Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-09-30

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Sep 30
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 185▼ 29 vs year ago 176 · −16.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 9▼ 1 vs year ago 24 · −4.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 17▼ 12 vs year ago 22 · −54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter 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 $315.22/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −52.80 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$315.22
16 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$8
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.65
vs AL average
−53.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2531317.381,68512thin
Medium and Large 3549308.731,6934thin
One grade step is worth $8.64/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale16 hd
315.22
—
AL average15 barns · 592 hd
333.87
−18.65
National average182 barns · 13,299 hd
368.91
−53.69
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−52.80
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—Average1,589177.722,8244thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,177148.651,7495thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low882127.771,1273thin

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)—$3,0003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2502thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,8971
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0602
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580343.39/cwt340.00–350.001,9923
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1532
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720317.52/cwt315.00–320.002,2862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2062
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2321
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2762
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3281
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338383.30/cwt380.00–385.001,2963
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363361.95/cwt360.00–363.001,3143
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374375.93/cwt370.00–380.001,4067
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,4932
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,4033
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463336.44/cwt333.00–340.001,5584
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481324.82/cwt322.00–330.001,5627
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3484318.12/cwt316.00–320.001,5407
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517318.40/cwt315.00–323.001,6469
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563308.31/cwt305.00–310.001,7363
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573314.31/cwt313.00–315.001,8013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631310.96/cwt308.00–315.001,9628
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678305.47/cwt298.00–313.002,0714
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3775278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,1551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3922
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4563
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372438.32/cwt435.00–440.001,6313
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383443.98/cwt442.00–445.001,7003
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3433417.01/cwt415.00–418.001,8063
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435423.77/cwt423.00–425.001,8435
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477359.97/cwt358.00–362.001,7175
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484369.52/cwt367.00–372.001,7886
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3493349.34/cwt348.00–350.001,7223
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,8582
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508359.00/cwt358.00–360.001,8242
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525342.52/cwt340.00–345.001,7982
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2631316.20/cwt310.00–320.001,9954
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3755285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,589177.72/cwt175.00–182.002,8244
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%858123.65/cwt121.00–126.001,0612
Cows—Lean 85-90%930136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2651
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151145.81/cwt143.00–147.001,6784
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0481
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,250.00/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2502

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.