Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 12.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. 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 $396.85/cwt on 6 head, up $12.92 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +14.55 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$396.85

▲ 12.92 vs prior sale

6 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$42.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.79

vs AL average

−32.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	425.00	2,168	2thin
Medium and Large 2	553	382.78	2,117	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.23/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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

396.85

—

AL average16 barns · 394 hd

399.64

−2.79

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−32.32

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

+14.55

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	1,948	194.52	3,789	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	183.53	2,760	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	173.66	2,113	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	132.00	1,228	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,020	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,375	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,025	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,600	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,200	2thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,228	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	183.53/cwt	179.00–185.00	2,760	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	176.83/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,131	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,037	1
Bulls	—	—	1,965	193.53/cwt	193.00–195.00	3,803	3
Bulls	—	—	2,290	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	4,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,320	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	584.89/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	471.00/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,997	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	369.00/cwt	368.00–370.00	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	455.15/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,948	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	532.38/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	396.55/cwt	393.00–400.00	2,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	503.23/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,129	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	507.54/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	625.12/cwt	620.00–630.00	1,344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	537.44/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,080	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	446.73/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,168	2
Bulls	—	—	1,555	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	452.57/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	546.90/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,375.00/head	2,350.00–2,400.00	2,375	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,550.00–2,650.00	2,600	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,020.00/head	2,600.00–3,450.00	3,020	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,200.00/head	1,950.00–2,450.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,025.00/head	1,950.00–2,100.00	2,025	2

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 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 166Year ago 129

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 15Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 21Year ago 66

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 12.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	132.00	132.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,504	179.00–185.00	183.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,205	174.00–179.00	176.83
1	—	1,265	161.00	161.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,965	193.00–195.00	193.53
1	—	2,290	205.00	205.00
1	—	1,555	187.00	187.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	240	550.00	550.00
2	350–400	380	515.00	515.00
4	400–450	428	450.00–460.00	455.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	600.00	600.00
2	300–350	338	580.00–590.00	584.89
1	400–450	440	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	490	465.00	465.00
1	500–550	515	433.00	433.00
2	600–650	645	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	630.00	630.00
1	350–400	390	570.00	570.00
4	400–450	428	500.00–510.00	507.54
3	500–550	520	440.00–450.00	446.73
1	550–600	555	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	600.00	600.00
1	250–300	290	575.00	575.00
2	300–350	325	530.00–535.00	532.38
2	350–400	370	505.00	505.00
6	400–450	424	465.00–480.00	471.00
2	500–550	538	393.00–400.00	396.55
2	550–600	568	368.00–370.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	620.00–630.00	625.12
2	250–300	280	610.00	610.00
1	300–350	325	560.00	560.00
10	350–400	387	535.00–545.00	537.44
3	400–450	423	500.00–510.00	503.23
2	450–500	490	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	510	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	605	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	570.00	570.00
3	250–300	280	540.00–550.00	546.90
2	400–450	418	450.00–455.00	452.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	490.00	490.00
1	550–600	575	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	420.00	420.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,350.00–2,400.00	2,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,950.00–2,100.00	2,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	2,600.00–3,450.00	3,020.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,550.00–2,650.00	2,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,950.00–2,450.00	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

Slaughter Cattle

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