Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-03-25

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 25
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 81▼ 10 vs year ago 105 · −9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 17▼ 6 vs year ago 23 · −26.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▼ 7 vs year ago 16 · −43.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 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 $271.46/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −96.56 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$271.46
20 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,512
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−27.98
vs AL average
−50.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559281.281,5724thin
Medium and Large 2556270.221,50314thin
Medium and Large 3560260.501,4592thin
One grade step is worth $20.78/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale20 hd
271.46
—
AL average15 barns · 325 hd
299.43
−27.98
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−50.28
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−96.56
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—Average1,603169.332,7153thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,388145.002,0122thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,229141.721,7414thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low949116.901,1095thin

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)—$1,6251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0002thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368412.55/cwt410.00–415.001,5182
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423367.40/cwt365.00–370.001,5542
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6791
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513324.38/cwt320.00–330.001,6643
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9181
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3710260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2287363.37/cwt360.00–365.001,0433
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3310335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0391
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1541
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413330.03/cwt325.00–335.001,3632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3419312.80/cwt310.00–315.001,3117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,4173
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4421
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515274.78/cwt273.00–278.001,4155
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559281.28/cwt280.00–285.001,5724
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4551
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579267.68/cwt263.00–273.001,5509
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0121
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1662
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2741
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315446.61/cwt445.00–450.001,4073
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3338392.44/cwt390.00–395.001,3262
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5151
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5173
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413352.55/cwt350.00–355.001,4562
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513321.49/cwt320.00–323.001,6492
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583301.55/cwt298.00–305.001,7582
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5561
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,580166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,6232
Bulls——1,650176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,9041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%948113.42/cwt112.00–116.001,0753
Cows—Lean 85-90%950122.13/cwt120.00–124.001,1602
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,070134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210145.93/cwt145.00–147.001,7662
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,0371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,425141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,0091
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,9801
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251

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.