Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2021-07-13

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Jul 13
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 143▲ 6 vs year ago 174 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 17▲ 15 vs year ago 10 · +150.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 12▼ 75 vs year ago 81 · −92.6%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Sep 27, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trends, sale closed last week for the 4th July holiday.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.43/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$127.43
84 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.47
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549129.4771159
Medium and Large 2521123.8164522
Medium and Large 3500113.665683thin
One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about $142 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 sale84 hd
127.43
—
AL average11 barns · 1,269 hd
136.90
−9.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,35885.271,1584thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29574.009581thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08069.7075312
CowsLean 85-90%Average93954.995167thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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—523121.96/cwt121.00–124.006383
BullsMedium and Large 2—405127.00/cwt127.00–127.005141
BullsMedium and Large 1—81599.00/cwt99.00–99.008071
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472129.63/cwt125.00–135.006127
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572123.74/cwt121.00–128.007086
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513110.65/cwt109.00–112.005686
SteersMedium and Large 2—585128.98/cwt128.00–130.007552
SteersMedium and Large 1—635134.00/cwt134.00–134.008512
SteersMedium and Large 1—384168.52/cwt161.00–171.006474
BullsMedium and Large 1—687118.56/cwt116.00–120.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360139.00/cwt139.00–139.005001
BullsMedium and Large 2—577116.27/cwt115.00–119.006713
BullsMedium and Large 2—315146.00/cwt146.00–146.004601
BullsMedium and Large 1—795107.00/cwt107.00–107.008511
SteersMedium and Large 1—417154.32/cwt154.00–155.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618123.04/cwt118.00–126.007605
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511124.59/cwt123.00–126.006375
BullsMedium and Large 1—710113.74/cwt110.00–118.008084
BullsMedium and Large 1—531129.14/cwt125.00–135.0068610
BullsMedium and Large 1—421140.55/cwt138.00–145.005927
HeifersMedium and Large 1—662115.99/cwt114.00–118.007683
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08069.70/cwt64.00–72.0075312
CowsLean 85-90%—99253.82/cwt51.00–58.505343
CowsLean 85-90%—90849.26/cwt49.00–49.504472
CowsLean 85-90%—89062.49/cwt62.00–63.005562
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29574.00/cwt74.00–74.009581
Bulls——1,35885.27/cwt82.50–88.501,1584
SteersMedium and Large 2—645111.00/cwt111.00–111.007161
BullsMedium and Large 2—395145.00/cwt145.00–145.005731
BullsMedium and Large 1—630116.43/cwt115.00–121.007344
BullsMedium and Large 1—373153.71/cwt149.00–157.005733
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——380.00/cwt380.00–380.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——680.00/cwt680.00–680.00—1
BullsMedium and Large 2—255152.00/cwt152.00–152.003881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418119.42/cwt116.00–123.0049910
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430107.61/cwt104.00–110.004633
BullsMedium and Large 3—475119.49/cwt119.00–120.005682
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——786.67/cwt720.00–870.00—3
BullsMedium and Large 1—479137.61/cwt134.00–140.0065910
BullsMedium and Large 2—617110.66/cwt110.00–111.006833
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490113.00/cwt113.00–113.005542
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376129.01/cwt126.00–132.004856
BullsMedium and Large 1—302160.34/cwt158.00–162.004843
BullsMedium and Large 1—90096.00/cwt96.00–96.008641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325145.32/cwt144.00–147.004723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429130.65/cwt129.00–134.005608
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583112.59/cwt110.00–115.006565
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004362
BullsMedium and Large 3—550102.00/cwt102.00–102.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—78594.00/cwt94.00–94.007381
SteersMedium and Large 1—685123.00/cwt123.00–123.008431
BullsMedium and Large 1—579124.11/cwt121.00–129.007198
BullsMedium and Large 2—480129.72/cwt128.00–131.006236
BullsMedium and Large 2—688109.63/cwt108.00–113.007543

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.