Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.97/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −127.34 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$254.97

12 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,385

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$2.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.03

vs AL average

−42.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	256.21	1,460	5thin
Medium and Large 2	524	254.08	1,331	7thin

One grade step is worth $2.13/cwt here — about $129 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.63, low $325.83, median $382.30 across 14 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 sale12 hd

254.97

—

AL average14 barns · 188 hd

261.99

−7.03

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−42.86

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

−127.34

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	—	Low	1,738	157.00	2,728	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,120	136.57	1,530	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,037	110.85	1,149	5thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,975	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,575	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,645	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,090	10

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	303.91/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	361.76/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,339	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	273.80/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,314	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	308.76/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,294	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	254.08/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,331	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,224	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	346.52/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,293	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	322.57/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,381	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,258	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	318.20/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,212	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,073	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	308.35/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,181	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	297.51/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,473	1
Bulls	—	—	1,935	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,903	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	108.31/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,072	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,482	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	136.91/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,461	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	128.20/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,269	2
Bulls	—	—	1,540	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,526	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,700	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,090.00/head	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,090	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,021.43/head	2,900.00–3,300.00	3,021	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,575.00/head	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,862.50/head	1,775.00–1,950.00	1,863	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,583.33/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,583	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	263.96/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	291.46/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	332.62/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	347.53/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	144.44/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	376.48/cwt	375.00–378.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	251.48/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	297.50/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	325.03/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,375	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	338.73/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	254.01/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	326.02/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,245	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	333.32/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	392.59/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,213	4

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 Feb 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 136Year ago 346

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 18Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 26Year ago 14

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	370.00	370.00
3	350–400	373	340.00–350.00	346.52
4	400–450	419	305.00–315.00	308.76
2	450–500	490	295.00–300.00	297.50
1	500–550	545	288.00	288.00
1	650–700	690	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	309	390.00–400.00	392.59
1	350–400	380	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	423	320.00–330.00	325.03
1	450–500	460	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	505	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	555	268.00	268.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	373	330.00–335.00	332.62
2	400–450	443	295.00–300.00	297.51
1	500–550	530	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	335.00	335.00
3	300–350	322	330.00–335.00	333.32
5	350–400	382	325.00–330.00	326.02
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	480	292.00	292.00
1	500–550	510	265.00	265.00
4	550–600	585	253.00–255.00	254.01
2	600–650	613	250.00–253.00	251.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	325.00	325.00
9	350–400	381	315.00–323.00	318.20
2	400–450	435	300.00–308.00	303.91
4	450–500	480	270.00–280.00	273.80
7	500–550	524	250.00–258.00	254.08
1	600–650	625	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	305.00–310.00	308.35
2	400–450	435	288.00–295.00	291.46
2	450–500	470	260.00–268.00	263.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	360.00–365.00	361.76
2	400–450	428	320.00–325.00	322.57
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	345.00–350.00	347.53
1	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	375.00–378.00	376.48
4	400–450	428	335.00–340.00	338.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,540	164.00	164.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	990	104.00–111.00	108.31
1	—	1,225	121.00	121.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,067	135.00–140.00	136.91
2	—	990	126.00–130.00	128.20
2	—	1,330	143.00–146.00	144.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,090.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	2,900.00–3,300.00	3,021.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	—	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,583.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,775.00–1,950.00	1,862.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle