Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2023-03-28

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 28
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 113 vs last sale 196▼ 162 vs year ago 245 · −66.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 24▼ 8 vs year ago 35 · −22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 12▼ 25 vs year ago 26 · −96.2%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Sep 27, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher, breaking cows sold up to 120cwt, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.02/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$176.02
21 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.82
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454185.008407thin
Medium and Large 2517172.048898thin
Medium and Large 3462170.857896thin
One grade step is worth $14.15/cwt here — about $51 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 sale21 hd
176.02
—
AL average15 barns · 1,446 hd
189.84
−13.82
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—Average1,411109.501,5454thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,04898.961,0376thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41198.771,3938thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average88070.006165thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)—$7751thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 3—675166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1211
BullsMedium and Large 2—384214.05/cwt210.00–216.008224
BullsMedium and Large 1—420218.00/cwt218.00–218.009161
BullsMedium and Large 1—333234.98/cwt234.00–236.007822
BullsMedium and Large 1—380226.00/cwt226.00–226.008593
BullsMedium and Large 2—320228.00/cwt228.00–228.007301
SteersMedium and Large 3—670165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1061
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0261
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280190.00/cwt190.00–190.005322
SteersMedium and Large 1—560200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1202
SteersMedium and Large 3—625172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0231
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380187.12/cwt184.00–190.007112
HeifersMedium and Large 3—573155.55/cwt154.00–157.008912
SteersMedium and Large 2—660169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1151
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565169.50/cwt169.00–170.009582
HeifersMedium and Large 3—390182.00/cwt182.00–182.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375198.00/cwt198.00–198.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285198.00/cwt198.00–198.005641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405194.00/cwt194.00–194.007861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585165.53/cwt164.00–167.009682
BullsMedium and Large 2—518188.46/cwt187.00–190.009762
BullsMedium and Large 1—490202.00/cwt202.00–202.009901
BullsMedium and Large 3—535178.00/cwt178.00–178.009521
BullsMedium and Large 3—560175.00/cwt175.00–175.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320200.00/cwt200.00–200.006402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Bulls——1,185114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,3511
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,415101.26/cwt100.00–103.001,4334
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40696.27/cwt96.00–97.001,3544
CowsLean 85-90%—99575.54/cwt74.00–77.007522
Bulls——1,295102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,3212
Bulls——1,870120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,2441
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,045105.79/cwt104.00–108.001,1062
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01591.54/cwt90.00–93.009292
CowsLean 85-90%—80366.30/cwt66.00–67.005323
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08599.54/cwt99.00–100.001,0802

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.