Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2021-11-09

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Nov 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 227▼ 38 vs year ago 291 · −13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 18▼ 5 vs year ago 32 · −15.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 22▲ 4 vs year ago 33 · +12.1%
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 steady. Feeder classes steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.67/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$138.67
76 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.44
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470142.4966934
Medium and Large 2420138.7558229
Medium and Large 3415128.4953413thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $135 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 sale76 hd
138.67
—
AL average15 barns · 1,610 hd
135.23
+3.44
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—Low1,72576.691,3234thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18170.308307thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56855.758742thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94844.314203thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1—607114.99/cwt114.00–117.006983
BullsMedium and Large 1—510138.98/cwt138.00–141.007093
BullsMedium and Large 3—375136.29/cwt135.00–138.005116
HeifersMedium and Large 2—558103.37/cwt102.00–106.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455126.00/cwt126.00–126.005731
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382129.15/cwt126.00–134.0049310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521116.90/cwt114.00–120.006098
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313133.44/cwt132.00–135.004184
BullsMedium and Large 3—533106.93/cwt104.00–110.005702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415128.00/cwt128.00–128.005312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—461112.50/cwt111.00–115.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 2—345120.50/cwt116.00–125.004164
HeifersMedium and Large 3—540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455102.00/cwt102.00–102.004641
HeifersMedium and Large 3—395108.00/cwt108.00–108.004272
SteersMedium and Large 2—495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
SteersMedium and Large 3—560117.00/cwt117.00–117.006551
SteersMedium and Large 1—518146.41/cwt145.00–149.007585
SteersMedium and Large 1—470151.00/cwt151.00–151.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522108.86/cwt104.00–114.0056810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—550109.67/cwt105.00–119.006033
BullsMedium and Large 1—670106.00/cwt106.00–106.007101
BullsMedium and Large 1—426148.72/cwt145.00–152.006349
BullsMedium and Large 1—564131.79/cwt126.00–135.007434
BullsMedium and Large 1—309168.20/cwt166.00–174.005204
BullsMedium and Large 1—363154.04/cwt152.00–158.005593
BullsMedium and Large 1—75598.00/cwt98.00–98.007401
CowsLean 85-90%—93541.50/cwt41.50–41.503881
CowsLean 85-90%—95545.71/cwt45.50–46.004372
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64552.00/cwt52.00–52.008551
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49059.50/cwt59.50–59.508871
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12372.55/cwt72.00–73.008154
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25867.29/cwt63.50–69.008473
Bulls——1,83063.50/cwt63.50–63.501,1621
Bulls——1,69081.09/cwt77.00–84.001,3703
Bred CowsSmall 3——366.00/cwt330.00–420.00—5
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——525.00/cwt500.00–550.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——770.00/cwt770.00–770.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——402.00/cwt370.00–450.00—5
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——540.00/cwt500.00–580.00—4
Bred CowsSmall 3——260.00/cwt260.00–260.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——435.00/cwt400.00–500.00—5
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——727.50/cwt650.00–810.00—8
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——900.00/cwt900.00–900.00—1
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3——760.00/cwt760.00–760.00—1
BullsMedium and Large 3—417127.76/cwt125.00–131.005335
BullsMedium and Large 2—465128.97/cwt126.00–132.006004
BullsMedium and Large 2—333154.62/cwt149.00–160.005154
BullsMedium and Large 2—540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006642
BullsMedium and Large 2—68095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
BullsMedium and Large 2—590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006201
BullsMedium and Large 1—463146.35/cwt143.00–149.006786
BullsMedium and Large 2—379146.13/cwt142.00–149.0055411
BullsMedium and Large 2—410139.34/cwt135.00–143.005716

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.