Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold sharply higher, feeder bulls sold 5.00 to7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls market lightly tested. Replacement cows and pairs market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $289.51/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −112.55 against this barn's trailing median of $402.05.

Average price

$289.51

17 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$5.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.90

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	291.47	1,579	10thin
Medium and Large 2	532	287.18	1,527	5thin
Medium and Large 3	523	285.51	1,493	2thin

One grade step is worth $5.96/cwt here — about $86 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $424.82, low $341.01, median $402.05 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

289.51

—

AL average15 barns · 269 hd

290.40

−0.90

This barn, trailing median15 sales

402.05

−112.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,855	149.00	2,764	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	120.50	1,518	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,115	104.00	1,160	1thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	302.50/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	342.39/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	313.36/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	303.74/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,446	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	342.56/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,278	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	260.51/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	305.97/cwt	303.00–312.00	1,582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	269.71/cwt	268.00–273.00	1,562	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,160	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,802	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,254	1
Bulls	—	—	1,855	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	257.58/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,319	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	251.48/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	319.34/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,415	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	294.48/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,549	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	353.30/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,176	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	332.91/cwt	328.00–338.00	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	243.98/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	351.61/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	319.55/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	354.24/cwt	352.00–355.00	1,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	314.48/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	275.24/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	292.68/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	247.57/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	291.99/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,261	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	285.51/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	368.32/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,223	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,064	1

How this sale compares

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Tue Jan 14, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 167Last week 183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 13Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	340.00–345.00	342.39
1	350–400	380	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	420	300.00–305.00	302.50
2	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
5	500–550	512	256.00–258.00	257.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	385.00	385.00
1	250–300	280	380.00	380.00
4	300–350	306	352.00–355.00	354.24
2	350–400	365	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	412	310.00–315.00	313.36
3	450–500	462	290.00–295.00	292.68
1	500–550	515	268.00	268.00
2	550–600	563	250.00–253.00	251.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	333.00	333.00
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
3	400–450	432	290.00–293.00	291.99
2	500–550	525	245.00–250.00	247.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	440	328.00	328.00
4	450–500	476	300.00–305.00	303.74
1	500–550	520	285.00	285.00
14	550–600	590	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	365.00	365.00
4	450–500	471	313.00–315.00	314.48
9	550–600	569	273.00–280.00	275.24
4	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	350.00–360.00	353.30
3	350–400	373	338.00–345.00	342.56
3	400–450	443	318.00–320.00	319.34
1	450–500	465	312.00	312.00
4	500–550	526	290.00–298.00	294.48
1	550–600	555	258.00	258.00
2	600–650	605	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	332	365.00–370.00	368.32
3	350–400	373	350.00–355.00	351.61
2	400–450	418	328.00–338.00	332.91
3	450–500	467	315.00–322.00	319.55
6	500–550	517	303.00–312.00	305.97
4	550–600	579	268.00–273.00	269.71
2	600–650	613	258.00–263.00	260.51
2	650–700	665	243.00–245.00	243.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	345.00	345.00
1	300–350	320	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	390	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	523	283.00–288.00	285.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	104.00	104.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	126.00	126.00
1	—	1,090	115.00	115.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	149.00	149.00

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