Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower. 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 $318.50/cwt on 14 head, down $38.62 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −83.56 against this barn's trailing median of $402.05.

Average price

$318.50

▼ 38.62 vs prior sale

14 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$29.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.77

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	335.30	1,750	3thin
Medium and Large 2	548	316.88	1,736	8thin
Medium and Large 3	565	306.01	1,729	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.29/cwt here — about $21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 $318.50, 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 sale14 hd

318.50

—

AL average16 barns · 410 hd

337.27

−18.77

This barn, trailing median15 sales

402.05

−83.56

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	1,095	158.22	1,733	3thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,510	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$4,120	10

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	158.22/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	408.32/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,254	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	335.30/cwt	333.00–340.00	1,750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	396.64/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	346.32/cwt	338.00–350.00	1,489	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	310.27/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	362.05/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,369	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	791	253.74/cwt	250.00–255.00	2,007	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	325.57/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	304.02/cwt	303.00–305.00	1,763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	435.23/cwt	430.00–440.00	958	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	390.37/cwt	385.00–393.00	1,476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	411.58/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,523	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	309.60/cwt	308.00–313.00	1,789	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	301.03/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	321.24/cwt	318.00–323.00	1,703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	282.33/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	324.40/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,547	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	379.19/cwt	375.00–383.00	1,411	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,047	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	362.01/cwt	360.00–363.00	1,495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	338.56/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	314.91/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	470	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	309.01/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	409	372.03/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,522	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	351.53/cwt	350.00–353.00	1,635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	385.15/cwt	380.00–388.00	1,656	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	453.23/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,192	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,120.00/head	4,000.00–4,200.00	4,120	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,510.00/head	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,510	5

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 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 197Last week 55Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 91Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	157.00–161.00	158.22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	500.00	500.00
3	300–350	307	405.00–410.00	408.32
1	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	580	310.00–320.00	314.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	378	360.00–365.00	362.05
7	400–450	430	338.00–350.00	346.32
1	450–500	470	315.00	315.00
5	500–550	521	305.00–315.00	310.27
3	550–600	565	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	630	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	375.00–383.00	379.19
3	400–450	413	360.00–363.00	362.01
5	450–500	477	320.00–328.00	324.40
4	550–600	575	300.00–302.00	301.03
2	600–650	615	308.00–310.00	309.01
1	650–700	685	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	790	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	580.00	580.00
3	250–300	263	450.00–455.00	453.23
1	300–350	335	455.00	455.00
2	350–400	370	445.00	445.00
3	400–450	412	395.00–400.00	396.64
4	450–500	465	350.00–353.00	351.53
3	500–550	522	333.00–340.00	335.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	220	430.00–440.00	435.23
4	350–400	378	385.00–393.00	390.37
5	400–450	409	370.00–375.00	372.03
6	450–500	478	320.00–328.00	325.57
1	500–550	535	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	580	303.00–305.00	304.02
1	600–650	645	273.00	273.00
3	650–700	675	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	455.00	455.00
2	250–300	280	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	370	405.00–415.00	411.58
5	400–450	430	380.00–388.00	385.15
5	450–500	478	330.00–345.00	338.56
5	500–550	530	318.00–323.00	321.24
3	550–600	578	308.00–313.00	309.60
3	600–650	625	280.00–285.00	282.33
1	650–700	655	278.00	278.00
4	750–800	791	250.00–255.00	253.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	545	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	770	303.00	303.00

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	10	—	—	4,000.00–4,200.00	4,120.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,510.00

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

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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