Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-11-18

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Nov 18
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 110▼ 26 vs year ago 209 · −12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 19▼ 12 vs year ago 24 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 42▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 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 $308.54/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −59.48 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$308.54
13 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.18
vs AL average
−48.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543322.481,7494thin
Medium and Large 2555308.411,7115thin
Medium and Large 3550294.751,6214thin
One grade step is worth $27.73/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale13 hd
308.54
—
AL average15 barns · 535 hd
334.71
−26.18
National average188 barns · 19,415 hd
356.89
−48.35
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−59.48
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—Average1,938189.003,6622thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,490163.002,4291thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,225158.811,9455thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low965127.001,2261thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,9502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,7632thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,5331
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,8041
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510366.30/cwt363.00–368.001,8683
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258426.65/cwt425.00–430.001,1013
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280394.82/cwt390.00–400.001,1054
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,2422
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366382.19/cwt380.00–385.001,3994
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369393.53/cwt390.00–400.001,4527
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433359.31/cwt355.00–365.001,5568
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435349.36/cwt348.00–350.001,5203
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,6632
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475347.35/cwt346.00–348.001,6503
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477333.87/cwt330.00–337.001,59310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6742
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538307.35/cwt302.00–310.001,6543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540295.33/cwt290.00–298.001,5953
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570319.96/cwt315.00–325.001,8242
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7982
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,6991
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615297.16/cwt295.00–300.001,8286
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633284.99/cwt282.00–288.001,8042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673294.87/cwt290.00–300.001,9842
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735282.48/cwt280.00–285.002,0762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3273437.43/cwt435.00–440.001,1942
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288463.96/cwt460.00–470.001,3365
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2313448.24/cwt445.00–450.001,4033
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3552
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1334459.94/cwt455.00–465.001,5364
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2366402.95/cwt400.00–405.001,4755
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382426.81/cwt420.00–430.001,6303
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6171
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424401.96/cwt400.00–405.001,7045
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438391.53/cwt390.00–393.001,7152
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470388.23/cwt385.00–390.001,8254
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476377.66/cwt375.00–380.001,7985
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525346.04/cwt345.00–348.001,8173
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533371.45/cwt368.00–375.001,9804
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567325.32/cwt320.00–328.001,8453
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575342.62/cwt340.00–348.001,9703
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575312.71/cwt310.00–315.001,7983
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632298.40/cwt295.00–300.001,8863
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,0451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,910186.00/cwt186.00–186.003,5531
Bulls——1,965192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,7731
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,080155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261159.76/cwt158.00–163.002,0154
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,4291
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,950.00/head1,800.00–2,100.001,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,762.50/head1,675.00–1,850.001,7632

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.