwt136.00–136.004151
SteersMedium and Large 1—470124.00/cwt124.00–124.005831
SteersMedium and Large 1—370133.95/cwt133.00–136.004963
SteersMedium and Large 1—705117.00/cwt117.00–117.008253
SteersMedium and Large 1—417130.23/cwt126.00–133.005435
SteersMedium and Large 1—543119.00/cwt118.00–126.006468
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007385
SteersMedium and Large 2—550113.00/cwt113.00–113.006221
SteersMedium and Large 3—450105.00/cwt105.00–105.004731
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——520.00/cwt520.00–520.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——590.00/cwt580.00–600.00—2
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——380.00/cwt380.00–380.00—2
Stock CowsSmall 2——245.71/cwt240.00–250.00—7
Bulls——1,91080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5281
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07453.88/cwt51.00–55.505794
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25558.00/cwt58.00–58.007281
CowsLean 85-90%—90039.00/cwt39.00–39.003511
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01545.57/cwt42.50–48.504633

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.