Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $303.68/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −78.62 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$303.68

6 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$25.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.95

vs AL average

−36.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	325.00	1,658	1thin
Medium and Large 2	550	299.42	1,646	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about $11 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 sale6 hd

303.68

—

AL average9 barns · 221 hd

318.63

−14.95

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−36.20

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

−78.62

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	1,485	172.00	2,554	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,430	150.00	2,145	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	130.73	1,288	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,875	1thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,485	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,554	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,145	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	132.59/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,283	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,224	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	292.36/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	286.49/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,408	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,296	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,334	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	322.35/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	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 May 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 43Last week 102Year ago 131

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 11Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 14Year ago 1

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	172.00	172.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	150.00	150.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	131.00–134.00	132.59
1	—	1,020	127.00	127.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	490.00	490.00
1	250–300	255	480.00	480.00
1	300–350	310	465.00	465.00
2	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	670	288.00	288.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	490	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	580	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	730	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	460.00	460.00
2	300–350	320	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	540	338.00	338.00
1	550–600	570	313.00	313.00
1	700–750	740	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	465	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	515	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	573	290.00–295.00	292.36
2	600–650	643	285.00–288.00	286.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	440.00	440.00
1	450–500	455	338.00	338.00
1	500–550	510	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	615	293.00	293.00
1	650–700	655	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	320.00–325.00	322.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	340.00	340.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,875.00	1,875.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle