Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-04-08

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Apr 8
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 68▼ 95 vs year ago 147 · −64.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 18▼ 40 vs year ago 47 · −85.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 10▼ 18 vs year ago 19 · −94.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No trends market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $330.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −102.86 against this barn's trailing median of $432.86.
Average price
$330.00
1 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−25.12
vs AL average

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2465330.001,5351thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
330.00
—
AL average15 barns · 288 hd
355.12
−25.12
This barn, trailing median29 sales
432.86
−102.86
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 400–500 lb

29 sales
510447385322median 432.8603/0305/0507/0709/1511/03
Bulls 400–500 lb: high $495.93, low $335.85, median $432.86 across 29 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—Average2,305175.004,0341thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,309132.581,7354thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,120124.001,3891thin

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)—$1,9001thin

Every lot

32 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2321
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3391
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5271
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4781
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5873
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205390.00/cwt390.00–390.008001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0781
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368349.01/cwt348.00–350.001,2842
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373377.55/cwt375.00–380.001,4082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4961
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4541
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3205420.00/cwt420.00–420.008611
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275450.09/cwt445.00–455.001,2382
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1761
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2353
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2731
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373379.97/cwt375.00–385.001,4172
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3383364.97/cwt360.00–370.001,3982
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5351
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,305175.00/cwt175.00–175.004,0341
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,120124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3891
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,5611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315136.44/cwt135.00–138.001,7943
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.