Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2019-10-01

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Oct 1
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 130▲ 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 13▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 23▲ 25 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 one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $107.92/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$107.92
107 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.08
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488113.9855622
Medium and Large 2481109.0352457
Medium and Large 3493100.9049828
One grade step is worth $13.07/cwt here — about $58 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 sale107 hd
107.92
—
AL average16 barns · 1,637 hd
114.00
−6.08
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—Average1,80071.361,2843thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16342.094897thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98230.292975thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 2—57896.98/cwt96.00–98.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66590.00/cwt90.00–90.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525104.80/cwt104.00–106.005505
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628100.49/cwt100.00–101.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430110.01/cwt109.00–111.004732
BullsMedium and Large 3—57390.68/cwt90.00–94.005206
BullsMedium and Large 3—429108.04/cwt106.00–109.004634
BullsMedium and Large 3—63888.32/cwt85.00–90.005633
BullsMedium and Large 3—53298.68/cwt96.00–100.005253
BullsMedium and Large 3—492101.34/cwt100.00–103.004993
BullsMedium and Large 3—328116.67/cwt115.00–118.003833
BullsMedium and Large 3—71584.00/cwt84.00–84.006012
BullsMedium and Large 3—365110.51/cwt110.00–111.004032
BullsMedium and Large 3—263122.49/cwt121.00–124.003222
BullsMedium and Large 2—488107.61/cwt105.00–110.0052510
BullsMedium and Large 2—327122.79/cwt119.00–126.0040210
BullsMedium and Large 2—587101.76/cwt99.00–104.005979
BullsMedium and Large 2—436111.58/cwt111.00–114.004867
BullsMedium and Large 2—62996.85/cwt94.00–100.006096
BullsMedium and Large 2—513104.34/cwt103.00–106.005356
BullsMedium and Large 2—68091.66/cwt91.00–92.006233
BullsMedium and Large 2—390116.00/cwt115.00–118.004523
BullsMedium and Large 2—282127.99/cwt127.00–129.003613
BullsMedium and Large 1—584107.15/cwt105.00–111.006267
BullsMedium and Large 1—381123.77/cwt122.00–127.004726
BullsMedium and Large 1—422116.74/cwt115.00–120.004935
BullsMedium and Large 1—518111.54/cwt110.00–113.005782
BullsMedium and Large 1—75594.00/cwt94.00–94.007101
BullsMedium and Large 1—455114.00/cwt114.00–114.005191
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00931.11/cwt29.00–33.503144
CowsLean 85-90%—87527.00/cwt27.00–27.002361
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14442.40/cwt40.50–45.004854
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19539.25/cwt39.00–39.504692
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17546.50/cwt46.50–46.505461
Bulls——1,80071.36/cwt70.00–72.501,2843
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——335.00/cwt325.00–345.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——485.00/cwt460.00–510.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——550.00/cwt550.00–550.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——355.00/cwt310.00–400.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——600.00/cwt560.00–640.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——488.33/cwt470.00–520.00—3
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3——650.00/cwt650.00–650.00—2
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——750.00/cwt750.00–750.00—2
SteersMedium and Large 2—595116.00/cwt116.00–116.006901
SteersMedium and Large 2—495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005841
SteersMedium and Large 1—740111.00/cwt111.00–111.008211
SteersMedium and Large 1—675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007971
HeifersMedium and Large 3—431103.01/cwt101.00–105.004447
HeifersMedium and Large 3—46899.67/cwt99.00–101.004666
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330107.02/cwt106.00–108.003534
HeifersMedium and Large 3—390105.00/cwt104.00–106.004103
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56088.02/cwt86.00–90.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—52594.52/cwt94.00–95.004962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381108.47/cwt107.00–111.004138
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473103.14/cwt102.00–105.004886
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513100.99/cwt100.00–102.005184
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415106.67/cwt106.00–107.004433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—63096.02/cwt95.00–97.006052

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.