Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-03-18

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 18
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 63▼ 43 vs year ago 124 · −34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 13▼ 1 vs year ago 18 · −5.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 9▼ 4 vs year ago 7 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $315.13/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −56.75 against this barn's trailing median of $371.88.
Average price
$315.13
9 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.87
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547330.041,8044thin
Medium and Large 2558307.001,7124thin
Medium and Large 3570288.001,6421thin
One grade step is worth $42.04/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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
315.13
—
AL average15 barns · 235 hd
314.26
+0.87
This barn, trailing median19 sales
371.88
−56.75
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

19 sales
436392347302median 371.8803/0305/0508/0409/2911/03
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $422.29, low $315.98, median $371.88 across 19 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—High1,485165.672,4603thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203145.771,7544thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low963116.261,1204thin

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)—$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6502thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1041
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4741
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6391
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,8441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9471
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205410.00/cwt410.00–410.008411
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230385.00/cwt385.00–385.008861
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0833
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1342368.32/cwt365.00–370.001,2603
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3302
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422331.94/cwt330.00–333.001,4013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438346.51/cwt345.00–348.001,5182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470327.58/cwt325.00–330.001,5402
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5522
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6391
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6521
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6641
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,7611
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3265420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278442.61/cwt440.00–445.001,2302
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3322396.58/cwt395.00–400.001,2773
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325437.65/cwt435.00–440.001,4222
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371436.94/cwt430.00–440.001,6215
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5773
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8171
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460359.95/cwt355.00–365.001,6562
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7061
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528335.17/cwt330.00–340.001,7702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565324.91/cwt320.00–330.001,8362
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7103
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6421
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3680260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7681
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8871
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,405176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,4731
Bulls——1,505159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,3931
Bulls——1,545162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,5031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%958112.05/cwt110.00–114.001,0732
Cows—Lean 85-90%968120.47/cwt118.00–123.001,1662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203145.77/cwt145.00–147.001,7544
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6502

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.