Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2021-07-20

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Jul 20
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 180▲ 23 vs year ago 151 · +15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 25▼ 2 vs year ago 16 · −12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 6▲ 19 vs year ago 13 · +146.2%
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 mostly steady. Feeder classes 1.00-3.00 higher. Replacement cows an pairs steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.49/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$132.49
99 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.56
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505136.8069159
Medium and Large 2509127.3664837
Medium and Large 3603111.006703thin
One grade step is worth $25.80/cwt here — about $21 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 sale99 hd
132.49
—
AL average16 barns · 1,490 hd
136.05
−3.56
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—Average1,80392.751,6722thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16366.357726thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43866.059502thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04755.355804thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22561.50/cwt61.50–61.507531
CowsLean 85-90%—98853.30/cwt51.50–57.005273
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43866.05/cwt65.50–66.509502
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16366.35/cwt63.00–71.007726
Bulls——1,80392.75/cwt90.00–95.001,6722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——643.33/cwt610.00–710.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——780.63/cwt725.00–870.00—8
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——858.64/cwt700.00–960.00—11
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——506.67/cwt380.00–570.00—3
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,018.75/cwt950.00–1,085.00—4
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1——900.00/cwt900.00–900.00—1
BullsMedium and Large 1—522132.44/cwt129.00–136.006917
BullsMedium and Large 1—750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008481
BullsMedium and Large 2—743106.01/cwt104.00–108.007882
BullsMedium and Large 1—672124.05/cwt117.00–127.008346
BullsMedium and Large 2—537124.38/cwt120.00–127.006685
BullsMedium and Large 2—661113.18/cwt110.00–115.007485
BullsMedium and Large 2—315153.00/cwt153.00–153.004821
BullsMedium and Large 2—478131.90/cwt125.00–134.006309
BullsMedium and Large 3—620111.00/cwt111.00–111.006881
BullsMedium and Large 3—595111.00/cwt111.00–111.006602
BullsMedium and Large 1—574127.71/cwt124.00–132.007339
BullsMedium and Large 2—380138.93/cwt131.00–146.0052810
BullsMedium and Large 2—569118.23/cwt114.00–122.006734
BullsMedium and Large 1—474139.61/cwt135.00–146.0066210
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475122.20/cwt120.00–125.005804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417135.64/cwt131.00–142.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581124.07/cwt120.00–126.007214
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—605128.00/cwt128.00–128.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511128.27/cwt124.00–131.006558
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469130.34/cwt126.00–137.006117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383138.66/cwt136.00–144.005314
HeifersMedium and Large 3—355120.00/cwt120.00–120.004262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—678118.52/cwt117.00–120.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605125.00/cwt125.00–125.007561
SteersMedium and Large 2—500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420126.50/cwt122.00–129.005318
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377130.65/cwt128.00–135.004936
SteersMedium and Large 1—477151.99/cwt150.00–156.007256
SteersMedium and Large 1—417157.54/cwt154.00–160.006576
SteersMedium and Large 1—519150.25/cwt149.00–151.007804
SteersMedium and Large 1—560141.00/cwt141.00–141.007901
SteersMedium and Large 2—445152.00/cwt152.00–152.006761
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323147.81/cwt144.00–152.004773
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323134.35/cwt129.00–139.004342
SteersMedium and Large 1—363162.91/cwt159.00–165.005913
BullsMedium and Large 1—740119.00/cwt119.00–119.008811
BullsMedium and Large 1—424145.40/cwt137.00–151.006169
BullsMedium and Large 1—372150.18/cwt146.00–156.0055911
BullsMedium and Large 1—619125.96/cwt120.00–130.007804
BullsMedium and Large 1—335158.00/cwt158.00–158.005291
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261

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.