Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. 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 $330.00/cwt on 4 head, up $4.17 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −52.30 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$330.00

▲ 4.17 vs prior sale

4 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.48

vs AL average

−21.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	350.00	1,803	1thin
Medium and Large 2	540	340.00	1,836	1thin
Medium and Large 3	545	315.00	1,717	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $86 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 sale4 hd

330.00

—

AL average16 barns · 603 hd

337.48

−7.48

National average122 barns · 3,757 hd

351.18

−21.18

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

−52.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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)	—	$3,600	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,586	18
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,525	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,800	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,736	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$5,220	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$4,086	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$3,150	12

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	363.87/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	326.48/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	507.29/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	317.67/cwt	317.00–318.00	1,985	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,497	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,238	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,958	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,085.71/head	3,800.00–4,300.00	4,086	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,476.67/head	3,200.00–3,900.00	3,477	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	5,220.00/head	4,900.00–5,450.00	5,220	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	4,133.33/head	4,100.00–4,200.00	4,133	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,525.00/head	3,050.00–3,700.00	3,525	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	3,150.00/head	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,150	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,736.36/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,736	11

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 Aug 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 55Last week 61Year ago 131

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 28Year ago 9

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. 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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	515.00	515.00
2	400–450	425	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	523	360.00–368.00	363.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	325.00–328.00	326.48
1	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	610	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	685	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	535.00	535.00
2	250–300	255	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	380	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	410	408.00	408.00
1	500–550	515	348.00	348.00
1	550–600	575	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	490.00	490.00
1	300–350	330	418.00	418.00
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	655	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	333.00	333.00
2	500–550	545	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	745	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	393.00	393.00
2	350–400	390	385.00	385.00
3	400–450	410	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	625	317.00–318.00	317.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	500.00–515.00	507.29
1	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
1	600–650	635	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	535.00	535.00
1	400–450	445	440.00	440.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	3,800.00–4,300.00	4,085.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	4,900.00–5,450.00	5,220.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	3,600.00	3,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	3,200.00–3,900.00	3,476.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	3,050.00–3,700.00	3,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	4,100.00–4,200.00	4,133.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,736.36

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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