Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-02-04

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Feb 4
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 189▼ 290 vs year ago 490 · −59.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 27▼ 24 vs year ago 52 · −46.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 13▲ 9 vs year ago 21 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bull market lightly tested. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.67/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −114.35 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$253.67
9 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.65
vs AL average
−45.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2545255.431,3927thin
Medium and Large 3558247.501,3802thin
One grade step is worth $7.93/cwt here — about $13 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
253.67
—
AL average14 barns · 507 hd
273.31
−19.65
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−45.19
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−114.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
416371326282median 368.0203/0305/0507/2109/1510/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.92, low $295.59, median $368.02 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,690150.002,5351thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,413128.781,8204thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,156122.981,42210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088111.941,2182thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,8251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,13222
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,6884thin

Every lot

65 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2582
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4062
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3771
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6331
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5202
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3576263.77/cwt260.00–265.001,5194
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2218357.64/cwt355.00–360.007802
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235380.00/cwt380.00–380.008932
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255350.00/cwt350.00–350.008933
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270335.00/cwt335.00–335.009051
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275357.55/cwt355.00–360.009832
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0222
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0732
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,0981
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372314.00/cwt310.00–318.001,1687
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380322.43/cwt320.00–325.001,2252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3387302.62/cwt300.00–308.001,1713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408318.39/cwt315.00–325.001,2993
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423303.82/cwt300.00–310.001,2854
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2692
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3462274.31/cwt273.00–275.001,2673
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475302.42/cwt300.00–305.001,4362
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482288.02/cwt282.00–292.001,3886
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528258.23/cwt255.00–260.001,3634
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3631
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568251.69/cwt250.00–255.001,4303
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610244.96/cwt240.00–250.001,4942
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4841
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668231.49/cwt230.00–233.001,5462
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255390.00/cwt390.00–390.009951
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278397.48/cwt395.00–400.001,1052
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318391.60/cwt385.00–395.001,2453
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323377.44/cwt375.00–380.001,2194
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2367350.38/cwt345.00–353.001,2863
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375338.38/cwt335.00–340.001,2693
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385356.71/cwt355.00–360.001,3733
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414342.98/cwt340.00–345.001,4207
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415332.50/cwt330.00–335.001,3802
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424354.06/cwt350.00–360.001,5015
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4573
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523262.54/cwt260.00–265.001,3732
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570253.53/cwt252.00–255.001,4452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630254.23/cwt252.00–255.001,6024
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5621
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5381
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,690150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088111.94/cwt110.00–114.001,2182
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151119.79/cwt118.00–122.001,3797
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,5481
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175128.63/cwt126.00–131.001,5112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,413128.78/cwt126.00–131.001,8204
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,787.50/head1,700.00–1,875.001,7882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,085.00/head1,850.00–2,275.002,08520
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,687.50/head1,650.00–1,725.001,6884

This sale against other markets

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.