Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers and bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.83/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$121.83

79 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$22.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.47

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	124.35	622	41
Medium and Large 2	477	120.57	575	35
Medium and Large 3	513	102.31	525	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.04/cwt here — about $97 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 sale79 hd

121.83

—

AL average14 barns · 1,374 hd

124.30

−2.47

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,645	85.55	1,407	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	62.00	887	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	61.07	738	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	903	49.18	444	2thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	275	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	105.50/cwt	101.00–110.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	111.27/cwt	110.00–113.00	684	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	361	140.06/cwt	137.00–144.00	506	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	136.71/cwt	133.00–141.00	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	120.50/cwt	116.00–124.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	111.14/cwt	107.00–116.00	611	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	131.09/cwt	124.00–135.00	617	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	133.65/cwt	131.00–136.00	448	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	113.13/cwt	112.00–115.00	587	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	110.45/cwt	105.00–115.00	631	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	133.27/cwt	130.00–137.00	488	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	119.83/cwt	117.00–124.00	557	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	102.31/cwt	101.00–103.00	525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	103.67/cwt	101.00–105.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	109.07/cwt	105.00–112.00	615	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	113.67/cwt	112.00–115.00	480	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	110.35/cwt	109.00–113.00	566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	109.31/cwt	105.00–111.00	520	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	89.46/cwt	86.00–93.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	99.33/cwt	98.00–100.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	105.51/cwt	104.00–106.00	508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	104.19/cwt	101.00–106.00	548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	111.68/cwt	110.00–115.00	431	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	106.10/cwt	105.00–110.00	432	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	147.09/cwt	144.00–150.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	139.54/cwt	133.00–146.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	115.02/cwt	113.00–117.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,115.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	—	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	771.25/cwt	620.00–810.00	—	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,000.00/cwt	850.00–1,150.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	862.50/cwt	700.00–1,100.00	—	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	—	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,235	1
Bulls	—	—	1,652	88.73/cwt	85.00–93.50	1,466	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	920	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	60.52/cwt	57.00–63.50	717	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	887	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	49.18/cwt	45.50–52.50	444	2

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 Sep 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 276Year ago 284

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 16Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 58Year ago 10

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers and bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 lower. Replacement cows and 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	—	275	160.00	160.00
1	—	760	97.00	97.00
2	—	660	101.00–110.00	105.50
4	—	615	110.00–113.00	111.27
5	—	361	137.00–144.00	140.06
5	—	431	133.00–141.00	136.71
7	—	519	116.00–124.00	120.50
7	—	550	107.00–116.00	111.14
9	—	471	124.00–135.00	131.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	137.00	137.00
1	—	755	92.00	92.00
3	—	335	131.00–136.00	133.65
7	—	519	112.00–115.00	113.13
7	—	571	105.00–115.00	110.45
8	—	366	130.00–137.00	133.27
8	—	465	117.00–124.00	119.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	101.00–103.00	102.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	93.00	93.00
3	—	613	101.00–105.00	103.67
7	—	564	105.00–112.00	109.07
9	—	422	112.00–115.00	113.67
9	—	513	109.00–113.00	110.35
10	—	476	105.00–111.00	109.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	86.00–93.00	89.46
3	—	575	98.00–100.00	99.33
4	—	481	104.00–106.00	105.51
5	—	526	101.00–106.00	104.19
7	—	386	110.00–115.00	111.68
11	—	407	105.00–110.00	106.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	118.00	118.00
1	—	440	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
2	—	423	144.00–150.00	147.09
2	—	453	133.00–146.00	139.54
2	—	655	113.00–117.00	115.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	133.00	133.00
1	—	515	121.00	121.00
1	—	785	105.00	105.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,115.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	690.00	690.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	620.00–810.00	771.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	850.00–1,150.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	700.00–1,100.00	862.50
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	560.00	560.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	76.00	76.00
3	—	1,652	85.00–93.50	88.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	65.50	65.50
8	—	1,184	57.00–63.50	60.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	45.50–52.50	49.18

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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Lineville Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle