Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2020-06-16

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Jun 16
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 206▲ 90 vs year ago 95 · +94.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 45▲ 28 vs year ago 11 · +254.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 48▲ 12 vs year ago 9 · +133.3%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Sep 27, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.43/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$112.43
80 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.22
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513114.6958840
Medium and Large 2465111.6051929
Medium and Large 3437106.4446511thin
One grade step is worth $8.24/cwt here — about $123 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 sale80 hd
112.43
—
AL average12 barns · 1,156 hd
119.66
−7.22
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—Average1,92092.671,7803thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20668.2282318
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45066.5696513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02455.055647thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47767.43/cwt65.00–70.5099610
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27060.00/cwt60.00–60.007622
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0971
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22769.23/cwt64.00–72.5084913
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09859.46/cwt55.50–62.006533
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23374.81/cwt74.00–75.509222
Bulls——2,003100.00/cwt100.00–100.002,0032
Bulls——1,75578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,3691
Bred CowsSmall 3——510.00/cwt510.00–510.00—2
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——700.00/cwt700.00–700.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,045.00/cwt960.00–1,100.00—6
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——768.75/cwt625.00–850.00—4
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——810.00/cwt700.00–920.00—2
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,040.00/cwt1,040.00–1,040.00—1
SteersMedium and Large 3—405108.00/cwt108.00–108.004371
SteersMedium and Large 2—435127.00/cwt127.00–127.005521
SteersMedium and Large 2—370137.00/cwt137.00–137.005071
SteersMedium and Large 1—655113.00/cwt113.00–113.007401
SteersMedium and Large 1—560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485104.65/cwt102.00–107.005086
HeifersMedium and Large 3—353110.33/cwt109.00–112.003893
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420106.00/cwt106.00–106.004452
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470113.01/cwt110.00–116.005319
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421113.52/cwt110.00–118.004789
BullsMedium and Large 1—323146.86/cwt145.00–149.004742
BullsMedium and Large 1—665109.50/cwt109.00–110.007282
BullsMedium and Large 1—363141.01/cwt136.00–146.005124
BullsMedium and Large 1—556113.75/cwt112.00–117.006324
BullsMedium and Large 1—475124.42/cwt123.00–126.005915
BullsMedium and Large 1—614108.98/cwt106.00–112.006696
BullsMedium and Large 1—426128.52/cwt124.00–130.005477
BullsMedium and Large 1—516120.07/cwt117.00–124.0062020
BullsMedium and Large 2—485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
BullsMedium and Large 2—73595.00/cwt95.00–95.006981
BullsMedium and Large 2—380126.46/cwt125.00–128.004812
BullsMedium and Large 2—337128.67/cwt128.00–130.004343
BullsMedium and Large 2—435119.62/cwt116.00–123.005203
BullsMedium and Large 2—522115.12/cwt113.00–118.006015
BullsMedium and Large 3—458109.50/cwt109.00–110.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—350126.00/cwt126.00–126.004411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408119.49/cwt119.00–120.004882
HeifersMedium and Large 1—659104.27/cwt103.00–106.006874
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583109.59/cwt108.00–112.006395
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464117.84/cwt116.00–123.0054714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522114.84/cwt110.00–119.0059914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—61596.30/cwt93.00–100.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379119.15/cwt117.00–122.004524
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528108.01/cwt107.00–109.005704
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02455.05/cwt52.50–57.005647

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.