Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-02-25

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Feb 25
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 129▼ 127 vs year ago 217 · −58.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 20▼ 18 vs year ago 27 · −66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 66▼ 26 vs year ago 30 · −86.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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 $251.98/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −116.04 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$251.98
4 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,361
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.17
vs AL average
−55.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538256.451,3802thin
Medium and Large 1565255.001,4411thin
Medium and Large 3520240.001,2481thin
One grade step is worth $16.45/cwt here — about $132 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 sale4 hd
251.98
—
AL average16 barns · 301 hd
270.15
−18.17
National average189 barns · 18,586 hd
307.01
−55.04
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−116.04
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—Low1,555155.922,4252thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,620146.002,3651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215131.251,5954thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7502thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,4241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7261
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7361
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255390.00/cwt390.00–390.009951
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3260355.00/cwt355.00–355.009232
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2232
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381316.21/cwt315.00–320.001,2054
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413322.48/cwt320.00–325.001,3324
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434313.72/cwt310.00–315.001,3624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435297.11/cwt295.00–300.001,2926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465282.55/cwt280.00–285.001,3142
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2481
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538256.45/cwt253.00–260.001,3802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5711
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3281
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3384337.62/cwt330.00–340.001,2964
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4151
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,4701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483312.46/cwt310.00–315.001,5092
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3490305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4953
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3505285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4391
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5561
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535294.51/cwt293.00–295.001,5764
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585272.50/cwt272.00–273.001,5942
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5621
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3645240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,555155.92/cwt154.00–158.002,4252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125124.50/cwt124.00–125.001,4012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,7801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,365133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,8151
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,620146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,3651
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251

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.