Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2026-03-03

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 3
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 127▲ 50 vs year ago 59 · +84.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 6▼ 1 vs year ago 11 · −9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 10▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls market lightly tested. 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 $381.52/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 10 of 15 comparable sales and sits +13.50 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$381.52
12 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$55
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.89
vs AL average
−39.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2540385.902,0838thin
Medium and Large 3515385.001,9831thin
Medium and Large 1580368.682,1383thin
One grade step is worth $17.22/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale12 hd
381.52
—
AL average16 barns · 395 hd
394.41
−12.89
National average181 barns · 13,944 hd
420.96
−39.44
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
+13.50
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—Average1,573193.823,0492thin

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)—$2,5504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,0252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,7836
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,06817

Every lot

52 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,7691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322528.42/cwt525.00–530.001,7023
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,9551
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8321
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458478.31/cwt475.00–485.002,1913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3221
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2351
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,2691
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,3021
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,2653
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,2771
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4331
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327484.04/cwt480.00–490.001,5835
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333507.59/cwt505.00–510.001,6904
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370470.14/cwt465.00–475.001,7404
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420451.06/cwt440.00–460.001,8946
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427481.64/cwt480.00–485.002,0573
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437464.03/cwt460.00–470.002,0285
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,0122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480404.36/cwt403.00–405.001,9413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9831
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517403.22/cwt400.00–408.002,0855
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578357.04/cwt355.00–358.002,0643
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580368.68/cwt368.00–370.002,1383
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640353.36/cwt350.00–355.002,2623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1941
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3255545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,3902
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275570.29/cwt560.00–580.001,5685
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8153
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370474.80/cwt470.00–480.001,7574
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414503.91/cwt500.00–510.002,0865
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423488.68/cwt485.00–490.002,0674
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0232
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3041
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517443.32/cwt440.00–445.002,2923
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520425.69/cwt420.00–430.002,2144
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535396.53/cwt393.00–400.002,1212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,1642
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3082
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,573193.82/cwt193.00–195.003,0492
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,783.33/head2,500.00–3,150.002,7836
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,550.00/head2,500.00–2,600.002,5504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,025.00/head2,000.00–2,050.002,0252
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,067.65/head1,800.00–2,550.002,06817

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.