Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Mostly steady on all classes with few offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.98/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$116.98

37 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.29

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	118.65	556	32
Medium and Large 3	310	110.00	341	1thin
Medium and Large 2	470	105.29	495	4thin

One grade step is worth $13.36/cwt here — about $62 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 sale37 hd

116.98

—

AL average16 barns · 1,471 hd

122.27

−5.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,555	78.50	1,221	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,300	54.50	709	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	53.45	648	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,207	45.24	546	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	53.45/cwt	51.50–55.50	648	3
Bulls	—	—	1,555	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,221	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	709	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,207	45.24/cwt	43.50–46.50	546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	110.39/cwt	106.00–114.00	472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	114.10/cwt	111.00–117.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	105.97/cwt	103.00–112.00	605	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	141.87/cwt	139.00–145.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	146.79/cwt	141.00–150.00	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	117.21/cwt	115.00–120.00	499	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,030.00/cwt	1,030.00–1,030.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	129.40/cwt	129.00–131.00	455	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	140.47/cwt	136.00–145.00	580	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	487	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	599	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	111.49/cwt	109.00–116.00	583	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	736.67/cwt	610.00–800.00	—	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 Jan 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 62Last week 215Year ago 90

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 42Year ago 2

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 29Year ago 14

Compared to a week ago: Mostly steady on all classes with few offerings.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	51.50–55.50	53.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	54.50	54.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	43.50–46.50	45.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	78.50	78.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	134.00	134.00
1	—	530	121.00	121.00
1	—	610	109.00	109.00
1	—	775	101.00	101.00
3	—	372	141.00–150.00	146.79
1	—	655	106.00	106.00
2	—	413	136.00–145.00	140.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	90.00	90.00
1	—	805	80.00	80.00
2	—	413	120.00–125.00	122.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
3	—	428	106.00–114.00	110.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	111.00–117.00	114.10
5	—	571	103.00–112.00	105.97
1	—	325	133.00	133.00
4	—	426	115.00–120.00	117.21
5	—	352	129.00–131.00	129.40
4	—	523	109.00–116.00	111.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	487	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	139.00–145.00	141.87
2	—	585	123.00	123.00
1	—	415	150.00	150.00

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	1	—	—	1,030.00	1,030.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	690.00	690.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	660.00	660.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	330.00	330.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	610.00–800.00	736.67

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle