Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-07-22

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Jul 22
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 109▼ 50 vs year ago 213 · −23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 27▼ 7 vs year ago 30 · −23.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 18▼ 16 vs year ago 21 · −76.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 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 $325.24/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 4 of 19 comparable sales and sits −46.64 against this barn's trailing median of $371.88.
Average price
$325.24
24 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.80
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542333.121,8079thin
Medium and Large 3548321.701,7616thin
Medium and Large 2580319.731,8549thin
One grade step is worth $13.39/cwt here — about −$47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale24 hd
325.24
—
AL average16 barns · 547 hd
330.04
−4.80
This barn, trailing median19 sales
371.88
−46.64
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—Low1,830189.003,4593thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,444159.292,3017thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,115157.661,7587thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average905144.001,3031thin

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)—$2,0136

Every lot

63 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2240445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0682
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,3121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4492
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335432.46/cwt430.00–435.001,4494
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363444.97/cwt440.00–450.001,6154
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378416.90/cwt415.00–420.001,5765
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6394
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473363.31/cwt360.00–365.001,7183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525349.32/cwt348.00–350.001,8343
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3572325.77/cwt323.00–328.001,8635
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9432
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625324.03/cwt323.00–325.002,0254
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3638316.52/cwt315.00–318.002,0192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3220400.00/cwt400.00–400.008801
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,0691
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1261
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1021
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3377349.96/cwt345.00–355.001,3196
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3438347.03/cwt345.00–348.001,5203
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3462324.84/cwt320.00–328.001,5016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7642
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517322.86/cwt320.00–328.001,6699
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536313.78/cwt310.00–315.001,6824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6202
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7651
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638289.05/cwt285.00–293.001,8442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9671
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673271.54/cwt270.00–273.001,8272
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3552
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5992
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6393
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5932
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3469337.03/cwt335.00–340.001,5815
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513342.51/cwt340.00–345.001,7574
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3539324.04/cwt320.00–325.001,7475
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566325.60/cwt323.00–330.001,8435
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580319.73/cwt318.00–322.001,8549
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8291
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618322.99/cwt321.00–325.001,9962
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618307.89/cwt303.00–313.001,9035
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630291.02/cwt290.00–292.001,8332
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663316.68/cwt315.00–320.002,1003
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1712
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,2712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,9421
Bulls——1,950191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,7252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%905144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3031
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,022159.15/cwt156.00–161.001,6273
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150153.40/cwt153.00–154.001,7643
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,1411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,3122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458157.41/cwt156.00–158.002,2955
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,287.50/head2,000.00–2,450.002,2884
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,462.50/head1,425.00–1,500.001,4632

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.