Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $315.13/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −86.92 against this barn's trailing median of $402.05.

Average price

$315.13

9 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$42.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.87

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	330.04	1,804	4thin
Medium and Large 2	558	307.00	1,712	4thin
Medium and Large 3	570	288.00	1,642	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.04/cwt here — about $162 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

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 sale9 hd

315.13

—

AL average15 barns · 235 hd

314.26

+0.87

This barn, trailing median15 sales

402.05

−86.92

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	—	High	1,485	165.67	2,460	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	145.77	1,754	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	963	116.26	1,120	4thin

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)	—	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,650	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	359.95/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,083	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	396.58/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,277	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Bulls	—	—	1,405	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,473	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,503	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	112.05/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,073	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	145.77/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,754	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	120.47/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,166	2
Bulls	—	—	1,505	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,393	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	346.51/cwt	345.00–348.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	327.58/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	436.94/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,621	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	324.91/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	335.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	368.32/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	437.65/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,422	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	442.61/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,230	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	331.94/cwt	330.00–333.00	1,401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	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 Mar 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 63Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 13Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 9Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	480.00	480.00
1	300–350	335	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	390	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	530	348.00	348.00
1	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	422	330.00–333.00	331.94
2	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	590	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	645	273.00	273.00
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	410.00	410.00
3	300–350	342	365.00–370.00	368.32
1	350–400	365	365.00	365.00
2	400–450	438	345.00–348.00	346.51
2	450–500	470	325.00–330.00	327.58
1	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	575	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	445	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	490	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	405	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	520	328.00	328.00
3	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	770	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	420.00	420.00
3	300–350	322	395.00–400.00	396.58
1	350–400	390	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	460	355.00–365.00	359.95
1	550–600	570	288.00	288.00
1	650–700	680	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	440.00–445.00	442.61
2	300–350	325	435.00–440.00	437.65
5	350–400	371	430.00–440.00	436.94
1	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	528	330.00–340.00	335.17
2	550–600	565	320.00–330.00	324.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	176.00	176.00
1	—	1,545	162.00	162.00
1	—	1,505	159.00	159.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	110.00–114.00	112.05
2	—	968	118.00–123.00	120.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,203	145.00–147.00	145.77

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,650.00	2,650.00

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

Bulls · 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

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