Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not well tested due to limited comparable sale and light receipts, however a higher undertone was noted

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.93/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −102.38 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$279.93

11 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$35.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.70

vs AL average

−25.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	287.18	1,515	6thin
Medium and Large 2	541	276.03	1,494	4thin
Medium and Large 3	565	252.00	1,424	1thin

One grade step is worth $35.18/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale11 hd

279.93

—

AL average13 barns · 289 hd

281.63

−1.70

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−25.09

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

−102.38

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,449	138.01	1,999	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,168	131.60	1,537	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	858	118.06	1,013	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1	300–350	330	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,172	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	352.45/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	331.40/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	281.37/cwt	278.00–283.00	1,477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	289.02/cwt	288.00–293.00	1,497	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	346.18/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	338.89/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	319.01/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	311.56/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,474	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	302.51/cwt	302.00–303.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,672	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,988	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	135.52/cwt	135.00–136.00	2,003	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	118.06/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,013	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	131.60/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,537	5

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 Mar 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 90Year ago 136

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 9Year ago 16

Market not well tested due to limited comparable sale and light receipts, however a higher undertone was noted

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	355.00	355.00
4	350–400	373	350.00–355.00	352.45
4	400–450	429	340.00–350.00	346.18
1	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	518	288.00–293.00	289.02
1	550–600	575	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	335.00–343.00	338.89
2	400–450	418	328.00–335.00	331.40
1	450–500	490	305.00	305.00
3	500–550	525	278.00–283.00	281.37
1	550–600	590	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	645	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	318.00–320.00	319.01
1	550–600	565	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	580	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	565	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	338.00	338.00
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	655	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	395.00	395.00
2	350–400	365	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	470	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	515	302.00–303.00	302.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	355.00	355.00
3	350–400	390	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	473	310.00–313.00	311.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	143.00	143.00
2	—	1,478	135.00–136.00	135.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	115.00–121.00	118.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,168	129.00–134.00	131.60

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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