Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. 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 $391.33/cwt on 6 head, up $9.81 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 14 comparable sales and sits +9.03 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$391.33

▲ 9.81 vs prior sale

6 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$24.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.60

vs AL average

−22.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	403.33	2,205	3thin
Medium and Large 2	555	379.33	2,105	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

391.33

—

AL average16 barns · 238 hd

384.73

+6.60

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−22.45

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

+9.03

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	920	176.00	1,619	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	173.00	2,534	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)	—	$2,633	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,225	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,620	5

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	467.52/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,352	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	920	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,619	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,132	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	472.43/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	420.54/cwt	418.00–423.00	1,989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	462.49/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,043	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	487.45/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	442.47/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,620.00/head	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,620	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,225.00/head	2,100.00–2,350.00	2,225	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,633.33/head	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,633	3

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 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 109Year ago 63

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 10Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 36Year ago 9

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls market lightly tested. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	505.00	505.00
2	300–350	328	465.00–470.00	467.52
2	400–450	410	440.00–445.00	442.47
2	450–500	473	418.00–423.00	420.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	470.00–475.00	472.43
2	400–450	433	460.00–465.00	462.49
1	450–500	475	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	515	402.00	402.00
2	550–600	575	368.00	368.00
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	505.00	505.00
2	350–400	383	485.00–490.00	487.45
1	400–450	420	475.00	475.00
1	500–550	510	440.00	440.00
2	550–600	565	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	440	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	635	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	600.00	600.00
2	250–300	290	540.00	540.00
2	350–400	365	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	415	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	630.00	630.00
1	400–450	435	490.00	490.00
2	450–500	490	480.00	480.00
1	600–650	615	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	675	333.00	333.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	176.00	176.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	173.00	173.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,620.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,100.00–2,350.00	2,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,633.33

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle