Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trend, all sales closed for two weeks for Christmas and New Year Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.53/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$132.53

64 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$7.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.49

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	135.96	704	36
Medium and Large 2	440	128.12	564	28

One grade step is worth $7.84/cwt here — about $140 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 sale64 hd

132.53

—

AL average11 barns · 715 hd

137.02

−4.49

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	—	Low	1,110	75.00	833	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	66.33	783	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	818	52.74	431	3thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	147.54/cwt	146.00–149.00	782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	144.67/cwt	144.00–146.00	981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	165.07/cwt	162.00–170.00	784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	156.44/cwt	150.00–159.00	885	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	130.33/cwt	129.00–131.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	173.58/cwt	170.00–177.00	743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	175.80/cwt	174.00–179.00	665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	161.73/cwt	156.00–167.00	851	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	136.97/cwt	134.00–140.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	124.79/cwt	122.00–126.00	468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	125.93/cwt	122.00–129.00	589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	142.36/cwt	139.00–147.00	515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	134.54/cwt	133.00–139.00	565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	134.33/cwt	133.00–135.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	136.42/cwt	131.00–139.00	724	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	134.77/cwt	132.00–137.00	846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	124.38/cwt	121.00–128.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	140.51/cwt	140.00–142.00	448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	127.16/cwt	124.00–130.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	130.47/cwt	125.00–136.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	135.25/cwt	128.00–139.00	761	5
Bulls	—	—	1,110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	833	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	710	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	938	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	52.74/cwt	52.00–54.00	431	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 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 0Year ago 215

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 42

Compared to a week ago: No trend, all sales closed for two weeks for Christmas and New Year Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	160.00	160.00
2	—	530	146.00–149.00	147.54
1	—	340	174.00	174.00
1	—	380	173.00	173.00
1	—	485	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	126.00	126.00
1	—	600	109.00	109.00
2	—	478	125.00–136.00	130.47
1	—	440	156.00	156.00
2	—	390	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	179.00	179.00
3	—	678	144.00–146.00	144.67
4	—	475	162.00–170.00	165.07
13	—	566	150.00–159.00	156.44
1	—	645	145.00	145.00
3	—	428	170.00–177.00	173.58
5	—	378	174.00–179.00	175.80
11	—	526	156.00–167.00	161.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	170.00	170.00
1	—	420	165.00	165.00
1	—	460	159.00	159.00
4	—	559	134.00–140.00	136.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	716	129.00–131.00	130.33
5	—	362	139.00–147.00	142.36
5	—	420	133.00–139.00	134.54
3	—	475	133.00–135.00	134.33
11	—	531	131.00–139.00	136.42
4	—	628	132.00–137.00	134.77
5	—	563	128.00–139.00	135.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	695	115.00	115.00
4	—	375	122.00–126.00	124.79
5	—	468	122.00–129.00	125.93
4	—	523	121.00–128.00	124.38
6	—	319	140.00–142.00	140.51
6	—	423	124.00–130.00	127.16
1	—	555	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	75.00	75.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	62.00	62.00
1	—	1,250	75.00	75.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	818	52.00–54.00	52.74

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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