Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 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 $226.22/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −156.09 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$226.22

28 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$26.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs AL average

−18.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	240.00	1,236	1thin
Medium and Large 2	536	227.83	1,222	23
Medium and Large 3	559	213.51	1,193	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.49/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale28 hd

226.22

—

AL average16 barns · 618 hd

227.59

−1.37

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−18.19

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

−156.09

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	—	Average	1,867	171.33	3,199	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	139.00	2,092	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,152	134.43	1,549	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,096	118.42	1,298	7thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,625	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,488	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,025	2thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	224.02/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,263	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	307.42/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,162	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	324.00/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,021	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	236.39/cwt	236.00–236.50	1,442	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	234.70/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,225	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	312.50/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	217.65/cwt	217.00–218.00	1,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	229.49/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,203	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	626	202.57/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	226.99/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,323	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	205.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	215.69/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,348	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,352	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,289	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,092	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	131.73/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,481	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	137.81/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,637	4
Bulls	—	—	1,867	171.33/cwt	170.00–172.00	3,199	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,487.50/head	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,488	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,625.00/head	1,575.00–1,675.00	1,625	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	211.35/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	234.23/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,019	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	297.52/cwt	295.00–300.00	916	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	235.09/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	242.51/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,271	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	224.96/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,131	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	247.90/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,324	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,403	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	309.01/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,190	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 Aug 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 140Year ago 176

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 28Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 16Year ago 54

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	308.00–310.00	309.01
1	400–450	440	305.00	305.00
14	500–550	534	247.00–260.00	247.90
7	550–600	575	244.00	244.00
29	600–650	610	236.00–236.50	236.39
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	575	238.00	238.00
2	600–650	625	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	475	238.00	238.00
16	500–550	524	228.00–235.00	229.49
7	550–600	564	218.00–225.00	224.02
3	600–650	617	217.00–218.00	217.65
1	650–700	675	213.00	213.00
1	700–750	715	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	270.00	270.00
2	350–400	390	245.00	245.00
10	400–450	435	228.00–238.00	234.23
1	450–500	465	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	540	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	565	210.00–212.00	211.35
4	600–650	626	200.00–210.00	202.57
1	650–700	660	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	300.00	300.00
6	300–350	308	295.00–300.00	297.52
1	500–550	515	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	320.00–328.00	324.00
2	350–400	378	305.00–310.00	307.42
1	400–450	405	293.00	293.00
1	450–500	470	265.00	265.00
7	500–550	524	240.00–250.00	242.51
2	550–600	565	230.00–240.00	235.09
5	600–650	619	222.00–228.00	224.96
1	650–700	680	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	308.00–315.00	312.50
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	415	275.00	275.00
3	500–550	522	232.00–237.00	234.70
3	550–600	583	225.00–228.00	226.99
4	600–650	625	212.00–218.00	215.69
3	650–700	670	200.00–210.00	205.00
1	700–750	715	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	345.00	345.00
3	250–300	280	345.00	345.00
1	300–350	325	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	124.00	124.00
6	—	1,097	115.00–120.00	117.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	139.00	139.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	129.00–134.00	131.73
4	—	1,188	135.00–140.00	137.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,867	170.00–172.00	171.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,487.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,575.00–1,675.00	1,625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,025.00	2,025.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle