Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.98/cwt on 6 head, up $10.46 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 14 comparable sales and sits +9.68 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$391.98

▲ 10.46 vs prior sale

6 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$35.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.94

vs AL average

−33.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	403.98	2,193	4thin
Medium and Large 3	558	368.00	2,052	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.98/cwt here — about $141 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

391.98

—

AL average16 barns · 358 hd

396.93

−4.94

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−33.21

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

+9.68

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	1,075	204.00	2,193	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	177.00	2,390	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,105	170.00	1,879	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)	—	$2,313	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,075	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,500	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,107	7

Every lot, as filed

48 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	450–500	475	426.04/cwt	420.00–433.00	2,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	442.63/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,467	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,125.00/head	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,125	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,375.00/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,375	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,075.00/head	1,950.00–2,200.00	2,075	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,107.14/head	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,107	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,500.00/head	3,350.00–3,650.00	3,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	541.34/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	467.35/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	501.19/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	442.57/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,301	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	470.08/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,294	2
Bulls	—	—	1,075	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,193	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,879	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,437	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	495.49/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,294	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	339	502.41/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	541.70/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	489.31/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	411.97/cwt	410.00–413.00	2,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	517.93/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,668	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	440.93/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,077	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	344.00/cwt	343.00–345.00	2,212	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	509.83/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,907	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	559.79/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	467.41/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	485.07/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,560	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 Mar 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 116Last week 55Year ago 95

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 3Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 20Year ago 9

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	510.00	510.00
6	300–350	339	500.00–510.00	502.41
2	350–400	378	460.00–475.00	467.35
2	400–450	438	435.00–450.00	442.63
3	450–500	475	420.00–433.00	426.04
1	500–550	525	378.00	378.00
1	550–600	590	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	580.00	580.00
1	250–300	285	560.00	560.00
4	300–350	336	535.00–545.00	541.34
4	350–400	356	495.00–505.00	501.19
1	400–450	440	495.00	495.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	535.00	535.00
5	300–350	322	515.00–525.00	517.93
3	350–400	363	480.00–490.00	485.07
2	400–450	410	460.00–475.00	467.41
5	450–500	471	435.00–450.00	440.93
3	500–550	532	410.00–413.00	411.97
1	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	610	378.00	378.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	665.00	665.00
2	250–300	270	620.00	620.00
2	300–350	305	590.00	590.00
1	350–400	370	535.00	535.00
4	450–500	463	490.00–500.00	495.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	600.00	600.00
6	300–350	325	550.00–570.00	559.79
4	350–400	374	500.00–520.00	509.83
6	400–450	433	480.00–495.00	489.31
2	450–500	488	465.00–475.00	470.08
2	500–550	520	440.00–445.00	442.57
2	600–650	643	343.00–345.00	344.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	535.00–545.00	541.70
1	350–400	395	495.00	495.00
1	400–450	430	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	475	448.00	448.00
1	500–550	540	390.00	390.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,950.00–2,200.00	2,075.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,107.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,350.00–3,650.00	3,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	204.00	204.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	170.00	170.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	171.00	171.00
1	—	1,275	183.00	183.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle