Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2023-10-17

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Oct 17
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▼ 133 vs last sale 337▲ 133 vs year ago 71 · +187.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 44▲ 61 vs year ago 14 · +435.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 8▼ 1 vs year ago 8 · −12.5%
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 steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. 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 $204.48/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$204.48
46 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,078
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.68
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537214.281,15023
Medium and Large 2540199.191,0769thin
Medium and Large 3503191.7996514thin
One grade step is worth $22.49/cwt here — about $185 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 sale46 hd
204.48
—
AL average13 barns · 1,286 hd
209.16
−4.68
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—Average1,970116.522,2952thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50298.351,47716
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22495.811,17221
CowsLean 85-90%Average99680.157988thin

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)—$1,0004thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470193.98/cwt192.00–196.009122
SteersMedium and Large 3—390244.00/cwt244.00–244.009521
SteersMedium and Large 3—490238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 1—425268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1391
SteersMedium and Large 1—370279.04/cwt276.00–282.001,0322
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468221.98/cwt216.00–226.001,0396
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615186.52/cwt185.00–188.001,1472
SteersMedium and Large 2—535229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2251
SteersMedium and Large 1—460256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1781
SteersMedium and Large 2—710205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4561
SteersMedium and Large 3—705193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3613
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440216.00/cwt216.00–216.009501
SteersMedium and Large 2—483242.01/cwt240.00–243.001,1693
SteersMedium and Large 2—645211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3611
SteersMedium and Large 2—891185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6483
SteersMedium and Large 2—395256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0111
SteersMedium and Large 1—544240.28/cwt238.00–240.501,30711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530203.89/cwt200.00–208.001,0812
SteersMedium and Large 2—438251.01/cwt250.00–252.001,0992
SteersMedium and Large 3—675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3501
BullsMedium and Large 2—528203.65/cwt201.00–205.001,0753
BullsMedium and Large 2—625193.31/cwt190.00–196.001,2083
BullsMedium and Large 2—685180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2331
BullsMedium and Large 2—423212.54/cwt210.00–214.008994
BullsMedium and Large 2—393223.02/cwt220.00–226.008764
BullsMedium and Large 1—555214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1881
HeifersMedium and Large 3—635173.52/cwt172.00–175.001,1022
HeifersMedium and Large 3—529188.16/cwt186.00–193.009955
HeifersMedium and Large 3—305210.00/cwt210.00–210.006411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—705176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—539217.21/cwt216.50–222.001,17112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3043
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1661
BullsMedium and Large 3—517193.66/cwt190.00–197.001,0013
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433204.75/cwt200.00–208.008873
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475206.62/cwt202.00–210.009813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0821
BullsMedium and Large 3—610182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1101
BullsMedium and Large 2—595202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2021
BullsMedium and Large 3—463201.48/cwt200.00–202.009334
BullsMedium and Large 3—575185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 3—385206.00/cwt206.00–206.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 1—395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008891
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,000.00/head950.00–1,100.001,0004
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,286101.03/cwt100.00–103.001,2999
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17689.64/cwt88.00–92.001,0547
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17895.06/cwt93.00–98.001,1205
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5171
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,504100.10/cwt98.00–102.001,50613
Bulls——1,970116.52/cwt115.00–118.002,2952
CowsLean 85-90%—96477.84/cwt77.00–79.007505
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04884.01/cwt83.00–85.008803
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45088.17/cwt86.00–90.001,2782

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.