Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2019-12-17

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Dec 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 173▲ 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 14▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 21▲ 30 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 week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Feeder classes 1.00-3.00 higher. Replacement cows pairs steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.07/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$103.07
21 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$335
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.29
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636107.166826thin
Medium and Large 2512103.2452812thin
Medium and Large 336894.223473thin
One grade step is worth $12.94/cwt here — about $335 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 sale21 hd
103.07
—
AL average16 barns · 1,842 hd
117.36
−14.29
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19350.916075thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99139.103876thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—260114.00/cwt114.00–114.002961
BullsMedium and Large 2—485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
BullsMedium and Large 2—575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19350.91/cwt48.00–54.006075
CowsLean 85-90%—96536.19/cwt35.50–37.003492
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00440.55/cwt38.00–45.004074
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——610.00/cwt550.00–690.00—4
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——580.00/cwt450.00–650.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1——740.00/cwt740.00–740.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——675.00/cwt670.00–680.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——815.00/cwt770.00–860.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——695.00/cwt650.00–750.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——550.00/cwt550.00–550.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——372.00/cwt310.00–470.00—5
SteersMedium and Large 2—435129.00/cwt129.00–129.005611
SteersMedium and Large 2—610103.49/cwt103.00–104.006312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——787.50/cwt700.00–900.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2——540.00/cwt540.00–540.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2——560.00/cwt560.00–560.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 3——350.00/cwt350.00–350.00—1
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530100.00/cwt100.00–100.005301
HeifersMedium and Large 2—59098.00/cwt98.00–98.005781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378109.98/cwt106.00–115.004166
HeifersMedium and Large 3—36894.22/cwt91.00–100.003473
SteersMedium and Large 3—58597.00/cwt97.00–97.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490115.00/cwt115.00–115.005641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605106.00/cwt106.00–106.006411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—68598.00/cwt98.00–98.006711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—71891.52/cwt90.00–93.006572
HeifersMedium and Large 1—77197.32/cwt96.00–98.007503

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.