Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder steers market lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $179.62/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$179.62

59 head · 420 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$27.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.80

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	400	191.87	768	27
Medium and Large 2	444	176.74	785	12thin
Medium and Large 3	433	164.82	714	20

One grade step is worth $27.05/cwt here — about $54 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 sale59 hd

179.62

—

AL average16 barns · 1,341 hd

158.83

+20.80

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	1,614	87.10	1,406	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,376	67.73	932	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,123	66.86	751	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	905	52.32	473	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$825	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	460	179.99/cwt	179.00–181.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	173.52/cwt	171.00–176.00	902	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	220	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	194.98/cwt	194.00–196.00	809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	135.66/cwt	134.00–138.00	703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	161.48/cwt	159.00–164.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	160.21/cwt	154.00–164.00	673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	582	126.33/cwt	125.00–127.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.72/cwt	150.00–156.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	143.47/cwt	141.00–145.00	601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	198.36/cwt	197.00–200.00	740	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	162.97/cwt	160.00–166.00	839	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	161.00/cwt	159.00–164.00	745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	139.67/cwt	139.00–140.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	143.49/cwt	143.00–144.00	538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	174.02/cwt	172.00–176.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	151.96/cwt	150.00–154.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	204.77/cwt	199.00–208.00	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	153.62/cwt	151.00–158.00	714	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	141.75/cwt	140.00–143.00	753	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	173.50/cwt	173.00–174.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	185.33/cwt	183.00–187.00	773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	329	180.18/cwt	178.00–182.00	593	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	628	130.01/cwt	128.00–132.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	203.38/cwt	202.00–206.00	549	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	825.00/head	800.00–850.00	825	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bulls	—	—	1,588	84.17/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,337	2
Bulls	—	—	1,640	90.02/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,476	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,003	62.76/cwt	61.00–65.00	629	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	67.73/cwt	66.00–71.00	932	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	70.95/cwt	69.00–73.00	882	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	52.32/cwt	50.00–54.00	473	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 Dec 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 134Last week 238Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 31Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 6Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	179.00–181.00	179.99
6	—	520	171.00–176.00	173.52
1	—	220	214.00	214.00
1	—	555	166.00	166.00
4	—	415	194.00–196.00	194.98
6	—	373	197.00–200.00	198.36
4	—	321	199.00–208.00	204.77
3	—	270	202.00–206.00	203.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	188.00	188.00
4	—	515	160.00–166.00	162.97
1	—	290	190.00	190.00
2	—	478	173.00–174.00	173.50
3	—	417	183.00–187.00	185.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	159.00–164.00	161.00
1	—	575	138.00	138.00
2	—	430	172.00–176.00	174.02
2	—	515	150.00–154.00	151.96
8	—	329	178.00–182.00	180.18
2	—	628	128.00–132.00	130.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
6	—	518	134.00–138.00	135.66
1	—	275	150.00	150.00
3	—	582	125.00–127.00	126.33
6	—	419	141.00–145.00	143.47
3	—	462	139.00–140.00	139.67
2	—	375	143.00–144.00	143.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	126.00	126.00
1	—	605	130.00	130.00
3	—	375	150.00–156.00	152.72
1	—	220	160.00	160.00
8	—	531	140.00–143.00	141.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	159.00–164.00	161.48
6	—	420	154.00–164.00	160.21
2	—	265	162.00	162.00
8	—	465	151.00–158.00	153.62

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	800.00–850.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	83.00–85.00	84.17
2	—	1,640	89.00–91.00	90.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,003	61.00–65.00	62.76
3	—	1,243	69.00–73.00	70.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,376	66.00–71.00	67.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	905	50.00–54.00	52.32

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

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