Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers market lightly tested, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $207.33/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −174.97 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$207.33

17 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$6.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.68

vs AL average

−51.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	210.00	1,218	3thin
Medium and Large 2	548	208.62	1,143	9thin
Medium and Large 3	539	203.42	1,096	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.58/cwt here — about $122 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 sale17 hd

207.33

—

AL average14 barns · 496 hd

224.01

−16.68

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−51.06

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

−174.97

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	1,785	148.00	2,642	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,404	117.81	1,654	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,145	115.10	1,318	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	104.33	1,089	3thin

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)	—	$1,600	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,588	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,333	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,275	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,175	2thin

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 2	700–750	725	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	319.78/cwt	315.00–325.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	266.99/cwt	265.00–268.00	972	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	990	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	261.59/cwt	258.00–268.00	887	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,206	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	260.69/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,009	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	190.25/cwt	190.00–191.00	1,290	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	287.93/cwt	285.00–290.00	921	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	276.09/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	208.73/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,008	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	219.25/cwt	217.00–223.00	1,037	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	226.66/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,183	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	246.97/cwt	243.00–252.00	1,027	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	576	210.99/cwt	208.00–212.00	1,215	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	286	252.34/cwt	250.00–260.00	722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	218.62/cwt	215.00–220.00	947	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	224.02/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,084	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,177	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	111.98/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,521	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,615	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	111.08/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,264	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	115.98/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,300	7
Bulls	—	—	1,785	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,642	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,333.33/head	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,333	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,508.33/head	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,508	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,175.00/head	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,587.50/head	1,550.00–1,625.00	1,588	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	240.71/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,023	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	236.83/cwt	235.00–240.00	883	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	526	207.27/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,090	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,046	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	119.27/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,688	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	333.24/cwt	330.00–335.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	246.90/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,160	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,069	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	267.45/cwt	265.00–270.00	995	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	271.22/cwt	270.00–273.00	865	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	317.45/cwt	315.00–320.00	825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	219.76/cwt	218.00–223.00	1,253	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	259.02/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	211.93/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,117	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,192	3

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 Nov 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 194Last week 265Year ago 274

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 20Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 25Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	258.00–268.00	261.59
3	350–400	387	258.00–262.00	260.69
3	400–450	425	233.00	233.00
11	450–500	473	217.00–223.00	219.25
6	500–550	527	210.00–215.00	211.93
3	550–600	590	202.00	202.00
1	600–650	620	190.00	190.00
3	650–700	670	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	725	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	290.00	290.00
5	300–350	319	270.00–273.00	271.22
6	350–400	364	265.00–268.00	266.99
2	450–500	455	235.00	235.00
3	550–600	580	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	286	250.00–260.00	252.34
6	350–400	373	235.00–240.00	236.83
5	400–450	433	215.00–220.00	218.62
4	450–500	483	205.00–210.00	208.73
4	500–550	526	205.00–208.00	207.27
1	550–600	590	188.00	188.00
1	600–650	615	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	315.00–325.00	319.78
3	250–300	275	310.00	310.00
8	300–350	320	285.00–290.00	287.93
4	350–400	378	272.00–282.00	276.09
6	400–450	416	243.00–252.00	246.97
1	450–500	460	238.00	238.00
6	500–550	522	220.00–230.00	226.66
4	550–600	570	218.00–223.00	219.76
4	650–700	678	190.00–191.00	190.25
2	750–800	755	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	280.00	280.00
12	350–400	372	265.00–270.00	267.45
6	400–450	425	238.00–242.00	240.71
5	450–500	484	222.00–225.00	224.02
4	550–600	576	208.00–212.00	210.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	330.00–335.00	333.24
4	250–300	260	315.00–320.00	317.45
1	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	438	258.00–260.00	259.02
4	450–500	470	243.00–250.00	246.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	109.00	109.00
2	—	1,025	102.00	102.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	111.00–113.00	111.98
8	—	1,415	116.00–121.00	119.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	121.00	121.00
3	—	1,138	109.00–113.00	111.08
7	—	1,121	114.00–119.00	115.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	148.00	148.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,333.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,508.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,550.00–1,625.00	1,587.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,875.00	1,875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,175.00

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

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