Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.43/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −122.88 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$259.43

7 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.57

vs AL average

−16.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	267.00	1,402	4thin
Medium and Large 2	565	254.00	1,435	2thin
Medium and Large 3	575	240.00	1,380	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.63, low $325.83, median $382.30 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

259.43

—

AL average15 barns · 288 hd

252.85

+6.57

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−16.74

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

−122.88

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	—	High	1,819	137.44	2,500	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	121.00	1,869	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,141	109.28	1,247	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	101.00	1,035	1thin

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)	—	$1,675	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,785	10

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	—	1,980	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,792	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	136.25/cwt	134.00–139.00	2,405	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	115.46/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,297	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	107.22/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,230	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,869	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	270.15/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,297	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	277.52/cwt	277.00–278.00	1,604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	285.49/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	284.94/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	289.51/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,118	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	361.42/cwt	358.00–365.00	1,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	283.44/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	287.45/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	295.06/cwt	292.00–298.00	1,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	291.64/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,228	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	363.52/cwt	362.00–365.00	1,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	303.97/cwt	303.00–305.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	322.00/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,731.25/head	1,350.00–1,975.00	1,731	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,866.67/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,867	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,560.00/head	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,560	5

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 Mar 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 99Last week 136Year ago 125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 16Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 32Year ago 24

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,980	141.00	141.00
3	—	1,765	134.00–139.00	136.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	114.00–117.00	115.46
6	—	1,147	105.00–110.00	107.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	121.00	121.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	101.00	101.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	290.00	290.00
4	350–400	386	288.00–290.00	289.51
3	400–450	430	282.00–288.00	284.94
7	450–500	480	268.00–275.00	270.15
1	500–550	540	258.00	258.00
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	318.00	318.00
1	300–350	315	308.00	308.00
2	350–400	373	292.00–298.00	295.06
5	400–450	421	290.00–295.00	291.64
2	450–500	480	285.00–290.00	287.45
3	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	555	258.00	258.00
1	600–650	615	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	485	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	575	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	333	358.00–365.00	361.42
1	350–400	365	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	475	295.00	295.00
2	550–600	578	277.00–278.00	277.52
1	600–650	625	258.00	258.00
1	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	345.00	345.00
2	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	380	320.00–324.00	322.00
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	370	362.00–365.00	363.52
1	400–450	415	328.00	328.00
2	450–500	475	303.00–305.00	303.97
2	500–550	528	283.00–288.00	285.49
2	550–600	575	280.00–287.00	283.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	378.00	378.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	382.00	382.00

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	2	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,350.00–1,975.00	1,731.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,866.67

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle