Clay County Livestock Auction Market Report

Lineville, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 17, 2021

223 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $157.43/cwt ≈ $729/hd at 463 lb · 14 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $157.14/cwt ≈ $657/hd at 418 lb · 12 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.03/cwt ≈ $519/hd at 376 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	223	209
Feeder cattle	188	—
Slaughter cattle	25	52
Replacement cattle	10	157

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago; All classes mostly steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	427	3	162.00–169.00	$165.95	$709	—
450–470	463	14	154.00–162.00	$157.43	$729	—
515–520	518	2	140.00–142.00	$141.00	$730	—
555–595	582	3	137.00–140.00	$139.05	$809	—
605–640	622	3	133.00–136.00	$134.31	$835	—
795	795	1	116.00	$116.00	$922	—
800	800	1	116.00	$116.00	$928	—
945	945	1	95.00	$95.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	139.00	$139.00	$758	—
550	550	1	125.00	$125.00	$688	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	376	12	135.00–141.00	$138.03	$519	—
410–435	416	11	130.00–140.00	$135.23	$563	—
480–495	488	4	130.00–135.00	$132.49	$647	—
500–510	507	3	126.00–131.00	$127.64	$647	—
510–540	520	3	133.00–136.00	$134.04	$697	—
565	565	1	146.00	$146.00	$825	—
565–580	569	5	125.00–128.00	$126.01	$717	—
650	650	1	129.00	$129.00	$838	—
720	720	1	118.00	$118.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	313	3	132.00–136.00	$133.64	$418	—
350–390	374	9	120.00–129.00	$124.98	$467	—
420–430	425	6	120.00–129.00	$123.33	$524	—
480	480	4	122.00–124.00	$123.00	$590	—
550–580	562	10	108.00–118.00	$112.96	$635	—
600–645	613	4	109.00–111.00	$109.98	$674	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	105.00	$105.00	$404	—
530	530	1	102.00	$102.00	$541	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	314	8	129.00–176.00	$165.04	$518	—
350–365	359	5	166.00–170.00	$167.63	$602	—
405–440	418	12	149.00–165.00	$157.14	$657	—
465–495	476	7	135.00–150.00	$140.63	$669	—
505–530	515	7	129.00–135.00	$132.43	$682	—
565–590	578	2	129.00–132.00	$130.47	$754	—
605–645	623	7	124.00–131.00	$126.55	$788	—
680–690	686	4	122.00–128.00	$124.00	$851	—
700–710	705	2	116.00–118.00	$116.99	$825	—
780	780	1	109.00	$109.00	$850	—
810–825	817	3	101.00–107.00	$103.32	$844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	166.00	$166.00	$423	—
300–325	308	3	150.00–160.00	$153.51	$473	—
350	350	3	158.00	$158.00	$553	—
415	415	4	140.00–149.00	$144.50	$600	—
470–490	480	6	121.00–130.00	$125.36	$602	—
500–540	514	8	121.00–126.00	$124.39	$639	—
580	580	1	109.00	$109.00	$632	—
600	600	1	118.00	$118.00	$708	—
750	750	1	100.00	$100.00	$750	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	122.00	$122.00	$537	—
480	480	2	119.00	$119.00	$571	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1205	1128	80-85%	2	75.00–75.50	$75.27	$849	+8.21
900–1390	1167	80-85%	6	64.50–71.00	$67.80	$791	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320	1320	75-80%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,016	—
1120–1520	1387	75-80%	3	65.50–66.50	$65.77	$912	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	85-90%	1	42.50	$42.50	$291	—
900–1320	1110	85-90%	2	57.00–58.50	$57.89	$643	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1635	1423	5	84.50–90.50	$86.03	$1,224	+3.03
1775–1835	1805	2	101.00–104.00	$102.52	$1,850	—
1720–1870	1820	3	75.00–80.00	$78.42	$1,427	—

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$725.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	810.00	$810.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	910.00–1,075.00	$992.50	—

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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.