Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.61/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$114.61

46 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$5.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	490	117.89	578	20
Medium and Large 3	463	112.08	518	26

One grade step is worth $5.81/cwt here — about $59 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 sale46 hd

114.61

—

AL average13 barns · 1,161 hd

115.48

−0.88

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	—	Average	1,548	78.93	1,222	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	52.78	625	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	860	38.79	334	4thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	98.32/cwt	96.00–101.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	106.48/cwt	105.00–108.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	112.99/cwt	111.00–115.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	118.95/cwt	118.00–120.00	393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	105.99/cwt	105.00–107.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	534	105.55/cwt	103.00–108.00	564	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	476	109.52/cwt	107.00–111.00	521	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	436	112.96/cwt	110.00–118.00	493	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	623	94.51/cwt	94.00–95.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	127.00/cwt	126.00–128.00	400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	278	135.87/cwt	134.00–138.00	378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	125.37/cwt	123.00–128.00	524	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	103.37/cwt	101.00–107.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	658	101.50/cwt	101.00–102.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	109.99/cwt	109.00–111.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	119.98/cwt	118.00–122.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	134.47/cwt	134.00–135.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	109.45/cwt	108.00–111.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	102.15/cwt	99.00–105.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	96.92/cwt	95.00–99.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	102.99/cwt	100.00–105.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	111.01/cwt	110.00–113.00	427	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	113.49/cwt	113.00–114.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	965.00/cwt	930.00–1,000.00	—	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	642.50/cwt	640.00–650.00	—	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	—	3
Bulls	—	—	1,548	78.93/cwt	77.00–81.50	1,222	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	52.78/cwt	50.00–55.50	625	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	34.50/cwt	34.50–34.50	269	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	40.22/cwt	38.00–42.50	357	3

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 Sep 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 133Last week 284Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 10Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	96.00–101.00	98.32
3	—	388	115.00–117.00	116.01
2	—	685	95.00–96.00	95.50
2	—	518	105.00–108.00	106.48
2	—	413	111.00–115.00	112.99
2	—	330	118.00–120.00	118.95
1	—	710	94.00	94.00
4	—	478	108.00–111.00	109.45
4	—	575	99.00–105.00	102.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	105.00–107.00	105.99
1	—	560	109.00	109.00
1	—	460	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	117.00–118.00	117.51
2	—	330	115.00–116.00	115.51
2	—	435	107.00–109.00	108.00
2	—	525	95.00–99.00	96.92
3	—	473	100.00–105.00	102.99
4	—	385	110.00–113.00	111.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	103.00–108.00	105.55
7	—	476	107.00–111.00	109.52
4	—	436	110.00–118.00	112.96
2	—	623	94.00–95.00	94.51
2	—	390	120.00–122.00	120.99
2	—	315	126.00–128.00	127.00
2	—	278	134.00–138.00	135.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	123.00–128.00	125.37
3	—	635	101.00–107.00	103.37
2	—	658	101.00–102.00	101.50
2	—	580	109.00–111.00	109.99
2	—	513	112.00–115.00	113.48
2	—	460	118.00–122.00	119.98
2	—	368	130.00–132.00	130.99
2	—	323	134.00–135.00	134.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	118.00	118.00
1	—	645	116.00	116.00
2	—	575	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	111.00	111.00
2	—	628	113.00–114.00	113.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	118.00	118.00
1	—	590	111.00	111.00
1	—	610	108.00	108.00
1	—	755	100.00	100.00

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	4	—	—	930.00–1,000.00	965.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	840.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	640.00–650.00	642.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	77.00–81.50	78.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,185	50.00–55.50	52.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	34.50	34.50
3	—	887	38.00–42.50	40.22

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle