Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.66/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$186.66

67 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$3.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.80

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	470	188.26	885	25
Medium and Large 1	554	186.68	1,035	15thin
Medium and Large 3	429	185.16	794	27

One grade step is worth $3.10/cwt here — about $91 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

186.66

—

AL average16 barns · 1,688 hd

201.45

−14.80

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	1,655	114.16	1,890	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,128	90.88	1,025	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,240	89.50	1,110	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	922	80.28	740	10

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,042	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$943	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,410	20

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	191.31/cwt	188.00–196.00	809	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	198.44/cwt	196.00–200.00	966	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	183.34/cwt	182.00–184.00	876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	180.97/cwt	179.00–182.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	175.51/cwt	175.00–176.00	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	198.66/cwt	196.00–205.00	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	179.25/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,015	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	225.98/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	213.94/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	222.02/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,370	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	183.48/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,048	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,177	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	187.02/cwt	186.00–188.00	1,094	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	184.05/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,137	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	882	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,046	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	87.81/cwt	86.00–90.00	940	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	95.10/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,149	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	631	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	80.76/cwt	78.00–83.00	753	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,175	1
Bulls	—	—	1,130	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,209	1
Bulls	—	—	1,853	118.83/cwt	118.00–120.00	2,202	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,999	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,600.00/head	1,525.00–1,675.00	1,600	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,041.67/head	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,042	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,025.00/head	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,025	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	737.50/head	725.00–750.00	738	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,362.50/head	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,363	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	205.10/cwt	202.00–212.00	886	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	189.00/cwt	188.00–190.00	879	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,033	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	227.59/cwt	222.00–230.00	756	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	185.11/cwt	180.00–188.00	974	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	177.48/cwt	176.00–179.00	1,127	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	184.67/cwt	180.00–186.00	796	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	189.48/cwt	186.00–192.00	724	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	196.31/cwt	192.00–200.00	834	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	189.47/cwt	186.00–194.00	900	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	525	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 Apr 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 197Last week 169Year ago 186

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 18Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 4Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	423	188.00–196.00	191.31
3	—	527	179.00–182.00	180.97
2	—	573	175.00–176.00	175.51
1	—	790	163.00	163.00
4	—	368	196.00–205.00	198.66
8	—	475	186.00–194.00	189.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	171.00	171.00
5	—	487	196.00–200.00	198.44
2	—	525	188.00	188.00
4	—	566	178.00–180.00	179.25
2	—	635	176.00–179.00	177.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	182.00–184.00	183.34
2	—	305	198.00	198.00
3	—	555	168.00	168.00
1	—	655	161.00	161.00
6	—	431	180.00–186.00	184.67
7	—	382	186.00–192.00	189.48
2	—	260	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	200.00	200.00
2	—	530	212.00–216.00	213.94
2	—	480	220.00–224.00	222.02
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	200.00	200.00
2	—	465	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	224.00–228.00	225.98
1	—	595	221.00	221.00
4	—	665	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	180.00–185.00	183.48
2	—	705	167.00	167.00
2	—	615	174.00	174.00
5	—	432	202.00–212.00	205.10
5	—	332	222.00–230.00	227.59
7	—	526	180.00–188.00	185.11
1	—	465	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	186.00–188.00	187.02
2	—	618	180.00–188.00	184.05
1	—	380	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	188.00–190.00	189.00
4	—	615	168.00	168.00
1	—	565	170.00	170.00
10	—	425	192.00–200.00	196.31
2	—	505	178.00	178.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,250	94.00	94.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,070	86.00–90.00	87.81
8	—	1,208	93.00–97.00	95.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	76.00	76.00
9	—	932	78.00–83.00	80.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	107.00	107.00
2	—	1,853	118.00–120.00	118.83
1	—	1,785	112.00	112.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,525.00–1,675.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,362.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,041.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	725.00–750.00	737.50

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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Heifers · 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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