Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2026-05-19

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, May 19
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 104▲ 11 vs year ago 131 · +8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 27▼ 1 vs year ago 12 · −8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 17▲ 12 vs year ago 14 · +85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls market lightly tested. 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 $420.80/cwt on 11 head, up $18.75 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 19 comparable sales and sits +48.93 against this barn's trailing median of $371.88.
Average price
$420.80
▲ 18.75 vs prior sale
11 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.47
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535446.502,3892thin
Medium and Large 2518433.502,2463thin
Medium and Large 3544405.892,2096thin
One grade step is worth $40.61/cwt here — about $179 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 sale11 hd
420.80
—
AL average15 barns · 400 hd
429.28
−8.47
This barn, trailing median19 sales
371.88
+48.93
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,495178.342,6662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,130175.161,9793thin

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)—$2,9252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4003thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,6176
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$3,2002thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$1,8002thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4681
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3573403.97/cwt403.00–405.002,3152
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,5111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3623381.48/cwt380.00–383.002,3772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6673
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367446.73/cwt440.00–450.001,6393
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418461.99/cwt460.00–465.001,9315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428433.39/cwt430.00–435.001,8553
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432473.44/cwt470.00–480.002,0453
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3467411.66/cwt405.00–415.001,9226
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1892
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518397.50/cwt397.00–398.002,0592
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0981
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,1811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,1582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0241
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3695302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0991
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5682
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5122
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323613.20/cwt600.00–620.001,9813
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7852
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,1461
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378499.05/cwt490.00–505.001,8865
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8662
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432501.64/cwt500.00–505.002,1673
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440432.47/cwt430.00–435.001,9036
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3458426.62/cwt420.00–440.001,9543
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2091
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480451.70/cwt450.00–455.002,1683
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3691
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518433.50/cwt430.00–440.002,2463
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525415.10/cwt410.00–420.002,1794
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,4031
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3583387.47/cwt385.00–390.002,2592
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,3471
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1081
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3673300.99/cwt300.00–302.002,0262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,8201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150179.24/cwt177.00–181.002,0612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495178.34/cwt177.00–180.002,6662
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,616.67/head3,400.00–3,900.003,6176
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—3,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,925.00/head2,600.00–3,250.002,9252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,400.00/head2,350.00–2,450.002,4003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,800.00/head1,700.00–1,900.001,8002

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.