Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2026-03-31

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Mar 31
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 116▲ 104 vs year ago 68 · +152.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 7▼ 14 vs year ago 18 · −77.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 26▲ 18 vs year ago 10 · +180.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cow market lightly tested, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. 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 $382.59/cwt on 5 head, up $1.07 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 15 comparable sales and sits +14.57 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$382.59
▲ 1.07 vs prior sale
5 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,061
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.23
vs AL average
−40.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590385.002,2721thin
Medium and Large 3526381.992,0094thin
One grade step is worth $3.01/cwt here — about $262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale5 hd
382.59
—
AL average14 barns · 347 hd
402.82
−20.23
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
−40.60
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
+14.57
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—Average1,593207.973,3132thin

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)—$2,6254thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4,3504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$3,0002thin

Every lot

57 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0663
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428502.51/cwt500.00–505.002,1514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1842
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3492458.32/cwt455.00–460.002,2553
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3692
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,3101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3091
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,4452
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,3741
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4225
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2771
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3685330.99/cwt330.00–333.002,2673
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707365.98/cwt360.00–370.002,5875
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3763327.52/cwt325.00–330.002,4994
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,6242
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,2962
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,4281
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313496.70/cwt490.00–500.001,5553
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373498.02/cwt495.00–500.001,8585
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375486.62/cwt485.00–490.001,8253
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420472.53/cwt470.00–475.001,9852
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432452.96/cwt440.00–460.001,9575
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435440.06/cwt435.00–445.001,9144
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1392
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0662
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485446.63/cwt445.00–450.002,1663
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3526381.99/cwt380.00–385.002,0094
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628342.47/cwt340.00–345.002,1514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672353.23/cwt348.00–358.002,37433
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338527.52/cwt525.00–530.001,7834
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380485.20/cwt480.00–490.001,8444
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1387503.36/cwt500.00–505.001,9483
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413461.73/cwt460.00–465.001,9076
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418489.00/cwt485.00–495.002,0445
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435472.53/cwt470.00–475.002,0564
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463456.55/cwt450.00–460.002,1143
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525446.41/cwt440.00–460.002,3443
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3529405.95/cwt395.00–415.002,1475
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535425.09/cwt420.00–430.002,2744
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2761
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570378.36/cwt375.00–380.002,1573
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0912
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1632355.45/cwt350.00–358.002,2463
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,593207.97/cwt204.00–211.003,3132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,625.00/head2,500.00–2,900.002,6254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,100.00/head1,800.00–2,400.002,1002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,350.00/head4,100.00–4,600.004,3504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—3,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002

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.