Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.38/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$119.38

38 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$3.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.92

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	120.09	630	31
Medium and Large 2	458	116.23	533	7thin

One grade step is worth $3.87/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 sale38 hd

119.38

—

AL average15 barns · 1,511 hd

122.31

−2.92

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	1,616	78.16	1,263	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,352	57.40	776	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,112	57.17	636	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	47.51	487	6thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	795	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	125.45/cwt	121.00–136.00	675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	121.99/cwt	120.00–123.00	675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	104.47/cwt	103.00–106.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	140.31/cwt	138.00–142.00	603	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	142.42/cwt	139.00–146.00	735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	137.68/cwt	135.00–139.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	120.64/cwt	115.00–126.00	521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	130.96/cwt	129.00–134.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	118.80/cwt	116.00–121.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	121.81/cwt	120.00–124.00	565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	150.02/cwt	149.00–151.00	632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	135.98/cwt	134.00–140.00	453	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	118.42/cwt	116.00–120.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	146.24/cwt	143.00–149.00	676	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	119.33/cwt	116.00–121.00	631	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	112.92/cwt	110.00–116.00	540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	965	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	136.26/cwt	131.00–139.00	491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	908	96.49/cwt	94.00–99.00	876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	129.91/cwt	127.00–136.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	114.03/cwt	110.00–118.00	701	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	56.42/cwt	54.00–61.50	600	5
Bulls	—	—	1,793	82.94/cwt	76.50–86.00	1,487	3
Bulls	—	—	1,350	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	959	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	48.61/cwt	46.50–51.50	507	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	391	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	63.18/cwt	63.00–63.50	823	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	50.05/cwt	49.00–51.50	473	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,352	57.40/cwt	54.00–60.00	776	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 Oct 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 300Last week 214Year ago 155

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 14Year ago 14

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes steady to 3.00 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	—	795	106.00	106.00
4	—	538	121.00–136.00	125.45
3	—	553	120.00–123.00	121.99
2	—	815	103.00–106.00	104.47
6	—	430	138.00–142.00	140.31
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
5	—	629	116.00–120.00	118.42
3	—	660	120.00	120.00
1	—	965	94.00	94.00
2	—	908	94.00–99.00	96.49
3	—	468	127.00–136.00	129.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	134.00–140.00	135.98
3	—	360	131.00–139.00	136.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	130.00	130.00
5	—	516	139.00–146.00	142.42
5	—	421	149.00–151.00	150.02
13	—	462	143.00–149.00	146.24
1	—	675	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	135.00–139.00	137.68
1	—	425	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	115.00–126.00	120.64
4	—	478	110.00–116.00	112.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	129.00–134.00	130.96
5	—	579	116.00–121.00	118.80
5	—	464	120.00–124.00	121.81
1	—	650	109.00	109.00
15	—	529	116.00–121.00	119.33
2	—	615	110.00–118.00	114.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,064	54.00–61.50	56.42
3	—	1,303	63.00–63.50	63.18
2	—	945	49.00–51.50	50.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,043	46.50–51.50	48.61
1	—	930	42.00	42.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	54.00–60.00	57.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,793	76.50–86.00	82.94
2	—	1,350	71.00	71.00

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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