Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2020-01-28

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Jan 28
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 122▲ 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 7▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 11▲ 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 week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder classes steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.42/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$139.42
48 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.85
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488142.9269835
Medium and Large 2501130.3365312thin
Medium and Large 3460126.005801thin
One grade step is worth $16.92/cwt here — about $118 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 sale48 hd
139.42
—
AL average14 barns · 1,208 hd
140.27
−0.85
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—Average1,74580.251,4002thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13051.735852thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27850.666472thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05444.754726thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1—88095.00/cwt95.00–95.008361
BullsMedium and Large 1—90088.00/cwt88.00–88.007921
BullsMedium and Large 1—585131.42/cwt127.00–136.007692
BullsMedium and Large 1—710101.52/cwt100.00–103.007212
BullsMedium and Large 1—523133.59/cwt122.00–139.006993
BullsMedium and Large 1—470147.19/cwt140.00–150.006924
Bred CowsSmall 3——400.00/cwt400.00–400.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——803.33/cwt750.00–840.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——728.46/cwt500.00–830.00—13
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——470.00/cwt470.00–470.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——470.00/cwt470.00–470.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——555.00/cwt520.00–590.00—2
Bred CowsSmall 3——275.00/cwt275.00–275.00—1
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458126.63/cwt124.00–131.005808
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318135.21/cwt132.00–140.0043011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325126.11/cwt120.00–129.004105
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——620.00/cwt590.00–650.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——630.00/cwt540.00–720.00—2
HeifersMedium and Large 1—735106.00/cwt106.00–106.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1—90092.00/cwt92.00–92.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523125.52/cwt125.00–126.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670106.00/cwt106.00–106.007102
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365133.65/cwt132.00–136.004883
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580116.93/cwt115.00–121.006783
BullsMedium and Large 1—315166.20/cwt164.00–168.005247
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27850.66/cwt49.50–52.006472
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05444.75/cwt41.00–48.004726
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13051.73/cwt51.50–52.005852
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415129.67/cwt126.00–133.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383123.16/cwt120.00–127.004726
BullsMedium and Large 2—364148.19/cwt146.00–152.005395
BullsMedium and Large 2—495134.00/cwt134.00–134.006631
BullsMedium and Large 3—460126.00/cwt126.00–126.005801
BullsMedium and Large 1—378161.24/cwt155.00–169.006095
BullsMedium and Large 1—417152.42/cwt150.00–155.006365
BullsMedium and Large 1—618126.43/cwt124.00–132.007815
Bulls——1,74580.25/cwt80.00–80.501,4002
BullsMedium and Large 2—415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
BullsMedium and Large 2—505132.00/cwt132.00–132.006671
BullsMedium and Large 2—570116.00/cwt116.00–116.006611
BullsMedium and Large 2—625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
BullsMedium and Large 2—79393.01/cwt91.00–95.007382

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.