Clay County Livestock Auction Market Report

Lineville, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 13, 2020

259 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $102.32/cwt ≈ $580/hd at 567 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $140.46/cwt ≈ $600/hd at 427 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $132.73/cwt ≈ $640/hd at 482 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	259	300	221
Feeder cattle	204	—	173
Slaughter cattle	22	—	5
Replacement cattle	33	—	43

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeder classes steady to 5.00 higher with the strength on wts. less than 600 lbs.. Replacement cows and pairs steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
370	370	1	154.00	$154.00	$570
425–445	433	4	146.00–154.00	$148.71	$644
485–490	488	2	136.00–147.00	$141.53	$691
515–545	525	7	130.00–140.00	$133.21	$699
610	610	1	136.00	$136.00	$830

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
530	530	1	128.00	$128.00	$678
620	620	1	120.00	$120.00	$744

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
305–340	323	5	138.00–148.00	$142.64	$461
360–395	383	5	127.00–136.00	$133.17	$510
420–430	425	6	122.00–128.00	$124.81	$530
450–465	460	10	106.00–115.00	$108.30	$498
500	500	1	101.00	$101.00	$505
500–530	517	10	103.00–110.00	$104.92	$542
550–570	564	8	88.00–99.00	$97.03	$547
555–575	569	12	100.00–111.00	$105.84	$602
620–645	633	2	97.00–101.00	$98.96	$626
645	645	1	85.00	$85.00	$548
660–695	678	2	95.00–100.00	$97.56	$661
725	725	2	86.00–91.00	$88.50	$642
785	785	1	85.00	$85.00	$667

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
330–335	333	2	122.00–130.00	$125.97	$419
350	350	1	125.00	$125.00	$438
400–440	420	3	105.00–109.00	$106.62	$448
450–475	461	8	103.00–106.00	$104.12	$480
500–530	521	6	95.00–103.00	$97.29	$507

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
585	585	1	61.00	$61.00	$357

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
255	255	1	166.00	$166.00	$423
300–335	313	5	154.00–163.00	$158.10	$495
355–380	363	8	144.00–155.00	$149.60	$543
400–445	427	15	136.00–146.00	$140.46	$600
455–495	482	11	129.00–136.00	$132.73	$640
505–530	518	2	115.00–128.00	$121.66	$630
555	555	3	105.00–112.00	$108.67	$603
600–625	615	3	100.00–110.00	$104.38	$642
650	650	1	92.00	$92.00	$598
705–720	714	4	88.00–93.00	$90.26	$644
765–795	778	6	81.00–89.00	$84.31	$656

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
370–390	380	4	128.00–134.00	$130.43	$496
400–435	418	3	122.00–132.00	$126.74	$530
515–545	526	4	108.00–111.00	$109.01	$573
615	615	1	94.00	$94.00	$578
655–690	673	2	82.00–89.00	$85.41	$575
710–745	728	3	79.00–86.00	$83.38	$607

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432
430	430	1	112.00	$112.00	$482
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528
555–595	575	2	86.00–98.00	$91.79	$528
600–615	607	3	83.00–100.00	$89.27	$542
755	755	1	55.00	$55.00	$415

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120	1120	75-80%	1	40.50	$40.50	$454
1000–1525	1261	75-80%	8	43.00–48.00	$45.88	$579

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1150	1075	85-90%	4	35.00–44.50	$39.86	$428
1140	1140	85-90%	1	45.50	$45.50	$519

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1170–1500	1331	80-85%	4	45.00–50.50	$47.73	$635
1340	1340	80-85%	1	54.00	$54.00	$724

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100	1100	1	65.00	$65.00	$715
1220	1220	1	70.00	$70.00	$854

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–960.00	$892.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	750.00–960.00	$864.55
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	650.00–800.00	$700.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	450.00–500.00	$475.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	325.00–460.00	$423.57

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–610.00	$580.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	710.00	$710.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.