Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls market lightly tested. 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 $421.63/cwt on 12 head, up $37.70 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +39.32 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$421.63

▲ 37.70 vs prior sale

12 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$73.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.29

vs AL average

−8.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	440.00	2,222	9thin
Medium and Large 2	573	366.51	2,100	3thin

One grade step is worth $73.49/cwt here — about $122 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 sale12 hd

421.63

—

AL average15 barns · 427 hd

402.34

+19.29

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−8.78

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

+39.32

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	1,820	186.00	3,385	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)	—	$2,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,500	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
Bulls	—	—	1,820	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	636.70/cwt	630.00–640.00	2,057	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	495.03/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,069	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	489.97/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,293	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	411.62/cwt	408.00–415.00	2,173	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,971	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	393.34/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	331.53/cwt	325.00–338.00	2,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,276	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	366.51/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	358.88/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,265	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,147	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	523.78/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,718	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,850.00/head	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	454.95/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,366	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,222	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	662.54/cwt	660.00–665.00	1,888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,062	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	475.08/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,086	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	492.45/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,837	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	567.55/cwt	565.00–570.00	1,504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	459.91/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,185	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,134	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 Feb 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 87Year ago 90

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 18Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 16Year ago 4

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	186.00	186.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	650.00	650.00
2	250–300	255	650.00	650.00
3	300–350	323	630.00–640.00	636.70
2	350–400	390	565.00	565.00
2	400–450	418	490.00–500.00	495.03
2	450–500	468	485.00–495.00	489.97
4	500–550	520	450.00–460.00	454.95
1	650–700	665	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	600.00	600.00
2	300–350	345	555.00	555.00
1	350–400	380	495.00	495.00
2	400–450	415	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	490	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	528	408.00–415.00	411.62
3	550–600	573	390.00–395.00	393.34
1	650–700	675	318.00	318.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	635.00	635.00
2	400–450	430	485.00	485.00
6	450–500	475	455.00–465.00	459.91
1	500–550	510	445.00	445.00
1	550–600	565	405.00	405.00
1	700–750	720	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	775	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	570.00	570.00
1	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	580.00	580.00
2	250–300	265	565.00–570.00	567.55
4	300–350	328	520.00–525.00	523.78
2	350–400	373	490.00–495.00	492.45
1	400–450	410	490.00	490.00
2	450–500	470	422.00	422.00
3	550–600	573	360.00–375.00	366.51
5	600–650	631	355.00–363.00	358.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	600.00	600.00
5	400–450	410	503.00	503.00
2	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
9	500–550	505	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	525.00	525.00
1	450–500	475	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	545	415.00	415.00
2	600–650	643	325.00–338.00	331.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	660.00–665.00	662.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	440	485.00	485.00
2	450–500	473	470.00–480.00	475.08

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)	2	—	—	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,500.00	3,500.00

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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