Clay County Livestock Auction Market Report

Lineville, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 5, 2021

286 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.40/cwt -0.60 vs last sale · ≈ $471/hd at 370 lb · 12 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $111.00/cwt -1.67 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 575 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	286	266	116
Feeder cattle	215	226	95
Slaughter cattle	42	24	10
Replacement cattle	29	16	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: No trends, due to all sales closed for two weeks for Christmas holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	158.00	$158.00	$632	-8.00
455–495	469	8	145.00–154.00	$147.94	$694	-2.06
525 fancy	525	1	154.00	$154.00	$808	—
550–583	578	6	127.00–141.25	$138.99	$803	+2.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	+2.48

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	333	3	131.00–135.00	$132.28	$440	—
350–395	370	12	124.00–131.00	$127.40	$471	-0.60
415–440	423	8	118.00–128.00	$124.04	$525	+0.93
450–486	476	8	111.00–119.00	$113.66	$541	-0.56
515	515	2	115.00	$115.00	$592	+6.57
575	575	10	111.00	$111.00	$638	+1.12
650	650	1	98.00	$98.00	$637	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	4	114.00–120.00	$117.00	$445	-2.96
435–445	440	7	109.00–119.00	$116.15	$511	+6.69
465–480	473	6	105.00–113.00	$109.31	$517	+2.23
510	510	1	95.00	$95.00	$484	-12.00
605–625	613	5	90.00–91.00	$90.41	$554	—
665	665	2	88.00	$88.00	$585	+8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	104.00	$104.00	$406	—
405	405	1	105.00	$105.00	$425	+3.00
460	460	1	96.00	$96.00	$442	—
710	710	1	71.00	$71.00	$504	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	342	3	160.00–166.00	$163.98	$561	—
350–380	365	3	157.00–160.00	$158.29	$578	+0.87
440–445	442	5	146.00–148.00	$147.19	$651	-1.91
460–480	469	7	131.00–138.00	$134.67	$632	-8.84
500–525	513	8	120.00–124.00	$122.01	$626	-12.99
550–585	565	3	112.00–122.00	$117.23	$662	—
645	645	1	109.00	$109.00	$703	—
695	695	1	102.00	$102.00	$709	-0.03
785	785	3	93.00–95.00	$94.33	$740	—
800–830	813	4	80.00–89.00	$85.02	$691	—
850–895	873	2	79.00–80.00	$79.49	$694	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	2	115.00–120.00	$117.52	$415	-18.52
460–470	467	3	124.00–125.00	$124.33	$581	+1.39
515	515	3	116.00	$116.00	$597	-0.51
560–570	565	4	99.00–104.00	$101.26	$572	-5.78
630–645	636	4	100.00–104.00	$102.49	$652	+1.49
690	690	1	98.00	$98.00	$676	—
755–775	771	5	80.00–86.00	$81.18	$626	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	430	5	104.00–121.00	$116.57	$501	—
480	480	3	92.00–113.00	$99.00	$475	—
640	640	1	95.00	$95.00	$608	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1150	1042	80-85%	3	48.00–49.50	$48.81	$509	—
990–1280	1143	80-85%	11	50.00–56.00	$52.73	$603	—
1260	1260	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$743	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1215	1032	85-90%	8	40.00–46.50	$42.49	$438	-3.77
890–1130	1033	85-90%	3	34.00–39.00	$36.35	$375	-9.91

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1615	1370	75-80%	2	54.50–55.50	$54.91	$752	—
1410	1410	75-80%	1	57.00	$57.00	$804	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1595–1645	1620	2	81.00–82.50	$81.74	$1,324	—

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	490.00–620.00	$538.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	420.00–570.00	$492.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	270.00–340.00	$300.00

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)	1	710.00	$710.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	570.00–780.00	$693.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	480.00–670.00	$542.50

Large 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	610.00	$610.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	580.00–760.00	$670.00	—

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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.