Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2022-07-12

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Jul 12
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
258 head
▲ 258 vs last sale 0▲ 78 vs year ago 180 · +43.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 0▲ 19 vs year ago 25 · +76.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 0▲ 17 vs year ago 6 · +283.3%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Sep 27, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trend, no sales last week due 4th July holiday.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.29/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$145.29
67 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.12
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486147.8571943
Medium and Large 2419143.5760219thin
Medium and Large 3453129.815885thin
One grade step is worth $18.04/cwt here — about $130 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 sale67 hd
145.29
—
AL average11 barns · 1,022 hd
148.41
−3.12
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—Average1,47397.651,4383thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17073.2485720
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30372.799498thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99662.2162010

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8984thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$6466
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2651thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$89511
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$5501thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—470143.56/cwt138.00–149.006752
SteersMedium and Large 2—570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007414
SteersMedium and Large 1—507152.96/cwt149.00–159.007763
SteersMedium and Large 1—568143.25/cwt143.00–144.008144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,00099.00/cwt99.00–99.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1—650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
SteersMedium and Large 1—440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007261
SteersMedium and Large 2—620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007751
SteersMedium and Large 1—603130.50/cwt130.00–131.007872
SteersMedium and Large 1—340168.00/cwt168.00–168.005711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471125.56/cwt124.00–128.005917
SteersMedium and Large 2—508134.88/cwt132.00–141.006856
SteersMedium and Large 1—470159.01/cwt157.00–160.007474
BullsMedium and Large 1—270188.75/cwt186.00–192.005103
BullsMedium and Large 1—522144.65/cwt140.00–147.007553
BullsMedium and Large 1—479146.51/cwt140.00–150.007028
BullsMedium and Large 1—375163.41/cwt159.00–168.006136
BullsMedium and Large 1—604126.39/cwt123.00–130.007635
BullsMedium and Large 1—575134.31/cwt129.00–143.007725
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0331
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563125.54/cwt121.00–128.007074
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413126.96/cwt122.00–131.005243
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433123.82/cwt116.00–126.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525118.58/cwt115.00–121.006235
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373130.63/cwt124.00–135.004874
BullsMedium and Large 2—535131.47/cwt128.00–135.007032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632118.72/cwt116.00–120.007503
BullsMedium and Large 2—305158.97/cwt150.00–162.004855
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372125.56/cwt120.00–130.004675
CowsLean 85-90%—95057.40/cwt56.00–59.005453
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01664.27/cwt61.00–67.006537
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27772.39/cwt71.00–73.509246
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49067.00/cwt67.00–67.009981
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06065.00/cwt65.00–65.006891
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26079.00/cwt79.00–79.009952
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16673.05/cwt70.00–77.0085217
Bulls——1,47397.65/cwt95.00–101.501,4383
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——897.50/head850.00–920.008984
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——572.50/head415.00–830.005734
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——792.50/head785.00–800.007932
Bred CowsSmall 3——265.00/head265.00–265.002651
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3——550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——827.50/head760.00–875.008286
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——975.00/head900.00–1,025.009755
BullsMedium and Large 3—483129.02/cwt128.00–130.006232
BullsMedium and Large 3—510120.00/cwt120.00–120.006121
BullsMedium and Large 3—365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
BullsMedium and Large 2—425142.99/cwt142.00–144.006082
BullsMedium and Large 1—315171.38/cwt170.00–173.005403
BullsMedium and Large 2—459135.30/cwt132.00–142.006217
BullsMedium and Large 2—550129.00/cwt129.00–129.007101
BullsMedium and Large 2—380154.00/cwt154.00–154.005852
BullsMedium and Large 3—425131.00/cwt131.00–131.005571
BullsMedium and Large 1—424153.21/cwt150.00–156.006505
BullsMedium and Large 1—710123.69/cwt117.00–129.008783
BullsMedium and Large 1—678125.08/cwt122.00–128.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685105.99/cwt105.00–107.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525126.99/cwt125.00–130.006675

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.