Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $377.34/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −24.71 against this barn's trailing median of $402.05.

Average price

$377.34

12 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$10.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.85

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	380.22	2,049	5thin
Medium and Large 2	529	379.74	2,009	4thin
Medium and Large 3	523	369.34	1,932	3thin

One grade step is worth $10.88/cwt here — about $118 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 sale12 hd

377.34

—

AL average15 barns · 381 hd

365.49

+11.85

This barn, trailing median15 sales

402.05

−24.71

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	1,792	188.83	3,383	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	165.01	2,365	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	159.01	1,954	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	137.00	1,356	1thin

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)	—	$2,600	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,138	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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	650–700	690	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	331.34/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	393.35/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	386.34/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	379.74/cwt	378.00–385.00	2,009	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	387.73/cwt	383.00–393.00	2,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	378.06/cwt	375.00–383.00	1,800	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	369.34/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	478.29/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,354	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	324.02/cwt	323.00–325.00	2,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	373.38/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,091	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,356	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	165.01/cwt	164.00–166.00	2,365	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,952	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	164.02/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,949	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,134	1
Bulls	—	—	1,845	190.24/cwt	187.00–194.00	3,510	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,137.50/head	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,367	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	375.95/cwt	374.00–378.00	1,617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	422.55/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	361.15/cwt	358.00–365.00	1,864	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	493.23/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	503.43/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	333.98/cwt	333.00–335.00	2,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	360.49/cwt	358.00–363.00	2,084	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	404.94/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	488.39/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	401.51/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,068	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	393.38/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,018	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	406.71/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	343.16/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	362.02/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	346.97/cwt	345.00–353.00	1,884	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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 207Year ago 298

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 13Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 11Year ago 44

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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	315	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	375	410.00	410.00
4	400–450	425	380.00–390.00	386.34
5	450–500	484	360.00–365.00	362.02
4	500–550	543	345.00–353.00	346.97
3	550–600	567	330.00–332.00	331.34
1	650–700	690	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	408.00	408.00
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	430	374.00–378.00	375.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	445.00	445.00
3	300–350	330	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	380	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	415	400.00–410.00	404.94
2	450–500	480	385.00	385.00
5	500–550	516	358.00–365.00	361.15
5	550–600	572	340.00–345.00	343.16
2	600–650	615	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	485.00–490.00	488.39
1	350–400	365	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	430	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	515	400.00–403.00	401.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	480	395.00	395.00
5	500–550	537	383.00–393.00	387.73
2	550–600	555	380.00	380.00
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	523	370.00–375.00	373.38
1	650–700	690	303.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	475.00–480.00	478.29
2	300–350	320	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	410	425.00	425.00
3	450–500	468	390.00–395.00	393.35
4	500–550	529	378.00–385.00	379.74
2	600–650	623	323.00–325.00	324.02
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	430.00	430.00
4	350–400	383	420.00–425.00	422.55
3	400–450	445	410.00	410.00
6	450–500	476	375.00–383.00	378.06
3	500–550	523	368.00–370.00	369.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	500.00–505.00	503.43
3	300–350	325	490.00–500.00	493.23
1	350–400	365	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	420	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	462	400.00–410.00	406.71
3	500–550	513	390.00–400.00	393.38
2	550–600	578	358.00–363.00	360.49
2	600–650	620	333.00–335.00	333.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	137.00	137.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	164.00–166.00	165.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	149.00	149.00
2	—	1,188	163.00–165.00	164.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	186.00	186.00
2	—	1,845	187.00–194.00	190.24

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)	2	—	—	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,137.50

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

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