Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-12-09

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Dec 9
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 207▼ 155 vs year ago 298 · −52.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 13▼ 27 vs year ago 44 · −61.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 11▼ 28 vs year ago 44 · −63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $377.34/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 11 of 19 comparable sales and sits +5.46 against this barn's trailing median of $371.88.
Average price
$377.34
12 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.85
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539380.222,0495thin
Medium and Large 2529379.742,0094thin
Medium and Large 3523369.341,9323thin
One grade step is worth $10.88/cwt here — about $118 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 sale12 hd
377.34
—
AL average15 barns · 381 hd
365.49
+11.85
This barn, trailing median19 sales
371.88
+5.46
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—Low1,792188.833,3833thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433165.012,3652thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,229159.011,9543thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average990137.001,3561thin

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)—$2,6002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1384thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0501thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2220460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315488.39/cwt485.00–490.001,5383
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6791
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5752
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9572
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8962
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515401.51/cwt400.00–403.002,0682
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3523373.38/cwt370.00–375.001,9533
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537387.73/cwt383.00–393.002,0825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1092
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3690303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,0911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2912
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3392
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4363
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,3673
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5962
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415404.94/cwt400.00–410.001,6812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425386.34/cwt380.00–390.001,6424
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430375.95/cwt374.00–378.001,6172
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8482
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484362.02/cwt360.00–365.001,7525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516361.15/cwt358.00–365.001,8645
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543346.97/cwt345.00–353.001,8844
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567331.34/cwt330.00–332.001,8793
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572343.16/cwt340.00–345.001,9635
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0602
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1282503.43/cwt500.00–505.001,4203
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2283478.29/cwt475.00–480.001,3543
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3551
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4402
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325493.23/cwt490.00–500.001,6033
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3383422.55/cwt420.00–425.001,6184
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8253
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462406.71/cwt400.00–410.001,8793
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468393.35/cwt390.00–395.001,8413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3476378.06/cwt375.00–383.001,8006
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513393.38/cwt390.00–400.002,0183
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523369.34/cwt368.00–370.001,9323
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529379.74/cwt378.00–385.002,0094
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578360.49/cwt358.00–363.002,0842
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620333.98/cwt333.00–335.002,0712
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623324.02/cwt323.00–325.002,0192
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,685186.00/cwt186.00–186.003,1341
Bulls——1,845190.24/cwt187.00–194.003,5102
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%990137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188164.02/cwt163.00–165.001,9492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,9521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433165.01/cwt164.00–166.002,3652
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,600.00/head2,400.00–2,800.002,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,137.50/head2,050.00–2,200.002,1384
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501

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.