Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls market lightly tested. 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 $395.01/cwt on 4 head, down $25.50 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 15 comparable sales and sits −7.05 against this barn's trailing median of $402.05.

Average price

$395.01

▼ 25.50 vs prior sale

4 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$25.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.93

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	407.51	2,131	2thin
Medium and Large 3	545	382.50	2,085	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.01/cwt here — about $47 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

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 sale4 hd

395.01

—

AL average14 barns · 355 hd

424.94

−29.93

This barn, trailing median15 sales

402.05

−7.05

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	1,745	188.24	3,285	2thin

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)	—	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,325	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,800	6
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,986	7

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,745	188.24/cwt	185.00–191.00	3,285	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	479.25/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	470.04/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,261	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	537.42/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	472.57/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,259	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,099	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	562.44/cwt	560.00–565.00	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	451.51/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,896	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,142	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,995	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	382.26/cwt	380.00–383.00	2,450	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	467.43/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,977	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	566.78/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	407.51/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	436.70/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,171	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	464.76/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,975	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,325.00/head	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,325	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,800.00/head	3,500.00–4,300.00	3,800	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,985.71/head	1,850.00–2,300.00	1,986	7

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 Apr 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 92Year ago 91

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 36Year ago 17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,745	185.00–191.00	188.24

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	240	600.00	600.00
2	300–350	305	580.00	580.00
6	400–450	427	475.00–490.00	479.25
4	450–500	481	465.00–475.00	470.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	550.00	550.00
2	300–350	325	535.00–540.00	537.42
2	400–450	415	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	515	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	575	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	285	560.00–570.00	566.78
4	300–350	338	560.00–565.00	562.44
1	350–400	365	485.00	485.00
2	400–450	423	465.00–470.00	467.43
2	450–500	480	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	523	405.00–410.00	407.51
1	700–750	705	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	530.00	530.00
2	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
3	350–400	365	475.00	475.00
2	400–450	425	460.00–470.00	464.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
3	400–450	420	445.00–455.00	451.51
2	500–550	525	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	595	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	615	353.00	353.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	430.00–440.00	436.70
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	535.00	535.00
1	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	525	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	575.00	575.00
1	300–350	320	560.00	560.00
4	450–500	478	470.00–475.00	472.57
4	600–650	641	380.00–383.00	382.26
1	650–700	675	380.00	380.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	3,500.00–4,300.00	3,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,850.00–2,300.00	1,985.71

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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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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