Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls absent. Feeder classes 2.00-5.00 higher. Replacement cows pairs steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $115.46/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$115.46

33 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$135

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

$29.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.64

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	290	130.00	377	1thin
Medium and Large 1	488	116.48	568	29
Medium and Large 2	508	100.69	512	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.31/cwt here — about −$135 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 sale33 hd

115.46

—

AL average16 barns · 1,536 hd

121.09

−5.64

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

27 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	Medium and Large 1	—	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	119.41/cwt	118.00–122.00	506	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	111.58/cwt	106.00–114.00	586	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	113.63/cwt	110.00–116.00	537	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	101.03/cwt	100.00–102.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	93.93/cwt	91.00–97.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	105.70/cwt	104.00–107.00	452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	101.69/cwt	98.00–106.00	486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	95.34/cwt	93.00–98.00	455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	93.78/cwt	87.00–98.00	491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	635	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	516.67/cwt	500.00–550.00	—	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	—	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 Nov 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 116Last week 251Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 266Year ago 0

Compared week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls absent. Feeder classes 2.00-5.00 higher. Replacement cows pairs steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	95.00	95.00
2	—	345	152.00	152.00
2	—	380	136.00	136.00
2	—	765	90.00–91.00	90.50
7	—	424	118.00–122.00	119.41
7	—	525	106.00–114.00	111.58
8	—	473	110.00–116.00	113.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	100.00	100.00
2	—	515	100.00–102.00	101.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	100.00	100.00
1	—	735	85.00	85.00
2	—	670	91.00–97.00	93.93
3	—	428	104.00–107.00	105.70
6	—	478	98.00–106.00	101.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	105.00	105.00
1	—	570	85.00	85.00
3	—	477	93.00–98.00	95.34
4	—	524	87.00–98.00	93.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	127.00	127.00
1	—	525	121.00	121.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	540.00	540.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	500.00–550.00	516.67
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	300.00	300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	370.00	370.00

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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