Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trend sale not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.31/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$139.31

17 head · 408 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$6.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.29

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	437	141.18	617	12thin
Medium and Large 2	337	134.80	455	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.39/cwt here — about $163 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 sale17 hd

139.31

—

AL average15 barns · 1,440 hd

144.59

−5.29

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	1,875	106.00	1,988	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,126	77.81	876	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	875	51.10	447	2thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	123.00/cwt	122.00–124.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	138.51/cwt	137.00–140.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	133.03/cwt	131.00–135.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	135.35/cwt	131.00–141.00	420	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	—	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	138.66/cwt	137.00–140.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	148.79/cwt	145.00–154.00	492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	158.98/cwt	158.00–160.00	839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	164.38/cwt	162.00–166.00	687	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	173.95/cwt	172.00–176.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	133.97/cwt	133.00–135.00	506	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	—	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,988	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	74.91/cwt	72.00–79.00	813	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,081	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	51.10/cwt	50.00–52.00	447	2

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 Mar 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 53Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 7Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 3Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: No trend sale not reported last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	187.00	187.00
1	—	370	176.00	176.00
1	—	440	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	133.00	133.00
2	—	425	122.00–124.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	150.00	150.00
1	—	605	141.00	141.00
2	—	528	158.00–160.00	158.98
3	—	418	162.00–166.00	164.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	125.00	125.00
2	—	323	172.00–176.00	173.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	140.00	140.00
2	—	508	137.00–140.00	138.51
2	—	585	131.00–135.00	133.03
3	—	462	137.00–140.00	138.66
4	—	331	145.00–154.00	148.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	131.00–141.00	135.35
2	—	378	133.00–135.00	133.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	106.00	106.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	72.00–79.00	74.91
1	—	1,250	86.50	86.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	50.00–52.00	51.10

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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Lineville Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle